Journal of Families and Better Life (가정과삶의질연구)

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The Effects of Family Differentiation from the Family of Origin, Marital Communication, and Marital Intimacy on the Family Strengths of Married Women in Their Twenties and Thirties

20~30대 기혼여성의 원가족분화경험, 부부의사소통 및 부부친밀감이 가족건강성에 미치는 영향

  • Lee, Jimin (Department of Family and Housing Studies, Yeungnam University)
  • Received : 2013.06.06
  • Accepted : 2013.10.28
  • Published : 2013.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of family differentiation from the family of origin, marital communication, and marital intimacy on the family strengths of married women in their twenties and thirties. The subjects were 237 married women in their twenties and thirties who live in D city. The questionnaire was consisted of measures on the family differentiation from the family of origin, marital communication, marital intimacy, and family strengths. Structural equational models were conducted with Amos 18.0. The major findings were as follows. 1) Family differentiation from the family of origin had both direct and indirect influences on the perceived family strengths of married women in their twenties and thirties. 2) Family differentiation from the family of origin had a direct effect on marital communication but no direct effect on marital intimacy. 3) Marital communication had a direct effect on marital intimacy but no direct effect on married women's perceived family strengths. 4) Marital intimacy had a direct effect on married women's perceived family strengths.

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