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Study on the Psychological Well-Being of Employed Married Women with Children in Early Childhood - Focused on family and social support system variables -  

Kang, Ran-Hye (총신대학교 아동학과)
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Korean Journal of Childcare and Education / v.6, no.2, 2010 , pp. 155-173 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find factors affecting the psychological well-being of married working women in Seoul. For this purpose, survey data form 332 employed married women residing in Seoul are used to evaluate the relative effects of Psychological well-being of married working women. Survey questions included demographic information, housework and child-rearing related variables, work related variables, variables related with social support systems, items on child care services for the preschoolers, and psychological well-being of married working women. The major findings were as follows: 1) The psychological well-being of married working women score is 36.14(mean score is 32). The difference between the psychological well-being of married working women varied this according to socio-demographic variables: educational level, income level, spouse's support, occupation, and job satisfaction. 2) The factors that affected psychological well-bing were amount of household labor by husband, job satisfaction, socio-support systems, and educare service satisfaction. 3) The factor that had the most significant impact on the psychological well-being of married working women is job satisfaction. It is suggested to utilize the Employment Assistant Program to establish friendly working environment for married women.
Keywords
psychological well-being; employed married women; socio-support systems; educare service satisfaction; job satisfaction;
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