• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.105-118
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• 2015

This study examined whether structural (coresidence, proximity) and associational (frequency of face-to-face contact, frequency of contact via phone, email or letter) solidarity between adult children and older parents may influence older parents' cognitive functioning. Adult children may help delay older parents' cognitive decline by promoting healthier lifestyle, engaging parents in complex everyday problem solving, and providing emotional support. The data consisted of men and women 65+ at Wave 1 who had at least one child 20+ and participated in at least two waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA, N=3,961). Cognitive functioning was measured with the Korean version of the Mini Mental State Examination. Fixed effects models were estimated using the xtreg procedure in STATA. Findings suggest that increases in proximity with at least one adult child may lead to enhanced cognitive functioning among older parents. Neither transitioning to coresidence with at least one adult child nor increases in frequency of contact with at least one non-resident adult child was associated with changes in older parents' cognitive functioning. With older parents' increasing preference for living close by, but not necessarily living with adult children, greater proximity may provide more opportunities for reciprocal support exchanges between the two generations, leading to better cognitive functioning of older parents.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.61-78
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• 1994

This study was to provide the basis for the development of family life education programs for caregiving families. The data were collected from 374 adult children who were giving care to their older parents in Seoul. Adult children reported experiencing more caregiving problems in the areas of personlities of older parents psychological burden and parents' health than in the areas of caregiver's health and financial burden Women were more likely to experience caregiving problems than men. Adult children indicated higher levels of perceived knowledge on planning for later life psychological characteristics of older parents and keeping good relationships with older parents. They reported more need for knowledge on physical change of older parents and planning for later life while there were less need for knowledge on sharing caregiving roles with others and social service programs. The needs for caregiving education were also identified in the aspects as to participation purposes methods times and agencies. Given these findings this study suggests some practical implications for the development of family life education programs for caregiving families. Further studies should help to advance the development and practice of family life education programs for caregiving families.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.46-55
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• 1993

This study investigated the relationships among factors in the caregiving process for caregivers with older parents. A model was presented to help identify some of the dynamics in he family caregiving process Fifty-nine caregivers participated in the study. They were adult chldren who were currently providing care to at least one older parent. Using LVPLS program support for the proposed structural equation model was found through the identification of paths among the variables, The findings indicated that the experience of life events was negatively associated with perceptions and positively with active coping A positive relationship was found between perceptions and active coping. Past relationships had positive effects on perceptions and relationships with parents. Active coping was negatively associated with the relationship with parents. whereas perceptions were not a good predictor for the relationship with parents. The results of the family caregiving process model demonstrated that past relationships and perceptions of caregiving were related to current caregiving experiences with older parents.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an attachment improvement program for families adopting an older child. The objectives and contents of this program reflected on the experiences of adopted parents and the characteristics of older-age adoptee children with attachment disruption. The program consisted of three components: parent-child relationship building, parenting skills enhancement for adopted parents, and negative emotions mediation for the older-age adoptees. The subjects of program were eight parent-child dyads. Differences between pre- and post-test data showed statistically significant improvements in the quality of parent-child relationships, communication levels with parents, and the parents' autonomic levels. There was also a reduction in the children's social problems. The implications of this study were discussed in terms of improving parent-child attachments in families adopting an older child.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.255-266
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• 2016

치위생학과 학부모의 구강건강 대한 지식과 인식 및 태도는 치위생학과에 재학 중인 자녀를 통하여 상호영향을 주고받기 때문에 학교에서 실천하는 구강보건교육 시 학생들에게 단순한 지식을 전달하기보다는 태도 및 행동의 변화까지 유발시킬 수 있는 구강보건교육이 필요한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 치위생학과에 재학 중인 자녀를 둔 치위생학과 학부모의 구강건강지식 및 인식의 차이를 비교분석하고자 수행했다. 데이터 수집은 구글앱을 통한 설문지를 자가기입방식으로 확보하였으며, 분석은 SPSS Ver. 19.0을 사용하였다. 연구대상은 전국 치위생학과 저학년(1학년)과 고학년(4학년) 학부모로 총 200부를 최종 분석 하였다. 분석 결과, 자녀가 치위생학과에 재학함에 따른 영향은 고학년일수록 학부모에게 미치는 영향이 통계적으로 높았다. 자녀의 학년에 따른 학부모의 구강건강 지식 평균은 고학년의 학부모가 저학년의 학부모보다 구강건강 지식정도 및 인식정도가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 자녀를 통한 교육 여부와 영향 모두 고학년 학부모에서 저학년 학부모보다 통계적으로 유의하게 높게 나타났다. 따라서 자녀의 학년이 고학년일수록 그들의 지식과 습관화된 행동이 학부모의 구강건강지식 및 인식에 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.1213-1223
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• 2010

본 연구는 노인이 되어 자신의 노화로 인한 어려움을 지니면서도 여전히 성인 장애자녀의 보호역할의 책임을 지니며 살고 있는 노인부모의 실태와 노후생활을 위한 보건복지 욕구를 고찰하여 향후 고령화가 지속되면서 복합화 되는 노인문제에 대한 체계적 연구와 정책적 관심의 필요성을 제기하고자 시도하였다. 성인 장애자녀를 돌보는 65세 이상의 저소득 노인부모를 대상으로 하였으며, 일반적 특성, 장애자녀특성, 노후생활 준비 및 보건복지 서비스 이용 및 필요성에 대한 욕구를 조사하였다. 성인 장애자녀를 돌보는 저소득 노인 부모는 신체적 노화와 함께 오랜 기간 동안 장애자녀를 돌보면서 치료 및 재활과 관련된 비용의 지속적인 지출, 사회 활동의 단절이라는 복합적 원인에 의해 노후생활 전반에 걸쳐 어려움을 경험하고 있었다. 이러한 노인부모의 경제적 어려움, 신체적 쇠약함, 그리고 여전히 끝나지 않은 자녀 돌봄의 역할은 이들의 노후생활을 위한 보건 복지 서비스 이용 및 욕구형성과 밀접한 관련성을 나타냈다. 성인장애자녀를 돌보는 대부분의 노인부모는 자신의 노후생활을 위한 준비를 전혀 하지 못하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 자녀의 장애기간과 관련이 있었다. 제공되고 있는 보건복지 서비스는 현물 형태의 직접적이고 수혜적인 성격이 강한 서비스를 주로 이용하였고, 좀 더 자발적이면서 추가적인 비용이 요구되는 사회정서적 영역에 대한 서비스 이용 및 필요도에 대한 인지는 낮게 나타났다. 따라서 향후 장애자녀를 돌보는 노인부모의 질적인 노후생활을 위한 대응방안 모색은 장애자녀의 사회통합이라는 목표와 함께 장기적인 측면에서 연구될 필요성이 있으며, 이러한 현실과 상황에 대한 이해를 바탕으로 이들을 위한 체계적인 지원프로그램 개발에 대해 지속적인 논의가 진행되어야 할 것이다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.197-209
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• 1995

A family life education program for caregiving families has been developed in order to help mitigate burden of those who provide caregiving for their older parents and to meet the needs of both caregiving families and parents. The program has been applied to a small group of people who have at least one living older parent. The effectiveness of the program has been evaluated by taking one pre-test and two post-tests. The test results suggest that the program has been effective in improving participants' knowledge on aging process, locus of self control, and relationships with parents.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.388-398
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• 1973

The increase of female employees tends to change the traditional division of the roles of members in the family, and as a result it changes the idea of family relation and the extent of how housewives with job feel happy toward their marriage. Therefore, it may be very significant to study what attitude woman job holders as housewives have toward their family, especially parents-in-law. In this paper the writer has sampled as an exemplary group woman teachers who teach home economics in high schools in Seoul, and investigated what opinion they have toward the problem of living together under the same roof with their parents-in-laws and otherwise of financing them in an older age. This analysis is based upon 130 questionnaires collected as proper data out of 138. The conclusion made from the analysis is as follows : (1) as regards the living together under the same roof if necessary in the future, one-fifth of the group approves in affirmative terms ; (2) but when parents-in-law become older, about half of the teachers wish to live with them in the same home and except the indefinite few, one-third of them taken the negative position ; (3) finally, the great majority (84%) regard as their duty the financial support in any case when parents-in-law become older, and only five per cent answer in negative. This analysis leads to the further conclusion that the idea of family relations cherished by high school teachers of home economics is not yet far off the traditional relationship with the intention of gradual improvement, but on the other it still sticks to the traditional line without too much impairing it.

• 한국가족관계학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.111-131
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• 2018

Objectives: This study examined the effects of residential proximity to adult children on the mental and physical health of middle-aged and older parents. The study also evaluated whether the parental age and gender of the adult child in closest proximity to the parent might moderate the association. Method: Data were drawn from five waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging(2006-2014). The analytic sample consisted of 7,359 parents aged 45 or older who had at least one non-coresidential adult child aged 19 or older. The analyses were conducted by estimating a series of fixed effects models while adjusting for the nested structure of the data. Results: The results showed that first, a closer distance between an adult child and the parent was generally associated with the parent experiencing a decrease in depressive symptoms. Yet, the mental health benefit was smaller for parents aged 65 years or older whose closest living adult child was a son. Second, a closer distance was observed to affect chronic illness only among middle-aged parents (aged 45 to 64). When the closest living adult child was a daughter, the middle-aged parent experienced deterioration in their chronic illness. On the other hand, the opposite pattern was observed when the closest living adult child was a son. Conclusions: The parental age and gender of the adult child in closest proximity to the parent might have varying effects on parents' health. A closer distance between an adult child and their parent has a positive impact on the mental health of the parent as a whole, whereas the effect of living closer was mixed in relation to the parental physical health.

• 재활복지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2017

지적장애자녀를 돌보는 노년기 부모의 경우 돌봄부담과 같은 스트레스로 인해서 우울이심하다는 것이 지속적으로 보고되고 있다. 그러나 노년기 부모들의 이러한 우울을 예방/보호할 수 있는 요인을 확인하는 연구는 거의 없다. 본 연구는 지적장애자녀를 돌보는 노년기 부모를 대상으로 돌봄시간과 돌봄스트레스가 우울에 미치는 영향을 가족관계만족도가 조절하는지 확인하였다. 이를 위해서 2011년 발달장애인 활동지원 등을 위한 욕구조사 및 정책과제 수립 연구 중 발달장애인 실태조사 자료를 활용하여 분석을 실시하였다. 이 때 부모의 나이가 60세 이상인 노년기 응답자 276명을 최종 분석대상으로 하였다. 주요 분석결과에 따르면, 가족관계만족도가 높은 경우 돌봄시간이 우울에 미치는 영향이 유의하게 적은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 노년기 부모에게 가족관계만족도가 돌봄 시간과 우울의 관계를 완충하는 중요한 보호요인임을 의미한다. 이것은 생애주기에 있어서 노년기를 경험하는 사람들에게 가족관계가 중요하다는 사회정서선택이론을 지지하는 결과이다. 따라서 지적장애자녀를 돌보는 노년기 부모의 가족관계를 향상시킬 수 있는 실천적 개입과 정책 및 제도적 보완이 필요하다.