• Human Ecology Research
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.157-168
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• 2015

This study examined positive and negative marital factors on social adaptation to South Korea among North Korean refugees. In terms of previous studies, family variables play an important role in the adaptation to new society among refugees. We analyzed three major marital factors of marriage background, dyadic adjustment, and marital violence. Marital factors consisted of place of birth, place of marriage, dyadic consensus, dyadic satisfaction, dyadic cohesion, emotional violence, physical violence, and sexual violence. We analyzed the data of 295 North Korean refugees who resided in Seoul, Gyeonggi province and Incheon using snowballing sampling. The result indicated that the refugees married to non-Korean partners (including Korean-Chinese, Chinese, or Russian) are more likely to suffer in social adaptation. Place of marriage (whether the couple got married before escaping, during the escape or after living in South Korea) did not have a significant impact. Dyadic satisfaction was helpful in social adaptation, while sexual violence had a negative effect. The findings of this study suggest alternatives for more successful social adaptation by North Korean refugees to South Korea, a need for more services that target married couples and families rather than individuals, and suggestions for the use of counselors who are also North Korean refugees.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.41-57
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• 2012

This study uncovers the relationships between mental health, couple relationships and marital happiness. The sample included 180 inter-married Korean men. The data were analyzed by means of frequency, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS. Mental health is positively correlated with marital conflict, but is negatively correlated with efficient communication and marital happiness. Furthermore, marital conflict is negatively correlated with communication and marital happiness. Second, mental health has a positive influence on marital conflict and a negative influence on marital happiness. Depression and social mal-adaptation have a negative effect on communication and marital happiness. Marital conflict does not have a mediating effect on mental health and marital happiness. Third, depression and social mal-adaptation have a negative influence on communication and marital happiness. Communication has a mediating effect on mental health and marital happiness. In conclusion, to reduce marital conflict, it is important to intervene in inter-married Korean men's marital happiness through special education programs and counseling.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.71-90
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to investigate on characteristics of sociological and demographic population, marital conflicts and expectations to family counselors' cultural competence surrounding factors of cultural adaptation among immigrated women. This study conducted a survey of 236 immigrated women in Kyonggi province, Seoul metropolitan cities, Cholla and Chunchung provinces and Incheon. The results of this study are as follows: First, a relatively few marital conflicts were found, as a whole, while they had the high levels of expectation to family counselors' cultural competence. Second, immigrated women can be clustered as three different types: 'multiplicity type', 'undifferentiated type' and 'adaptation type'. Third, sociological and demographic population characteristics which were subdivided and clustered according to cultural adaptation made the significant difference between each population. Population with multiplicity type out of the above-stated three types accounted for the highest conflict rates, while population with 'adaptation' type accounted for the lowest conflict rates. Lastly, expectations to family counselors' cultural competence made the significant difference among each population. Population with multiplicity type showed the highest expectation levels on expectations to family counselors' cultural competence, while population with undifferentiated type showed the lowest levels.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.363-372
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of couples' conflict coping styles upon wives' marital adaptation. The results are as follows: First, the most often-used conflict coping style was 'compromise', and the least-used was 'smoothing over', in both cases of husbands and wives. Second, significant differences were found in 'compromise', 'integration', and 'smoothing over' between the cases of husbands and wives. For example, wives used 'compromise' and 'integration' more frequently than husbands, but 'smoothing over' was more often used by husbands. Third, the most important variable that influenced wives' stress and marital satisfaction was husbands' conflict coping styles. Their own conflict coping styles and demographic variables came as the next. Fourth, the only conflict coping style of wives that influenced the stress and the marital satisfaction was 'dominance'. On husbands' side, 'compromise (stress and marital satisfaction)' and 'dominance (marital satisfaction)' functioned as important variables.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.59-82
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• 2008

본 연구는 정신장애인의 가족 태도가 질환의 재발과 상관관계가 있다는 선행연구를 토대로, 정신장애인 배우자의 정신질환에 대한 태도가 재발에 어떻게 영향을 미치는 지를 탐색하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 이 두 변수간의 인과적 경로에 관여하는 주요 변수들인 부부관계 및 사회적응도와의 관계를 검증하였다. 결혼생활 중인 102명의 정신장애인들을 대상으로 수집한 자료를 구조방정식모델링을 통해 분석한 결과, 배우자가 갖는 정신질환에 대한 태도는 부부관계와 사회적응도의 순차적인 매개역할을 통하여 정신질환의 재발에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 근거하여 결혼한 정신장애인의 부부관계 증진을 위한 상담 및 배우자 교육프로그램의 활성화를 제언하였다.

• 한국보육학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.115-128
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• 2019

본 연구는 어머니의 양육스트레스가 유아의 유아교육기관 적응에 미치는 영향을 알아보고, 어머니의 양육스트레스와 유아의 유아교육기관 적응 간의 관계에서 부부 간 의사소통의 매개효과를 검증하는데 그 목적이 있다. 본 연구의 대상은 전북 J시에 거주하는 유아 219명과 그들의 어머니이다. 본 연구에서 수집된 데이터는 spss 21.0, amos 21.0으로 분석하였으며, 구조방정식 모형을 통해 매개효과를 검증하였다. 본 연구결과는 첫째, 어머니의 양육스트레스와 부부 간 의사소통은 유아의 유아교육기관 적응에 직접적인 영향력을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 어머니의 양육 스트레스와 유아의 유아교육기관 적응 관계에서 부부 간 의사소통은 매개효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 양육스트레스 감소와 긍정적인 부부 간 의사소통의 중요성에 대한 방안을 논의하였다.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.657-673
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• 2009

This research was focused on wives and theirs husbands who have been involved in extramarital affairs. The major purpose of this study was to find out wives' marital adaptation process and typology in the process of their husbands' affairs. The grounded theory provided the theoretical and methodological framework for this research. The qualitative data were obtained from ten wives whose husbands have had extramarital affairs through in-depth interview. The data wear analyzed through open, axial, and selective codings and formed a conditional matrix. This research classified these wives' adaptation into four types such as Separated Independent, Rigid Resigned, Connected Acceptive, and Chaotic Attached types.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.111-123
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting stress and adaptation in newborn congenital heart disease patients of parents. Data were obtained through questionnaires from 181 newborn congenital heart disease inpatients of parents from P university in Y city. The data were analyzed SPSS 18.0, using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression. Stress was negative correlated with level of patents adaptation. Social support, marital communication and family cohesion were positive correlated with level of patents adaptation. The explained variances for patents adaptation were 45.2% and factors affecting patients adaptation were congenital heart disease, family cohesion, stress, social support and marital communication. Educational intervention program for parents of newborn with congenital heart disease, reduce stress, and to increase the adaptation will be developed.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.179-193
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• 2015

This study examined the retirement adaptation process for middle-aged and elderly couples. Twelve couples who had experienced retirement were recruited by theoretical sampling. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed through the grounded theory approach of Strauss and Corbin (1998). This study showed the results of 124 concepts, 41 sub-categories and 17 categories indicated through an open coding process. As a paradigm in axial coding, the causal conditions in the adjustment procedures of elderly couples whose spouses are retired were 'retirement preparation,' 'retirement acceptance,' and 'marital satisfaction.' A central phenomenon was 'crisis and conflicts of twilight couples.' The contextual conditions that correspond to this phenomenon were 'psychological separation from adult children,' 'division of household labor,' and 'economic status.' The action/interaction strategies to control the phenomenon were 'recognition of marital relationships,' 'conflicts coping,' 'resolution methods,' and 'self-reflection.' The intervening conditions that facilitate action/interaction strategies were 'attitudes of husbands,' 'mutual awareness of couple,' 'health status,' and 'support systems.' The consequences were 'readaptation of marital relationships,' and 'unresolved conflicts,' and 'trying alone.' This research classified middle-aged and elderly couples' adaptation into three types such as mutual effort, separation & resignation, and conflicts vestige. The findings provide basic information to develop a retirement adaptation program for the middle-aged and elderly.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.119-133
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• 1993

Based on the Double ABCX model of family stress and adaptation this study was to investi-gate the intercorrelations among and the relative magnitutide of variables associated with diffe-rent levels of adaptation to conflict with mothers-in-law reported by daughter-in-law. Frequency of conflict was selected as a stressor(aA) Resource factor(bB) in this study was self-efficacy. Four types of blame(self-behavior self-character other people and impersonal world blame) were selected as perception factors(cC). The adaptation factors(xX) were the level of daughter-in-law's psychological well-being and marital adjustment. Data for this research were questionnaire responses from 151 daughters-in-law who lived in Seoul. The results of correlational analyses indicated that most variables were significantly correlated with each other. In addition results of the path analysis on daughter-in-law's psychological well-being indicated that higher scores on the psychological well-being were significantly associa-ted with(a) greater self-behavior blame for the conflict and (b) less ascription of blame to the impersonal world. Frequency of conflict influenced psychological well-being indirectly th-rough self-behavior blame and impersonal blame both of which were also found to mediate the effect of self-efficacy on the level of psychological well-being. However although all indepen-dent variables were significantly correlated with marital adjustment no variables had direct effects on marital adjustment.