• 한국사회복지학
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.87-116
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• 2007

본 연구는 위탁아동의 적응경험의 실체를 파악하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 본 연구에서는 일반위탁가정에 진입한 초등학교 4학년 이상의 아동 8명을 대상으로 심층면접을 통한 질적연구를 수행하였다. 자료분석은 질적연구 방법 중 Strauss와 Corbin(1998)이 제시한 근거이론 방법에 의해서 이루어졌다. 연구참여자들과의 심층면담을 통해 얻은 원자료를 이론적 민감성을 지니고 지속적 비교방법을 통해 개방코딩을 한 결과 총 11개의 범주와 30개의 하위범주 그리고 96개의 개념이 추출하였다. 이를 요약해 보면, 중심현상을 촉발시킨 인과적 조건은 '가족안정성 와해'이며, 위탁아동의 적응과정에서 경험하는 중심현상은 '주변화'로 나타났다. 이에 영향을 미친 맥락적 조건은 '문화충격'과 '소속감 갈등'으로 나타났다. 중심현상에 대한 작용/상호작용 전략을 촉진시키거나 억제하는 중재적 조건은 '지지체계', '탄력성 발현', '운명론적 예단' 등 세 가지로 나타났다. 중심현상에 대한 작용/상호작용의 전략은 '권력에의 의지'와 '도덕적 우월성 추구'였으며 '위탁환경에 기계적 적응'과 '위탁환경의 능동적 주조'라는 두 가지의 결과로 나타났다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.83-107
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• 2010

본 연구는 출생 3개월 이전에 정상아인줄 알고 입양한 후, 양육과정에서 장애가 드러난 장애아동을양육하는 입양어머니의 내적 경험을 Van Manen(2000)의 해석학적 현상학 연구방법으로 접근하였다. 서울 광주 경남 전북에서 6명의 어머니를 대상으로 심층 인터뷰하였다. 연구결과, '안개 속을 헤메임, 삭히는 시간, 고통 중의 감사, 세상에 당당히 맞섬, 내 삶의 중심으로 들어 온 아픈 아이, 아직 살아보지 않은 날에의 기대'로 도출된 본질적 주제를 통해 '아픈 아이의 꿈을 이뤄주고 싶은 엄마마음'으로 해석학적 글쓰기를 하였다. 조금은 부족한 아이이므로 더 잘 키워주어 아이의 꿈을 이뤄주고 싶은 어머니의 마음은 결국 한 생명에 대한 사랑이었다. 긴 가슴앓이의 시간 후, 입양어머니에게 아이의 장애는 짐이 아니라 새로운 세상에의 기대로 나타나고 있고, 아동의 홀로서기를 만들어내고 있으며, 세상의 모든 아이는 가정을 가질 수 있음을 나타내고 있다.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.299-308
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• 2016

Purpose: To investigate the perception and barriers of Kangaroo-Mother Care (KMC) among nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Methods: Participants were 131 nurses working in NICU who completed self-report questionnaires which included information regarding perception, barriers, and practice of KMC. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program for descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficients. Results: Of the participants, 33.6% reported the practice of KMC in their NICU, with 75.6% wanting to receive training in KMC and 31.3% having received KMC education. Most of the participants agreed that KMC enhances attachment, parental confidence, and effective breast feeding but they reported a negative perception in providing KMC for premature infants weighing less than 1000 grams or intubated premature infants. Major barriers to practicing KMC were safety of infants, possible work overload for nurses, as well as absence of consistent guidelines. Barriers to KMC among nurses who received the KMC training were lower than nurses who did not receive the KMC training (t=-2.11, p=.037). Conclusion: Education program and standardized clinical practice protocol should be developed to foster the positive perception and to reduce nurse barriers to KMC.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.25-38
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• 2012

Drawing on social and cultural capital theory, the study investigates the influences of social capital and cultural capital on the academic achievement of children in out-of-home care. We collected data from 494 children living in out-of-home services, including institutional care facilities, foster care homes, and group homes. To analyze the collected data, a multiple regression analysis method was used. In addition, the IV (instrumental-variables) estimation was utilized to rule out the possibility of reverse causality. The level of children's social capital was measured through children's relationships with parents and friends, parental monitoring, etc. The level of children's cultural capital was measured by their cultural activities, such as going to museums, and playing musical instruments. Children's personal characteristics and placement history in out-of-home services were used as control variables. We found that among personal characteristic variables, self-esteem, depression and anxiety, and delinquency affected the academic achievement of the children. Cultural capital, but not social capital, positively affected the level of academic achievement of the children. Based on the study results, implications for child welfare practice were discussed.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2017

Objective: This study examined the relationships among teachers' empathy ability, children's peer competence and teacher-child relationships. Methods: 180 teachers and 360 children from 3 to 5 years old were included in the study. The research variables were measured by teachers' self-report through questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, and three-step mediated regression analysis. Results: First, teachers' empathy ability and teacher-child relationship showed significant differences according to teacher variables (age, marital status, parental status). And children's peer competence was significantly different according to gender. Second, intimacy which was a subfactor of teacher-child relationships showed a perfect mediating role in the association between teachers' empathy ability and peer competence. Conclusion/Implications: These results suggest the importance of teacher-child's intimate relationships since it affects the child's peer competence significantly. In this study, it was found that, in order to help foster the teacher's empathic ability and teacher-child relationships which have positive effects on the child's desirable peer formation, continuous teacher education and diverse studies are needed.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.33-50
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• 2011

This study aims to examine experiences of adoptive families, mainly focusing on mothers with their biological children and adopted a child, through a phenomenological approach. The subjects of this study are adoptive family's mothers with their biological children according to a criterion-based selection. 15 mothers who adopted children under 12 months, who are currently aged over 6, are selected and given personal and in-depth interviews, questions ranging from the process before adoption, foster care and changes in family relationships to the issues caused by adoption and coping methods. 6 steps of a phenomenological method that Colaizzi(1978) proposed are applied to analyze the data. The results of this study are as follows. The central theme of this study is 'A family which has harmonized with love beyond blood ties'. First, the participants have shown difficulties in different aspects over adoption than those of sterile families. The motive of their adoption is to let adopted children experience a happy childhood in a loving family. Secondly, the participants have adjusted themselves to new adoptive families, have committed to the care of their new children, and have experienced a change in family relationships. Finally, adoptive families have successfully been settled while overcoming difficulties together.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.286-296
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• 2021

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore first-time fathers' experiences during their transition to parenthood in South Korea. Methods: Data were collected from September 2019 to February 2020 through in-depth interviews that were conducted individually with 12 participants. First-time fathers with children under 2 months of age were recruited. Verbatim transcripts were analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. Results: Four theme clusters were identified: Preparing to become a father, challenges of becoming a father, motivation to foster familial bonds, and acknowledgement of fatherhood. Conclusion: These findings suggest that Korean first-time fathers prepared to practice parenthood through prenatal education, taegyo, and feeling bonds with their new baby. They recognized their identity as fathers and experienced self-growth. These results would be beneficial for health professionals in developing perinatal care programs, and the results provide basic data for studies on fathers and families during the transition to parenthood.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.42-52
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to find grounds for the development of a health promotion program by examining the risk factors affecting children in low-income families. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The subjects were 288 children under 13 years of age in We-Start, W city. The tools used included a household information questionnaire and risk assessment tools. The data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, and multiple regressions. Results: Risk factors like disability problems (β=.38, p<.001), residential environment (β=.37, p<.001), parenting type (β=.27, p=.003), the foster's educational level (β=.22, p=.011), and the gender of the child (β=.19, p=.030) explained 51% (p<.001) of the preschoolers in crisis. For the schooler, academic achievement (β=.39, p<.001), disability problems (β=.24, p<.001), adaptation to school (β=.23, p<.001), noise from the environment (β=.20, p<.001), and the foster's job (β=-.15, p=.007) explained 50% (p<.001) of crisis of schooler. Conclusion: The study found that children (disability, gender), family (residential environment, type of parenting), and caregivers (educational level, economic competence) had a complex impact on crisis situations. In children of a school-going age, school life appeared to be an important influencing factor. Therefore, an integrated case management approach that considers children, carers, and the home environment is necessary.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.415-426
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify relations among the parenting stress, maternal sensitivity to infant cues, parenting environment of first-time mothers. Method: The participants were 194 first-time mothers of babies aged 1-6 months who visited well-baby clinics in 5 hospitals. The data were collected from April 15 to June 15, 2003. Results: The parenting stress level was moderate with a mean score of 2.4(range 1-5). The parent domain and parent-child relationship domain of the parenting stress scale were significantly correlated with maternal sensitivity to infant feeding cues (r=-.178, p<.05; r=-.197, p<.01). Parenting stress was significantly correlated with childrearing environment(r=-2.19, p<.01). Parenting stress and childrearing environment were significantly different according to the educational level of the mothers and their prenatal care. Conclusions: Nursing interventions to reduce parenting stress in first-time mothers are needed to improve maternal sensitivity to infant cues and childrearing environment which foster infant development.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.445-468
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• 2011

본 연구는 아동복지 종사자가 자신의 일에 대한 순수한 즐거움을 동기로 그 일을 하는지, 즉 그들의 내재적 동기가 자신의 전문분야에 대한 애착을 의미하는 경력몰입을 통해 이직의도에 영향을 미치는지 분석하였다. 이를 위해 전국의 아동보호전문기관, 가정위탁지원센터, 아동양육시설 종사자들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 구조방정식분석방법을 통해 353명의 아동복지 종사자의 내재적 동기, 경력만족 및 이직의도 간의 인과관계를 검증하였다. 먼저, 잠재변인이 적절한 측정변인으로 구성되었는지 측정분석을 통해 확인하였으며, 구조분석을 통해 구조모형의 변인 간의 관계를 파악하였다. 분석결과, 연구가설에서 설정한 대로 내재적 동기는 경력몰입을 통해 이직의도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 내재적 동기가 이직의도에 직접적으로 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 통제변수들 중에서는 종사자의 월수입과 근무시간이 경력몰입과 이직의도에 유의미한 영향을 미쳤다. 이 결과를 반영하여 모형 적합도를 높인 수정모형을 제시하였으며, 매개효과의 유의성을 검증하였다. 마지막으로 이 연구결과를 바탕으로 사회복지 실천적 함의를 제안하였다.