• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.75-86
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• 2005

This study examines unique manifestations of intergenerational conflict related to the acculturation process of immigrant families. No scale that measured the acculturation aspect of intergenerational conflict exsited. Thus, a new scale was developed to investigate this unique aspect among Korean American adolescents. The study design was cross-sectional, and employed a convenience sampling method. The participants were Korean American adolescents of junior and senior high school age, 14 to18 years old. The study was conducted at eleven Korean churches and one hakwon (private out-of-school studies .institute) in Fairfax County, Virginia. Korean American adolescents expressed that the issues related to education, such as academic pressures and high expectations, caused intergenerational conflict most frequently. Unlike findings from previous studies, the participants indicated that language differences between parents and children rarely caused intergenerational conflict. Contrary to previous findings, none of the characteristics variables, such as age, gender, length of residency and language preference, were significantly correlated with this unique conflict. This study provides a rare opportunity to enhance our understanding on how Korean American adolescents interact with their immigrant parents.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.1631-1643
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• 2016

Depressive symptoms are one of the biggest mental health issues among Korean American adolescents. Previous studies have found that parental warmth and intergenerational family conflict have a major impact on depressive symptoms among Korean American adolescents. This cross-sectional study examines the mediation effects of intergenerational family conflict between perceived parental warmth and depressive symptoms among 97 Korean American adolescents aged 14 to 18 years old in the Pacific Northwest region. The results revealed that 60% of participants experienced depressive symptoms. In addition, mother-adolescent conflict significantly mediated between perceived parental warmth and depressive symptoms while father-adolescent conflict did not significantly mediate. The finding suggests the need to develop intervention programs for Korean American adolescents and their parents that focus on creating an understanding of the difference between Korean culture and American culture, identifying early signs of depressive symptoms, and decreasing intergenerational family conflict by teaching parents to express parental warmth effectively.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제68권4호
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• pp.5-24
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• 2016

본 연구는 연령주의와 연령통합이 각 세대별로 세대갈등인식에 미치는 영향력을 확인하고, 세대갈등을 줄이기 위해 어떠한 노력들이 진행되어야 하는가에 대해 탐색하고자 진행되었다. "한국의 고령화 사회에 대한 인식조사" 자료를 사용하였으며, 총 1,000명의 조사대상자들을 인구 비율에 따른 가중치를 적용한 후 청년층 476명, 중년층 369명, 노년층 155명의 3개의 연령집단으로 구분하였다. 각 집단의 세대갈등인식의 차이, 연령주의 관련 변수와 연령통합 관련 변수가 세대갈등인식에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 ANOVA와 다중회귀분석을 사용하였다. 분석결과, 각 연령집단별로 세대갈등인식에는 차이가 없었으나, 세대갈등인식에 영향을 미치는 요인에는 차이가 있었다. 모든 연령집단에서 연령주의 관련 변수 중 연령차별 심각성 인식이 세대갈등인식에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 즉 연령차별을 심각하게 받아들일수록 세대 간 갈등이 높은 것으로 인식하는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 세대갈등인식이 연령 그 자체에서 기인하는 인식과 편견들로부터 시작될 수 있음에 주목하고 연령주의와 연령통합이 세대갈등인식에 미치는 영향과 관련성을 탐색하였다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.163-177
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• 1988

The purpose of this study was to investigate the supporting-attitude type of the eldest son and his wife living seperately from his parents. This research focused on the various degree of intergenerational solidarity between the eldest son and his wife and his parents. For this study, the supporting-attitude types were classified into 4 types: these combine 2 types of residence (living together with the parents or living seperately from the parents) with 2 types of financial support (with with-out financial support0. The concept of intergenerational solidarity, comprises three elements: objective solidarity, subjective solidarity (attachment and conflict), and consensual solidarity (filial obligation). The subjects of this study were 166 couples living seperately from son's parents in Seoul city. The data were analyzed by multiple discriminant analyses, one way ANOVA's, and the paired t-test. The results of this study are as follows; 1. Although the majority of the eldest sons live now away from the parents home, they expect to eventually live together with and support their parents financially. The majority of the wives, however, do not want to live together with their husbands' parents even though expecting to support them financially. 2. According to the discriminant analyses, the supporting-attitude types of the eldest sons were discriminated by attachment and conflict, and those of their wives by conflict and obligation. 3. There were significant difference between supporting-attitude types in terms of intergenerational solidarity. In general, the couples expecting to live together with the parents reported a higher degree of attachment, a stronger sense of obligation, and a lower degree of conflict than the couples expecting to live seperately from the parents. 4. Significant differences between the husbands and the wives were found in attachment, obligation, and conflict. While the husbands showed higher attachment and obligation than their wives, the wives showed higher conflict than the husbands. No significant difference, however, was found between the couples in objective solidarity.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.191-200
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• 1997

The purpose of this research was to test a model of intergenerational transmission of marital instability. An important aspect of the present study was to test the direct and indiect intergenerational transmission processes of marital instability. This study revealed four very important findings. First the effects of parental divorce on children's marital instability were both direct and indirect through mate selection risk factors marital quality and marital commitment. Second premarital backgrounds such as socioeconomic status of parents and relative heterogeneity between spouse before marriage were important to explain one's marital relationship. Third the higher the barriers the higher the marital commitment. Fourth marital quality and marital commitment were important predictors of marital instability. Taken together this study supports the intergenerational transmission perspective that exposure to conflict marriage in one's own childhood would forecast lower marital sat sfaction higher conflict and higher marital instability in the marital relationship. The findings from this study also underline the importance of predisposing marital characteristics such as parental socioeconomic status and relative heterogeneity in explaining marital relationship.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.228-241
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• 2015

이 연구의 목적은 2013년 전국 대학생 865명 대상의 설문조사를 이용하여, 고령화, 저성장 경제에 직면한 대학생의 노인세대에 대한 인식을 밝히는 것이다. 분석결과, 대학생들은 노인세대와의 관계를 심각한 갈등관계로 인식하지는 않는 것으로 나타났다. 대학생들은 노인의 가족돌봄, 경제성장 기여에 대해 긍정적으로 인식하였다. 그러나 세대간 재분배를 둘러싼 구체적인 정책에서는 청년세대와 노인세대 간의 갈등이 발생할 가능성을 인식하고 있었다. 회귀분석 결과, 진보적일수록 노인의 기여를 긍정적으로 평가하고, 노인복지에 대한 정부책임을 확대해야 한다고 인식하였다. 정치관심이 많을수록 노인의 기여를 긍정적으로 인식하고, 노인복지 재정문제가 심각해질 것이라고 인식한 반면, 세대갈등 가능성은 낮을 것이라고 인식하였다. 대출금액, 용돈금액, 전공계열, 취업준비여부도 노인세대에 대한 인식과 일부 관련을 맺었다. 이 연구에서는 대학생의 노인세대에 대한 이해와 노인세대와의 협력을 증진하기 위한 방안을 제안하였다.

• 한국가족관계학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.105-130
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• 2018

Objective: In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the Korean Intergenerational Psychological Ambivalence Scale (KIPAS) for young adult children. Method: Data came from 1,140 Korean young adults aged 19-34, who were never married and had at least one living parent. We translated the individual-subjective dimension of Zygowicz's (2006) Intergenerational Ambivalence Scale from English to Korean. The individual-subjective dimension had eight items that directly measured intergenerational psychological ambivalence (D-KIPAS) and 10 items that indirectly measured intergenerational psychological ambivalence (I-KIPAS). Results: The D-KIPAS and I-KIPAS items showed good internal consistency both for the mother and the father. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that D-KIPAS items loaded on one factor after controlling for method effects, which allowed error variances among the four non-reversed items to covary. Both the positive and negative items of I-KIPAS had good reliability and loaded on the same factor. The mean score of D-KIPAS and the calculated score of I-KIPAS were significantly but moderately correlated, which indicates that the D-KIPAS and I-KIPAS assess correlated but distinct aspects of intergenerational ambivalence. Correlations among D-KIPAS, I-KIPAS, and the proxy variables of intergenerational solidarity and conflict supported the discriminant validity of the KIPAS. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that both D-KIPAS and I-KIPAS are reliable and valid tools to measure intergenerational psychological ambivalence among Korean young adults.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.369-386
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine which aspects of coresident intergenerational relationships were associated with the life satisfaction of unmarried children in established adulthood and of their parents. In this study, the coresident relationship characteristics included support exchange, emotion, interference-conflict, and perceptions of coresidence. Data were collected from (a) 250 never-married adults who were 35+ years old and lived in Seoul with at least one parent aged 75 years or younger and (b) 250 older adults who were 75 years old or younger and had at least one unmarried child aged 35+ years living in the same household. Our multiple regression analysis of unmarried children showed that the adult child's financial support, the adult child's psychological reliance on parents, the parent's psychological reliance on the child, and relationship quality were significantly related to higher levels of life satisfaction. In contrast, the parent's daily interference, daily conflicts, and anticipation of future care of parents were related to lower levels of life satisfaction. Second, the characteristics that were positively associated with the parent's life satisfaction were the parent's instrumental support, relationship quality, the coresident child's daily interference, positive perceptions of intergenerational coresidence, and expectation of future care of parents. In contrast, the parent's financial support, daily conflicts with the child, and taking intergenerational coresidence for granted were negatively related to the parent's life satisfaction. This study advances our understanding of coresidence between unmarried children in established adulthood and their older parents by focusing on the multiple aspects of intergenerational coresidence.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.53-66
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• 1998

This study presents the Family FIRO model for stepfamily development. The Family FIRO model conceptualizes interactional patterns in stepfamily for dealing with developmental tasks and suggests a method for organizing assessment and for prioritizing treatment strategies. Boundary ambiguity role confusion intergenerational coalition and loyalty conflict lack of relationship commitment and resource management issues of stepfamily constitute the inclusion interaction dimension in The Family FIRO model. While power role negotiation conflict decision making and discipline issues represent the control interaction dimension lack of emotional exchange and open self-disclosure issues are intimacy interaction dimension in the stepfamily. The family FIRO model suggests that stepfamily should attend to the developmental tasks related to inclusion before placing a major emphasis on control issues which in turn should come before emphasis on stepfamily intimacy.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2004

최근 급변하는 사회현상들로 인한 다양한 가족유형들은 가족에 대한 개념 자체를 변화시키고 있다. 이러한 변화는 필연적으로 가족내 세대간 가치차이를 야기하며, 가족갈등이나 사회문제로 파생되는 것이 사실이다. 본고에서는 다양화, 다각화로 변모하고 있는 사회현상으로 인한 가족내 변화에 따른 가족내 세대간의 문제를 다루어봄으로써 세대갈등에 대한 해결책을 모색해보고자 한다. 먼저, 현대사회의 가족구조적인 변화가 가족내 어떤 기능적인 변화를 요구하고 있는지 살펴본 결과, 다음과 같은 긍정적인 변화들을 촉구하고 있었다. 첫째, 가족구성원들간의 상호작용하는 방식의 변화이고, 둘째, 가족의 심리적 자원으로서 애정, 보살핌과 같은 관계적 자원에 대한 지속적인 연속성의 요구이며, 셋째, 형식적 관계에서 벗어나 실질적 관계로의 전환, 및 마지막으로, 보다 명료한 의사소통망의 활용이었다. 또한 가족생애주기의 변화에 따른 부모-자녀관계의 상호작용을 재조명해봄으로써 세대갈등에 대한 해결책을 탐색해본 결과, 첫째, 현대사회의 다양한 가족유형의 가변성을 수용하고, 변화하는 가족의 기능적인 측면을 강조하여야 하며, 둘째, 각 세대가 지니고 있는 상호교환적인 가치를 수용하여 세대간 관계적 기능을 강화할 뿐만 아니라, 셋째, 효에 대한 재조명이 필요했다. 즉 가족기능의 세대간 전수는 가계와 가문형성의 근원이 될 수 있지만, 세대간의 상호작용없이 불가능하다.