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Family Activities and Well-being in Midlife: Meal, Phone Conversation, and Leisure (가족간 식사, 통화 및 여가활동과 중년기의 행복)

  • Kyoungmi Kim;Seungah Ryu;Incheol Choi
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.279-300
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    • 2012
  • Many studies have demonstrated that family plays a crucial role in health and wellbeing in life. There has been little research, however, examining the relative importance of activities together with family members in middle-aged adults. The goal of this study was to examine the effect of family meal, phone conversation with family, and family leisure activities on happiness, health, and family relationship. Total 286 middle-aged adults (M=50.13) participated in this study. Dependent variables were happiness (SWB), physical and psychological illness symptoms, family satisfaction, sex satisfaction, and parenting sense of competence. This research showed that (1) frequency of meal with family was positively correlated with happiness, family relationship, and negatively physical/psychological illness symptoms; (2) high frequency of talking on the phone with family resulted in that high level of happiness, family satisfaction, sex satisfaction, and parenting sense of competence, and lower illness symptoms; (3) the more participants spent leisure time with family, the happier and the more family satisfaction they feel. Findings suggest that activities together with family members in middle-aged adults may enhance their happiness, health, and quality of family relationship. The implication for current study were discussed.

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The Effect of Fare-To-Fare Communication Situation on New Media Uses (면대면 커뮤니케이션 환경이 새로운 대인커뮤니케이션 매체 이용에 미치는 영향: 인터넷, 이동전화를 중심으로)

  • Bae, Jin-Han
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.23
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    • pp.47-77
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    • 2003
  • Despite the near ubiquity of mobile phone and internet, the 'meta research' that deals with face-to-face(FTF), mobile phone and internet together as interpersonal media is very rare in Korea. This study begin with the purpose of fair repositioning of mobile phone and internet in Korean's interpersonal communication horizon. To accomplish this purpose, We examined the effect of face-to-face communication situation on uses of mobile phone and internet as interpersonal communication media. The related raw data were collected from on-line survey process, and statistically analyzed. The result showed that persons who are more troublesome in FTF communication because of their timidness or personality problem are more restricted in human communication network via mobile phone and internet than the others who are not. And more 'addicted' in internet use and more active in trying another personality(Persona) in cyber space. And more shrunk in meeting and conversation with family members and friends after internet adoption.

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