대한가정학회지 (Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association)
- 제32권5호
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- Pages.1-14
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- 1994
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- 1225-0937(pISSN)
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- 2234-2818(eISSN)
중년기 여성의 어머니역할 수행부담과 심리적 복지
The Mother-role Burden and Psychological well-being in Mid-life Women
초록
This study was to identify variables which were related with middle aged women's identification of child mother-role burden and psychological well-being and to investigate the relationships of mother-role burden and psychological well-being in mid-life. The research data were collected from 578 who were 40-59 year old women in Seoul. The major findings were as follow; (1) the level of middle age women's identification of child was very high and the level of mother-role burden was moderate. the level of psychological well-being was slightly high. (2) Mid-life women's psychological well-being was related to education level income and job. (3) Identification of child was related to educational level having job and income. And mother-role burden was influenced only by education level. (4) Middle aged women's identification of child was positively related mother-role burden. Mother-role burden was negatively related to psychological well-being in mid-life. These findings represented middle aged mother in our society had considerable burden of child but their psychological well-being was not low. Possibly it is due to the fact mothers regard their burden of child as acceptable duty.
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