• Human Ecology Research
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.499-512
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• 2019

Korean adolescents have a lower subjective well-being compared to their counterparts in other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries as well as experience more psychological difficulties than adults. Previous research shows that parenting behavior has a considerable influence on adolescent subjective well-being. Additionally, the personality dimension of self-directedness, the ability to regulate personal behavior to obtain onindividual goals, has a positive influence on subjective well-being. This study analyzed the structural relationship between parenting behavior, self-directedness, and the subjective well-being of Korean adolescents as well as investigated the mediating effect of self-directedness in the relationships between parenting behaviors and the subjective well-being of adolescents. Participants were 325 middle school students in Gwangju, Korea, who completed measures of self-directedness (from the Korean Junior Temperament and Character Inventory), subjective well-being (Well-Being Scale of Adolescents in Korea), and perceived parenting behaviors (My Memories of Upbringing - Short Korean version). Results showed that emotional warmth had a statistically significant direct impact on adolescents' subjective well-being. However, the findings also indicated a statistically significant indirect impact mediated by self-directedness. Rejection and overprotection had a statistically significant indirect effect on adolescents' subjective well-being that was mediated by self-directedness. The results provide information that can be used to develop programs to improve the subjective well-being of adolescents as well as confirm the importance of parenting behavior and self-directedness during adolescence.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.439-454
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to explore Korean divorced mothers' experiences of noncustodial fathers' involvement in children's lives after divorce and co-parenting relationships. The data were collected from 17 mothers who were divorced between the years of 2004 and 2009, and were raising at least one minor child. Data were analyzed based on the inductive data analysis method. Divorced mothers' experiences of noncustodial fathers' involvement in children's lives after divorce were categorized in three ways: a satisfactory on-going relationship, a dissatisfactory on-going relationship, and a discontinued relationship. The results show that a few mothers were satisfied with the degree of the fathers' involvement in the children's lives 1) if the fathers were interested in their children and responsive to their children, and 2) if the fathers paid either child support or provided some financial supports for their children based on the fathers' financial abilities. However, the majority of the mothers were dissatisfied with the degree of the fathers' involvement in the children's lives. While some of the mothers maintained a relationship with the children's fathers despite their dissatisfaction, others discontinued the relationship. Regarding the co-parenting relationship after divorce, the relationships with the fathers were classified as either cooperative relationships or uncooperative relationships. The majority of the mothers experienced difficulties establishing cooperative co-parenting relationships with the fathers, but three mothers had cooperative relationships. The reasons for these uncooperative relationships were: uncooperative fathers, uncooperative mothers, or ambiguous communication regarding parenting after divorce. These findings suggest parenting education for divorced parents.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.561-570
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• 2014

본 연구는 장애인들의 일상생활 경험에서 어려움을 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 서울지역 재가 장애인 8명을 심층면접 실시하여 합의적 질적(CQR) 방법으로 분석하였다. 연구 결과는 3개의 범주에서 14개 영역 및 그에 따른 48개의 내용에 따라 빈도분석을 하였다. 장애인들의 일상생활에서 심리 정서적 경험의 어려움은 자신감 결여, 건강문제 염려, 결혼(재혼) 및 이성문제, 가족관계 어려움, 외로움, 노후문제 염려로 나타났다. 사회 경제적 경험의 어려움은 관계의 어려움, 생계문제, 출산 양육문제, 직장생활 어려움, 외출 시 번거로움으로 나타났다. 이러한 경험들을 대처하는 과정으로는 종교기관 모임, 지역사회체계 이용, 주변사람들의 도움을 이용하였다. 본 연구 결과에 의하여 장애인들이 일상생활에서 어려움을 잘 극복할 수 있도록 실질적인 도움이 되는 사회복지서비스와 지역사회체계를 통하여 지속적인 지원이 필요함을 제언하였다.

• 한국아동복지학
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• 제36호
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• pp.101-132
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• 2011

본 연구는 서울시내 12개 어린이집을 이용하는 3~5세 유아기 자녀를 둔 어머니들(N=429)을 대상으로, 생활사건 스트레스와 만성적 스트레스의 구성요인이 부모효능감에 영향을 미치는 경로에 어떠한 차이가 있는지를 소득집단을 비교하며 차이를 실증적으로 밝히고자 하였다. 소득하위집단 어머니들은 소득상위집단 어머니들보다 더 높은 수준의 우울증상을 보였으며, 소득하위집단 어머니들이 생활사건스트레스와 만성적 스트레스의 경험빈도와 심각성에서 소득상위집단 어머니들보다 양적 차이를 보여 심각한 경험을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 매개효과 검증 결과 생활사건 스트레스와 만성적 스트레스가 직접적으로 부모효능감에 영향을 미치지는 않고 어머니 우울증상을 매개로 하여 부모효능감에 영향을 미침을 알 수 있었다. 생활사건 스트레스와 만성적 스트레스 둘 다 우울증상의 유의한 영향요인들이었으며, 특히 만성적 스트레스는 더 큰 효과를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 총 효과 분석에서도 부모효능감에 대한 영향은 생활사건 스트레스보다 만성적 스트레스에 의해 더 큰 것을 알 수 있었다. 어머니의 우울증상에 만성적 스트레스의 영향력이 소득하위집단 가정이 소득상위집단 가정보다 컸으며, 어머니의 우울증상에의 생활사건 스트레스의 영향력과 부모효능감에의 어머니의 우울증상의 영향력은 소득상위집단 가정이 소득하위집단 가정보다 더 컸다. 고위험 상황에서 효과적인 부모역할을 극대화하기 위해서는 어머니들은 환경적 어려움에 반하여 우선 그들의 심리적 복지를 보호할 필요가 있다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 부모나 아동에 대한 향후 사회적 지원 대책에 관해 논의하였다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.587-609
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• 2021

본 연구는 개별 심층면접을 통해 조손가족 조모의 손자녀 양육에 대한 경험을 확인하고, 양육자의 관점에서 어떠한 신체-심리-사회적 이슈들을 당면하고 있는지 파악하는 것을 주요 목적으로 하고 있다. 특히 코로나19 팬데믹 상황 속에서 조모와 손자녀가 경험하는 다양한 이슈와 변화 및 어려움을 탐색하였다. 연구 참여자는 동거가족 내 부모세대 없이 6개월 이상 손자녀를 전담 양육하는 7명의 조모이고, 자료수집은 반 구조화된 심층 면접을 통해 이루어졌다. 분석결과 1) 손자녀 양육에 대한 나의 느낌, 걱정, 그리고 대처, 2) 손자녀 양육의 현실에서 부딪히는 어려움과 장애, 3) 자라면서 변화하는 손자녀와의 갈등 그리고 대처, 4) 조부모, 부모, 손자녀 그들 간의 관계와 감정, 5) 서비스 및 자원에 대한 욕구와 바람이라는 5개의 주요 범주를 발견할 수 있었다. 이들 범주에서는 총 16개의 주제어와 60개의 하위주제어가 도출되었다. 전반적으로 연구에 참여한 조모는 손자녀 양육에 대해 양가감정(보람과 부담감)을 갖고 있었고, 공통적으로 경제적 어려움과 건강의 한계, 손자녀와의 소통 단절에 대한 어려움을 언급하였다. 특히, 코로나19로 인해 손자녀가 조모와의 대화 없이 하루 종일 집에서 컴퓨터와 게임에 몰입하면서 세대 간 갈등이 더욱 심화되는 경향이 나타났다. 조모의 서비스 욕구는 손자녀를 위한 학습지원과 정서적·관계적 지원, 그리고 경제적 지원에 우선순위를 보였다. 이와 같은 연구결과를 토대로 조손가족 지원을 위한 정책적, 실천적 제언을 논의하였다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.373-381
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• 2024

우리는 최근 상담 현장에서 이슈가 되고 있는 아동학대 피해 아동이 10~17세가 가장 높았고, 부모에 의한 발생 건수가 가장 많음을 확인하였다. 우리는 자녀성장에 중요한 역할을 하는 사춘기 부모 양육경험의 어려움에 대해 이해하기 위해 상담 및 부모교육을 진행하면서 사춘기 자녀를 둔 부모의 고충을 이해하고자 하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 Q 방법론을 활용하여 사춘기 자녀를 둔 부모의 양육경험에 관한 주관적 인식유형과 유형별 특성을 분석하고자 하였다. Q 모집단을 구성하여 Q 표본 33문항 진술문을 추출한 후, P 표본 사춘기 자녀를 둔 부모 35명을 대상으로 Q 표본 분류하여, QUANL 프로그램으로 인식유형 분석을 실시하였다. 우리의 연구결과, 유형 1은 자녀를 끝없이 이해하는 과정이라고 인식하는 '무조건적인 사랑과 이해형', 유형 2는 자녀와의 공감, 소통과 부모의 성찰 및 변화에 대해 인식하는 '성찰과 변화형', 유형 3은 자녀양육에 대해 배우며 자녀의 심리적 독립과 성장을 돕고 자신도 행복해야 한다고 인식하는 '학습과 심리적 독립 조력형', 유형 4는 어린시절 자녀양육에 대한 후회와 부모로서 정체성 혼란에 대해 인식하는 '후회와 정체성 혼란형' 으로 나타났다. 우리의 연구는 실제 사춘기 자녀를 둔 부모가 지각하는 양 육경험에 대해 주관적 인식구조를 유형별로 분류하였다는데 의의가 있다. 이러한 양육경험에 관한 주관성 연구는 사춘기 자녀를 양육하는 부모교육과 부모상담의 기초자료로 활용될 것을 기대한다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.111-130
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to conduct a qualitative analysis of mothers' role experiences during their children's transition from early childhood to middle childhood. Eleven mothers of first-grade elementary school students participated in a group meeting, group interviews and journal writing. The results indicated that mothers described their experiences as a critical first step outwards on the journey to independence. The role experiences of the mothers who participated in this study can be seen from three perspectives: Firstly, as mothers as individuals projecting a mother's worries onto their child and becoming a capable person to help their children adjust to a new school environment, secondly, as mothers as family members experiencing a more authoritarian parenting style and difficulties of co-parenting with their husbands and parents-in-law, and lastly, as mothers as members of the extended family systems experiencing communication difficulties regarding the public education system and feeling uncomfortable with other parents. The findings may be used to develop support programs as well as a channel for interacting with public education bodies and community agencies.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.15-33
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• 2015

The present study conducted ethnography of a welfare facility for single-father families. The participants were 13 single-fathers living in a welfare facility. To explore life within the welfare facility, the qualitative research method of ethnography was used with Spradley's developmental research sequence (DRS). The major results of this study were as follows. The first theme was 'finding a way to overcome the crisis: the facility is a lifeline.' For fathers, choosing to enter a facility meant enduring a social stigma, but the decision was made with the hope of achieving successful parenting and economic independence amidst pressing difficulties. The category of living in the facility was represented by the theme 'build the family: preparing for independence through living in a welfare facility.' The fathers achieved psychological recovery through the decrease in parenting stress, improvements in their economic situation brought by living in a facility, and used this time as the foundation to gain independence and build a stable life. The event of departure from the facility was seen as 'incomplete preparation for departure' by the single fathers. The fathers with infants or younger children admitted to being anxious about leaving the facility, which involved the burden of raising the children on their own. There are practical and policy-related implications based on the results of this study.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.255-268
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to deepen our understanding about mothers' parenting stress in multi-cultural families. The study was conducted through in-depth interviews of 6 mothers from Mongolia, Philippines, and Japan who were living in Seoul. The findings of this study were as follows. First, mothers of multi-cultural families had difficulties of giving birth and child rearing, especially in the earliest years of their children. They were not fully adapted to the ways of living in Korea with little social support from family members and neighbors. Second, they were worried about their children's development, particularly language development due to their lack of understanding and fluency in Korean. Third, they were concerned about the cultural and racial discrimination against their children. They expected their children to be treated and respected equally like ordinary Korean children. Fourth, they were anxious about the fact that their children might not acquire the basic academic skills before they enter the elementary schools. Furthermore, they were worried that their children might not get as much educational support as they want. Fifth, despite the burden of mother's role in Korea, they wished to get a job to support their children for better education. In conclusion, the marriage immigrant mothers experienced the stress due to the lack of social support, the discrimination against immigrants, the possibilities of their children's delays in development, the disparity in the level of support for educating their children and the high expectations about their children's education in Korean society. Therefore it is necessary for the policy makers to consider more practical support system for the multi-cultural families in order for the marriage immigrant mothers to build up self-confidence in child rearing and educating their children.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.346-357
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• 2020

Purpose: This descriptive phenomenological study aimed to explore the lived experience and meaning of pregnant women's adaptation. Methods: Ten pregnant women from an ongoing Pregnant Couples' Cohort Study agreed to participate in this study. The data were collected through telephone in-depth interviews regarding what they experienced and felt about pregnancy adaptation. The qualitative data were analyzed using Giorgi's method of descriptive phenomenology. Results: Five core situation components were extracted from the raw data, along with 12 themes and 33 focal meanings. The five core situations were 1) first recognizing the pregnancy, 2) pregnancy-related changes, (3) the upcoming birth, 4) the postpartum period, and 5) parenting. The 12 themes were as follows: "anxiety, pressure, and embarrassment due to pregnancy," "efforts to adapt to physical changes," "efforts to adapt to the psychological difficulties of pregnancy," "efforts to adapt to the financial burden and role changes caused by pregnancy," "connecting with the fetus," "adapting to a new marital relationship centering on the baby," "the frustration of childbirth," "fear of childbirth," "postpartum care, need help with lactation planning," "parenting beyond what I imagined," "dad's willingness to participate in parenting," and "career disconnect and consideration of workplace needs." Conclusion: We identified that pregnant women experience adaptation in physical, psychological, relational, and social aspects. The thematic clusters identified can be used to develop nursing interventions to promote women's adaptation to pregnancy.