• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.251-268
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• 2005

This study analyzes the amendment history of Educare Law of Infants and Children, the Equal Employment Opportunity Law, and Employment Insurance Law, and also examines the present status of the employer-supported child care service through secondary analysis of other policy studies. The three laws concerning employer-supported child care can be said to hold in itself two main concepts: employers' obligations to provide child care, and government's financial support and administrative management. In terms of the first concept, laws have been amended to enlarge the number of enterprises legally-responsible for child care service and to relieve the financial burden from them. In terms of the second, laws have been amended to gradually extend the magnitude of government's financial support and to establish the systematic administrative management. Approximately a half of the policy target enterprises, however, is not complying the laws. In addition, employer-supported child care centers are only occupying less than 1% of the whole child care market. Thus, this study evaluates the current employer-supported child care service system and suggests several principles for its improvement.

• 아동학회지
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• 제2권
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• pp.83-103
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• 1981

1. Outline of the Study A boom of baby hotels is taking place in Japan. Baby hotel means day care centers that renders services day and night for babies of working mothers. These baby hotels are thriving because many mothers welcome the system because of their needs. However, accidents occurred in a row recently and therefore baby hotel has suddenly become a social issue. According to the ministry of health welfare, there are 587 baby hotels in Japan accommodating about 10,000 children and they are mostly located around amusement centers. The reasons that these baby hotels thrive in spite of the fact that there are 22,000 day care centers in Japan are : (1) shortage of day care centers compared to the needs (2) most centers do not take in babies below 1 year. This study aims to describe the present status of the baby hotels and the background of the phenomena that made it possible for them to thrive with no permission from the government. This study mostly deals with the phenomena in Tokyo. 2. Day Care Policy in Japan and the Problems of Baby Hotels The present review deals with the problems from the following 6 dementions. (1) the shortage of day care centers (2) inadequate system for the care of babies (3) inadequate daily hours of day care centers (4) Unflexable enrollment system of day care centers (5) imperfect enfollment process & guidelines (6) lack of alternative institutions 3. Result The Ministry of Health & Welfare affered the following ways to cape with the problems of baby hotels : (1) restraint of the baby hotels (2) utilization of existing day care centers for the care of babies. In my opinion, these suggestions seem too superficial in solving the problems. I would rather suggest that the Japanese government review the whole system of child welfare administration. The Child welfare Law of Japan made a clear statement in its article 24 that, "if day care centers are not available, alternative institution for proper care of children must be sought for." My suggestions for the alternative care are : (1) public nursing rooms (2) family day care (3) extention of kindergarten hours (4) foster family care.

• 아동학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.83-94
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• 2016

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in self-leadership and job involvement based on the education levels, majors, and teaching experiences of multicultural family home-visit instructors and the influence of self-leadership on job involvement. Methods: 668 home-visit instructors participated in the online survey from 140 multicultural family support centers in Seoul, 6 metropolitan cities, 9 provinces, and other cities and counties. Data were analyzed through frequency, percentages, Pearson's correlations, one-way ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ post-hoc test, and stepwise multi-regression using SPSS 21.0. Results: The main findings are as follows. First, instructors who were high school graduates had significantly higher scores in self-leadership than the other groups. There was only a significant difference in self-reward of self-leadership based on their majors. There were no significant differences in job involvement based on the education level and major. The greater their home-visit teaching experiences, the higher their scores in self-leadership and job involvement. Second, the stepwise multiple regression model showed that self-expectation, self-goal setting, constructive thinking, and rehearsal of self-leadership explained 49% of the total variance in job involvement. Conclusion: Even though the high school graduates had significantly higher scores in self-expectation, rehearsal, and constructive thinking of self-leadership than the other groups, over-generalization should be avoided because the sample size was relatively small. Based on the finding that greater home-visit teaching experiences was associated with higher self-leadership and job involvement, it would be necessary to improve working condition to prevent instructors from changing jobs. These findings stress the importance of providing opportunities for home-visit instructors to develop leadership, thus improving job involvement.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제36호
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• pp.103-127
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• 2008

본 연구는 가족과 지역사회의 사회적 자본이 아동의 우울에 미치는 영향의 정도와 기제를 밝히고자 하였다. 이를 위해 한국청소년 패널 1차년도 아동 데이터를 이용하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 가족의 물적 인적 자원(부모의 교육수준과 가구 월소득)은 아동의 우울에 유의미하게 영향을 주고 있었다. 둘째, 가족의 물적 인적 자원은 우울에 직접적 영향을 미치기도 하지만 가족 내 사회적 자본과 지역사회의 사회적 자본에 의해 매개되어 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 셋째, 지역사회의 사회적 자본이 우울에 직접적 영향을 미치기도 하지만 가족 내 사회적 자본에 의해 매개되어 우울에 영향을 미치는 구조를 발견하였다. 가족의 사회경제적 환경이나 지역사회의 사회적 규범과 통제기능이 아동의 우울에 영향을 미치기는 하지만 가족 내의 관계의 구조와 질에 의해 가장 영향을 받는다는 본 연구의 결과는 가족기능 강화를 위한 사회복지정책과 개입의 중요성을 시사하였다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.147-166
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• 2016

Objective: The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of parenthood of mothers of early school-age children, with emphasis on cognitive, behavioral, and emotional aspects of parenthood. Methods: Nineteen mothers whose children were 1st and 2nd grade elementary school children participated in this study. Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews. During the interview, mothers were asked to speak freely about their experiences as parents of early-school age children, including parenting beliefs, parenting behaviors, and emotional experiences related to parenting. These interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed in a thematic way using MAXQDA. Results: Using qualitative methods, five major themes were emerged: (1) Recognizing the role of parents as a supporter of growth; (2) recognizing parenthood of the present generation that imposes expanded roles to mothers; (3) co-parenting of early school-age children and marital relationship; (4) co-existence of different parenting styles based on specific mother-child interaction situations; (5) experiencing a wide spectrum of emotions including anxiety, guilt, and depression, as well as happiness. Conclusion: This study revealed the unique cognitive, behavioral, and emotional aspects of parenthood experienced by mothers with early school-age children. Results of this study can fill a gap in our understanding of parenthood of mothers when their children entered into the new developmental stage of middle childhood. The results could also be used as a basis for developing parent education and family relationship programs.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제46권10호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2008

We examined the effects of family and home literacy environments on the vocabulary and reading abilities of 3 to 5-year-olds. In particular, SES was considered against home literacy environment. The sample consisted of 366 Korean children and their mothers. We found that the level of mother's education was related to the child's vocabulary test score. After controlling for family factors, home literacy environment score positively predicted children's performance both in vocabulary and reading tests. Magnitudes of differences between the two literacy groups (high and low home literacy environment) became larger in the children from relative lower income families. Magnitudes of differences for vocabulary and reading tests was strikingly large in the low-income group both in vocabulary and reading tests. These findings shed lights on the importance of parent education and family services for low-income families with preschool children.

• 아동학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.183-195
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• 2010

This study sought to investigate the environmental predictors of atopic dermatitis in children. The participants were 1050 (age 3-5) children taken from data data from the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs. A data mining decision tree model revealed that the factors of medical neglect, breakfast, attachment to mother, and mother's depression influenced atopic dermatitis in children. Our results revealed that in the factors considered above, medical neglect had the greatest influence upon atopic dermatitis in children.

• 아동학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2017

Objective: This study investigated the effects of a logotherapy group-counseling progrm on levels of life purpose, self-esteem, and school adjustment among middle school students. Methods: The participants were 32 Korean middle school male students recruited from two middle schools in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. They voluntarily participated in this program and were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n = 8) or the control group (n = 8) in each school. Thus, the number of participants of each group was 16. The experimental group counseling sessions occurred twice weekly for 4 weeks, and each session lasted 50 min. No treatment was offered to the control group. Results: First, as hypothesized, the logotherapy group-counseling program had significant effects on the life purpose of adolescents. Second, the program had a positive effect on improving self-esteem. The level of self-esteem in the experimental group was much higher than in the control group and was statistically significant. Third, the program had a significant effect on school adjustment. Conclusion: These results show that this logotherapy group-counseling program has very positive effects on life purpose, self-esteem, and school adjustment among Korean middle school male students.

• 한국아동복지학
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• 제56호
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• pp.165-193
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• 2016

본 연구는 체계적 문헌고찰과 메타분석을 활용하여 아동의 심리사회적 부적응에 영향을 미치는 상관요인을 생태체계적 관점으로 개인, 가족, 학교, 지역사회 수준에서 고찰하였다. 1999년부터 2016년 6월 30일까지 국내에서 수행된 연구 중 선정기준에 따라 총 36편이 선정되었고, 외현화 문제관련 21개변인 65개 데이터, 내재화 문제관련 22개변인 70개의 데이터가 최종 메타분석에 사용되었다. 분석결과 아동의 외현화 문제 관련 아동 개인요인 중 스트레스 대처방식, 가족요인 중에는 가족의사소통, 학교요인 중에서는 학교적응, 지역사회요인 중에서는 사회복지서비스 만족정도가 가장 큰 효과크기로 나타났다. 반면, 내재화 문제와 관련해서는 아동 개인요인 중 아동의 기질, 가족요인 중 부모가족과의 관계, 학교요인 중 또래와의 관계, 지역사회요인 중 사회적 지지가 가장 큰 효과크기를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 각 요인군별 평균효과크기를 살펴본 결과 외현화, 내재화 문제 모두 개인 > 가족 > 학교/지역사회 요인군 순으로 평균효과크기가 나열 되었다. 또한 요인군별 이질성에 대해 조절효과 분석을 실시한 결과를 제시하였다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.57-77
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• 2016

Objective: This study examined the influences of general characteristics, temperament, social support, and emotional regulation on the positive psychological capital of adolescents. The data were collected from 672 middle school students living in Gwangju. Methods: Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation analyses and hierarchical regression analyses. Results: Temperament best explained positive psychological capital. In terms of individual factors, self-emotion regulation had the greatest effect on positive psychological capital, followed by friend support, persistence temperament, others emotion regulation, academic achievement, harm avoidance temperament, gender, and family support, in that order. Conclusion: The results for the effects of temperament, social support and emotion regulation on adolescent's positive psychological capital highlights the important roles played by the temperament, social support, and emotion regulation in improving an adolescent's positive psychological capital. The study contributes to the literature by proving fundamental insights into an adolescent's psychological strengths and higher quality of life.