Korea journal of population studies (한국인구학)

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Resource Exchanges Between Mothers and Adolescent Children

청소년 자녀와 어머니의 교환관계 분석

  • Published : 2006.04.25
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Abstract

This study analyses the relationship between mothers and adolescent children in current Korean society from an exchange perspective. Utilizing the 6 types of resources, I. e., service, goods, money, information, status, and affection, suggested by Foa et. al. and the distinction between positive exchange (rewards) and negative exchange (punishments), it explores what resources are exchanged, how the resources exchanged are valued by each party, whether the exchange is symmetrical or asymmetrical, and if gender and age of the child affects the exchange. A survey was conducted to 150 children--from middle school aged to college going, and their cohabiting mothers in the metropolitan Seoul. The overall findings are as follows: Positive exchanges are dominant over negative exchanges. The exchange of positive exchanges occur asymmetrically within each resource type, with the exception of affection which is exchanged in a more equal term. In general, children receive positive resources more often, but mothers value the resources given by their children more highly. Negative resources are exchanged in more symmetrical terms. Negative resources exchanged more frequently tend to have weaker negative valence. Daughters maintain a more intensive exchange relation with their mothers than sons do, and this pattern is especially prominent in the exchanges of information and affection. The age of the child has a weak effect on the exchange.

본 연구는 요즈음의 청소년 자녀와 어머니 사이의 관계를 교환이론의 관점에서 분석하고자 이루어졌다. 포아 등이 제시한 서비스 물품, 금전 정부 지위, 애정을 포함하는 6가지 자원영역 개념과, 긍정적 교환(보상)과 부정적 교환(처벌)의 구분을 활용하여, 어머니와 청소년 자녀 간에 어떠한 자원이 교환되는지, 교환되는 자원이 상호간에 어떠한 가치를 지니는지, 자원의 제공이 일방적으로 이루어지는지 대칭 적인지, 자녀의 성별이나 연령/발달단계가 교환에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 등을 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 서울과 수도권에서 중학생, 고등학생, 대학생을 포함하는 청소년 자녀 150명과 어머니 150명을 대상으로 설문조사가 수행되었다. 자료 분석 결과는 대략적으로 다음과 같다. 청소년 자녀와 어머니 사이의 교환은 부정적 자원보다 긍정적 자원을 중심으로 이루어지고 있다 긍정적 자원은 애정을 제외하고는 유형에 따라 비대칭적인 교환이 이루어지고 있다. 긍정적 자원은 대체로 자녀가 더 많이 받는 경향이 있지만. 자원의 가치는 어머니에게 더 높은 것으로 나타난다. 부정적 자원은 교환이 비교적 대칭적으로 이루어지고 있으며, 교환빈도가 높은 자원은 부정적 가치가 약하다. 딸이 아들보다 어머니와 보다 긴밀한 교환관계를 유지하며, 특히 애정과 정보영역에서 그러한 경향이 두드러진다. 자녀의 연령은 교환에 큰 영향을 미치지 않는다.

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