• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.155-173
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding about urban housewives' stress in family financial management, their coping strategies, and their sense of economic well-being, which will eventually provide some baseline data for policy development. The findings of this study are summarized in the following. First, the mean score of the level of financial management-related stress among urban housewives was 2.61 when the maximum level was set at 5. In order to overcome the stress from financial management, housewives utilized various strategies, such as purchasing management, financial planning, financial information gathering, getting a loan, and delaying payments. The average level of economic well-being among urban housewives was 2.82 when the maximum level was 5. Second, among socio-demographic factors, the family's monthly income and the husband's job satisfaction were the two most significant factors that affected the level of financial management stress among housewives. Third, there was a difference in employing coping strategies according to the level of stress. The group with a higher level of financial stress employed more coping strategies than the group with, a lower level of stress. Fourth, there were differences in the level of economic well-being, depending on the types of coping strategies employed. Fifth, the results from regression analyses, which were conducted to determine the relative explanatory power of different independent variable groups including subjective factors, financial management stress, and coping strategies, showed that socio-demographic and objective economic factors significantly affected economic well-being.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.79-94
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables which affect the coping styles for stress which was produced by family resource management in housewives. The subjects of this study were 565 married women who lived in apartment in Taegu. A questionnaire was used as survey method. The data was analyzed by means of factor analysis, t-test ANOVA Scheffe test coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The main findings were as follows; First the coping styles for stress were found to be significantly different according to the objective resources. Second perceived adequacy resource is positively correlated with the active coping style. Third locus of control is negatively correlated with the passive coping style and the evasive coping style, Forth in the coping styles for stress the active coping style was affected by locus of control perceived adequacy resource income employment of housewives and the evasive coping style was affected by locus of control.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.96-110
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• 1993

The purpose of this study also suggests the direction for the improvement of the quality of family life because the homemaker's health sate affects a successful home management and a satisfactory family life. This study is based on a review of relevent lifevatures by using a research model consits of the independent variables the mediating variables and the dependent variables. The samples were selected by cluster in Seoul Korea. The 700 questionaries were distributed to homemakers who have at least one child with their spouses. Finally the 520 data were analyzed by cronbach's coefficient factory analysis frequency percentage oneway ANOVA correlation regression analysis and path analysis. Consequentyly the findings of this study were accepted hypothesis I. II. III. IV.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.97-108
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to examine the family resources, stress level, and coping strategies of reemployed wives, to direct the better psycho-physical environment, and to enhance the quality of their home environment for reemployed wives. The data were analyzed with the frequency, percentage, factor analysis, mean(S.D), reliability, and regression using SPSS windows program. The major findings were as follows : (1) There were significant relationships between demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the family resources and stress level. Personal-psycho resources was important variable in the family resources. The household work and value of household work were most influential. (2) Influential variables on stress level were income and working hours, resources of family task sharing. (3) Influential variables on coping strategies were age, reemployed time, and family task sharing. Coping strategies was effected by the reasons of employment.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.339-356
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among role conflict coping strategy and psychological distress of dual-career wives. In order to achieve the study purpose the theoretical model of this study was built on the basis of relevant theories and previous studies, Especially it was influenced by the ABCX model of family stress proposed by Hill, Data were collected from 229 dual-career wives such as professors doctors lawyers teachers pharmacists and nurses. The results were as follows: 1. Role conflict was negatively correlated to self-esteem and positively correlated to psychological distress. 2) in terms of a main effect coping strategy was positively correlated to self-esteem and negatively correlated to psychological distress. 3) In terms of interaction effect coping strategy did not show any significant effect against the negative impacts of role conflict on self-esteem and it on the whole did not whole a significant effect against the positive impacts of role conflict of psychological distress.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.203-216
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to explore the degree of caregiving stress in housewives according to functional impaiment and personal characteristics of demented elderly, and related variables of housewives. The subjects of this study were 141 housewives who had cared for dementia elderly. A questionnaire was used as survey method. The data was analyzed by means of t-test, ANOVA, and Scheffe test. The main findings were as follows: First, there was significant difference in the degree of stress in caring for dementia elderly according to functional impairment of demented elderly. Third, the degree of stress in caring for dementia elderly differed significantly according to education, income, and housework time per day of housewives, and relatinship demented elderly with housewife.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.141-154
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of perceived adequacy resource(PAR) and locus of control on the stress from the family resources management in housewives. The subjects of this study were 474 married women who lived in apartment in Taegu, . A questionaire was used as survey method. Factor analysis and MANOVA were employed for data analysis and Scheffe test for post-hoc analysis, . The main findings were ; First the effect of PAR on the degree of the stress from the family resources management was not different according to locus of control. Second the stress from the family resource management was found to be significantly different according to PAR.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.218-234
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• 1993

A study focused on the wives'managerial behavior and their life satisfaction according to wives'stress level ad their coping behavior. The statistical procedures used were percentile mean cronbach's a T-test F-test cluster analysis. Duncan's Multiple Range test. For the purpose the sample were conducted using questionnairs on 548 housewives that lived in seoul. The major findings wee ; 1) The wives's education level of background variables significantly was differentiated from wives' managerial behavior and their life satisfaction respectively. 2) The wives'stress level and their coping behavior respectively was higher than average. from wives'managerial behavior respectively. 4) The variable i.e. wives'stress level wives'coping behavior significantly was differentiate from wives'life satisfaction respectively In conclusion to improve wives'managerial behavior and their life satisfaction this study suggests we have to try to release or decrease wives'stress level and to do the resonable wives'co-ping behavior.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.323-343
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• 1991

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship among stressor(role conflict), coping strategy, and psychological well-being toward dual-career wives. For this purpose data were collected form 117 dual -career wives. The statistical methods used for data analysis were frequency distribution. percentile, Pearson's correlation and multiple regression. The results were as follows; 1)The general tendency of the stressor level of dual-career wives was slightly over the mid-point scores, 2.5 and the level of psychological well-being was relatively high. Also, the degree to which dual-career wives used coping strategies was relatively high. 2)Role conflicts were negatively related to psychological well-being. 3)Coping strategies were positively related to psychological well-being. 4)The degree of the negative influence which role conflicts had on psychological well-being was lower int he group using a high degree of coping strategies than in the group using a low degree of coping strategies.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.38 no.11
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• pp.115-126
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• 2000

This study investigated the relationship of demographic and psychological variables with job and family-related stress among 293 employed wives. We found that age, job types, working in weekend, and family cohesion significantly contributed to the explanation of job-related stress. We also found that job types, working in weekend, family adaptation, family cohesion, and employment motivation significantly contributed to explaining the variation of family-related stress. Job-related stress was more explained by demographic variables than psychological ones, whereas family-related stress was more explained by psychological variables than demographic ones. Practical implications of the current findings were discussed.