• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.59-76
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• 2012

This study examines the relationship between intergenerational financial resource transfers and preparation for later life among the middle-aged. The study sample consists of 1536 middle-aged individuals with at least one living parent and one married child. The level of preparation for later life is dependent upon the level of household economic status. The statistically significant variables predicting the level of preparation for later life include age, education, subjective health status, household income and household assets. Moreover, intergenerational resource transfers are statistically significant factors that explain the level of preparation for later life. The effect of financial transfers from middle-aged parents to their adult children on the level of preparation for later life is the most significant financial transfer variable.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.61-76
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• 1998

The Purpose of this paper is to find out the middle aged wives need for the family life education(FLE). The data were collected from 317 middle aged wives who's last child age over-18th. 1. The need for the FLE is indicated at the middle level, and we can see the strongest need of the being educated about the parent-child relationship, and of the being educated about the wife itself, about the older parent relationship and about the spousal relationship by turn. 2. Wife's age, husband's age, duration of marriage, income, number of children, type of family have a significant influence on the need for the family life education. 3. The middle aged wives want to educate about emotional control of leaving child, economic stability, teaching their child about value of marriage, and prevention and care of dementia. 4. This paper proposes that we should develope and execute not only the program of the FLE with respect to enough the need of the being educated, but also the programs of education about the grand parent role because of the increasing of the number of old aged people.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.327-343
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• 1996

This study is the last part of a collaborative study on the Family Life Issues of Middle aged Apartment-Residents in Seoul. This study is focused on case studies. The data were collected from 15 fulltime housewives who are in the upper-middle and the lower-middle families having at least one child in a middle or high school from Kangbuk and Kangnam areas. In this study, the whole family life issues were divided into the following 4 subareas ; 1. housewives' own life, 2. family life, 3. economic environments, 4. housing environments. The major result of this study is : the most important factor influencing the quality of life of the middle age family was the existence of children attending junior and senior high school, which brought various problems into the family with relation to self identity, time management and leisure of middle aged housewife, educational cost, shared family activities, housing space. Therefore the whole family life would be improved through the change of the current education system.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.79-101
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• 2014

The main objective of this study is to explain the differences in intergenerational resource transfers among the middle-aged at various income levels. Analyses of data on financial resource transfers from the 2nd wave of the Korean Retirement and Income Study were conducted. The study sample consisted of 931 middle-aged individuals who had at least one living parent and one child. The data analysis methods were ${\chi}^2$ analysis, one-way analysis of variance(ANOVA), logistic regression analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Financial resource transfers are statistically significant factors explaining the preparation for later life and life satisfaction of middle-aged individuals. The empirical results reveal that the frequency of intergenerational financial transfers was significantly higher in high-income households than in middle- and low- income households. A comparison of high-, middle- and low-income households shows that financial resource transfers had a greater influence on the preparation for later life and life satisfaction of the middle-aged in middle-income households than in low- or high-income households. The level of life satisfaction was dependent upon to whom middle-aged individuals gave financial resources. In the middle-income group, the middle-aged who gave financial resources to their parents were more likely to have higher life satisfaction than those who did not. Receiving financial transfers from parents or children did not have a statistically significant impact on the life satisfaction of the middle-aged in any income-level group.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.121-136
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• 1992

The purpose of this study is to investigate housing needs for the elderly in reference to the middle-Aged, the relationship of their housing needw with demographic variables and personal characteristic. The main results are as follows: 1. The desired distance form their residence to children's house is about halr an hour to one hour by car. White color employees are more declined to living seperately from thier children than blue color. Most of them like to depend on pensions for living expenses. 2. The favorite housing plans are listed in the order of self-contained unit(50.7%), intermediate care housing(38.6%) and living with their children(10.7%). This tells that the prospective elderly likes to live independentlay from their children and suggests the need for housing plans for elderly people. 3. Women are highly interested in both interior and exterior housing environment. People who are active in their everyday life tend to show more interests in interior facilities and space arrangements of their house, transportation, and neighboring environments.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제42권7호
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• pp.145-164
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to understand how late middle-aged women in our society view and adapt to “aging”. This is a crucial step forward linking two stages, the growing young age and the declining old age, which eventually improves the qualify of life in old a9e. This qualitative study used Personal narratives extracted from tape-recorded interviews of 20 late middle-aged women in their fifties and analyzed key experiences of late middle-aged women in their transition to old age. Participants were observed to perceive not only many limitations but also alternative potentialities. First, the major challenges due to the closing young era were ‘physical declines’, including health problems and wrinkles, and ‘leaving children’. Second, the potentialities to start a new era also could be found. Many participants found themselves to be generous enough to assist others in need. In addition, they looked to adapt to new challenges. It was likely that the many adversities that they had faced made them resilient. These results show that late middle-aged women were actively negotiating with themselves and their surroundings in order to overcome their losses, maintain their potentialities, and, in the process, acknowledge their impending old age for better preparation.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.602-611
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• 2002

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the influencing factor to self actualization in middle-aged women. Method: The subjects for this study were 191 middle-aged women selected by convenience sampling in three cities. Data collection was done using a questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression. Result: The results of this study were as follows: 1. The relationship between self-efficacy, social support, self esteem, motivation for achievement, parental satisfaction with children and self-actualization were found to have statistically significant positive correlations. But the relationship between depression and self-actualization were found to have statistically significant negative correlation. 2. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that the most powerful predictor was social support. Social support, motivation for achievement and self esteem accounted for 38.1% of the variance in self-actualization in middle aged women. Conclusion: According to these results, it is recommended that in order to enhance self-actualization in middle-aged women, empowerment of social support, motivation for achievement and self esteem should be pursued.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.484-500
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• 2002

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to better understand types of health behavior in middle aged women in the Korean agricultural society, understand their nursing needs, and eventually present guidelines to develop proper nursing interventions. Method: Participants for this study were 16 middle aged women from farming communities, who lived in C county and were independent and without chronic ailments. In collection and analysis of data Strauss & Cortin's (1997) research processes and methods were used. The period of data collection was between April 2001 and February 2002. Result: The results of the study showed that the core category was the family-oriented process of $yangsaeng^{1)}$, and four types of health behaviors were observed; $momboyang^{2)}$ maintenance of health through daily life, managing mental health, and managing illness. Each type was perceived to differ from the other in the terms of health behavior priority which was largely affected by the cultural surrounding, for example, degree of attention to children's education and tendency to a traditional role for women. Conclusion: In conclusion, nurses need to understand various types of health behavior in middle aged women. The findings from this study can be applied to the development of Korean nursing interventions that are based on health behavior among middle aged women in the Korean agricultural society. These interventions can then. be based upon understanding of Korean culture rather than drawn only from Western concepts of health behavior.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제42권8호
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• pp.691-701
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• 2009

본 연구는 2001년 국민건강 영양조사 자료를 이용하여 초 중 고 학령 어린이를 가구 소득 수준에 따라 저소득가정 어린이와 일반가정 어린이로 분류한 후 신체계측자료 및 영양소와 주요 식품군의 섭취수준을 학령군별로 비교 평가하였다. 주요 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 저소득가정 어린이들과 일반가정 어린이들의 학령군별 연령수준과 성별분포는 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 2) 저소득가정 어린이들의 신장, 체중, BMI는 일반가정 어린이들보다 전반적으로 낮은 경향이었으나, 이러한 차이는 중학생 학령군의 체중과 BMI에서만 통계적으로 유의하였다. 체중평가 결과의 분포를 비교한 결과, 저체중 또는 과체중의 비율이 두 소득계층간에 유의하게 다르지 않았다. 3) 에너지 섭취수준에는 소득계층에 따른 차이가 나타나지 않았으나, 저소득가정 어린이의 경우 일반가정 어린이 보다 탄수화물에서 섭취하는 에너지 비율이 높고 지방에서 섭취하는 에너지 비율은 낮았다. 4) 일부 미량영양소의 경우, 저소득가정의 초등학생과 중학생 학령군의 평균 섭취수준이 일반가정 어린이들보다 낮았으며, 초등학생 학령군에서 이러한 차이를 보이는 영양소의 수가 더 많았다. 5) 식사구성안을 기준으로 여섯 가지 식품군에 대한 섭취수준을 평가하였을 때, 초등학생 또는 중학생 학령의 저소득가정 어린이들의 경우 우유 유제품과 과일의 평균 섭취수준이 일반가정 어린이들보다 낮았고, 또한 권장 수준보다도 낮은 수준이었다. 중학생과 고등학생 학령의 저소득가정 어린이의 경우, 고기 생선 계란 콩류의 평균 섭취수준이 일반가정 어린이보다 낮았고 이 또한 권장 수준보다 낮았다. 결론적으로 식품섭취 수준에서 본 우리나라 저소득가정 어린이의 식생활 문제는 일반가정 어린이와 공통적 요소를 가지고 있었으나, 그 심각성은 상대적으로 큰 것으로 나타났다. 즉 우유 유제품 및 과일의 섭취 부족은 소득 계층에 관계없이 학령기 어린이의 공통된 식생활 문제로 분석되었으나 이러한 문제가 저소득계층에서 더욱 심화된 양상이었다. 또한 일부 학령군의 저소득가정 어린이는 일반가정 어린이에게서는 발견되지 않는 특수한 식생활 문제로서 고기 생선 계란 콩류의 섭취 부족이 나타났다. 따라서 학령기 저소득층 어린이의 식생활 문제의 해결을 위해서는 일반 어린이와는 다른 접근방식의 보다 적극적인 지원 정책이 필요하며, 기존의 관련 정책 및 사업 또한 이러한 특수성을 고려한 개선이 시급하다. 저소득층 어린이들의 학령군에 따른 상이한 식생활문제 또한 이러한 정책 내용에 반영되어야 할 것이다.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.521-528
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• 2005

Purpose: This study was explored the experiences of the middle-aged women and tried to understand their lived experiences. Method: The data was collected from 9 participants living in Seoul from Sep. to Dec. 2003. Collection of data was by means of in-depth interviews. The analysis of the data was made the phenomenological analytic method suggested by Colaizzi(1978). Result: The 10 themes were extracted in this study ; sense of emptiness, repentance of one's past, decline of physical functions, lost one's youth, worry of children, thinking about future, importance of husband, importance of job, composure of mind, content with present life. Conclusion: Therefore, the helpful program should be developed and applied to extend positive lived experiences, and relieve or exclude negative lived experiences for the middle aged women.