Journal of Families and Better Life (가정과삶의질연구)

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The Effects of Personal Psychological Variables, Family Variables, and Job Satisfaction on the Psychological Well-being of Middle-aged Men

중년기 남성의 개인내적 변인, 가족 변인 및 직무만족이 심리적 안녕감에 미치는 영향

  • Woo, Seon Hye (Department of Child Development and Education, Myongji University) ;
  • Kim, Jung Min (Department of Child Development and Education, Myongji University) ;
  • Jo, Han Sol (Department of Child Development and Education, Myongji University)
  • Received : 2016.09.14
  • Accepted : 2016.12.23
  • Published : 2016.12.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of personal psychological variables(cognitive flexibility, emotion dysregulation, subjective health condition), family variables(marital satisfaction, father-adolescent communication) and job satisfaction on the psychological well-being of middle-aged men. For this research, questionnaires were administered to 550 middle-aged men residing in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon. Among 352 questionnaires collected, 327 were selected and statistically analyzed by average, standard deviation, frequency analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and hierarchical regression analysis using SPSS Win 21.0. The main results of the study are as follows: First, according to middle-aged men's social-demographic variables, the level of their psychological well-being differed significantly. Second, cognitive flexibility was the most significant predictor of their psychological well-being. In addition, emotion dysregulation, job satisfaction, father-adolescent communication, and subjective health condition were significant predictors. These results suggest that cognitive reconstruction training or problem-solving intervention could be useful for the psychological well-being of middle-aged men.

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