• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.1-24
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• 2015

The objective of this study was to test the effects of participating self-growth program on ego-integrity and family relationship satisfaction of the elderly women. The subjects were 15 elderly women of low education. The levels of ego-integrity, including life attitudes, wisdom toward life, acceptance of life, and acceptance of death, and family relation satisfaction were measured before and after completing the program sessions. The program of eight sessions was conducted twice a week, for two hours. A significant difference in ego integrity, relation satisfaction with children, and relation satisfaction with grandchildren was found between pre- and post-test scores. The results show that elderly women can benefit from programs enhancing ego integrity and relation satisfaction with offspring. This study can be utilized in the Healthy Family Support Centers or the elderly welfare program for improvement of ego-integrity and parent-child relationship satisfaction of the elderly.

• Journal of Family Relations
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.139-156
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of solution- focused thinking on middle-aged married women's role adjustment and life satisfaction through positive emotions. Method: The subjects of this study is middle-aged married women who reside in an urban community in South Gyeongsang Province. As for data analysis, SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 21.0 are employed. Results: The findings of the study were as follows: First, concerning the relationships of the variables, there were significant positive correlations among all the solution-focused thinking, positive emotions, role adjustment and life satisfaction. Second, solution-focused thinking had significant direct effect on positive emotions, and role adjustment. Solution-focused thinking had significant indirect effect on role adjustment through the medium of positive emotions at the same time. Solution-focused thinking had a significant indirect effect on life satisfaction through the medium of positive emotions and role adjustment. Positive emotions had no direct effect on life satisfaction but had a significant indirect effect on it through the medium of role adjustment. Conclusions: The findings of the study conclude that solution-focused thinking exercised an indirect influence on life satisfaction through the medium of positive emotions and role adjustment made it possible to find a way to provide solution-focused counseling for clients to lead a more satisfactory life.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.547-562
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships of middle-aged men's family and work related variables and satisfaction. Based on the results of the study, the following was concluded ; First, there were significant differences in men's satisfaction across education level, economic variables, and occupation. Second, family related variables, work related variables, and work-family conflict were significantly correlated with satisfaction. In reference to family related variable, satisfaction was higher when marital satisfaction is good, parental stress, adult caring burden, and work-family conflict are lower. In reference to work related variables, satisfaction is higher when job stress is lower, job security is lower, and colleague relationship is good. Third, family related variables, work related variables, and work-family conflict were significantly correlated with mutually one another. Specifically, parental stress is correlated with work related variables. A higher correction was reported between work-family conflict and job stress. Finally, results of multiple regression analysis showed that these variable influenced middle-aged men's satisfaction. Moreover, the degree of explanation for satisfaction increased more, when family and work related variables, and work-family conflict add in individual character variables.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.91-99
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• 2018

This research was conducted to examine successful aging and influencing factors in middle aged women. Data were collected from 189 middle-aged women in two cities. Data were collected from July to August 2017 using structured questionnaires. Data collected were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlations, and multiple regression analysis. The results indicate that the perception of successful aging mean was 128.49 points (range: 33-165). Depression (r=-.20, p=.005) had a significant negative association with perception of successful aging. Family resilience (r=.49, p<.001) and life satisfaction (r=.54, p<.001) were positively correlated with perception of successful aging. The significant predictors of successful aging were age (${\ss}=-.15$, p=.013), family resilience (${\ss}=.24$, p=.002), and life satisfaction (${\ss}=.37$, p<.001), explaining 33.9% of the variance. Based on the study results, we suggest that it is necessary to develop and apply educational strategy to improve perception of successful aging.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.81-100
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• 2014

This study aimed to explore the causal relationship between an infant-mother's job satisfaction, psychological features, parenting stress and marital conflict through structural equation modeling. Specifically, we tried to identify influences of an infant-mother's job satisfaction on parenting stress and marital conflict and demonstrated how psychological features (self-efficacy, self-esteem, and depression) were mediated by these influences by using a sample of 444 Korean infant-mothers with jobs from the 3rd year of Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey with AMOS 20.0. First, the results demonstrated that job satisfaction of an infant-mother positively related to their self-efficacy and self-esteem whereas negatively related to depression among psychological features. Furthermore, job satisfaction of an infant-mother showed negative relationships with parenting stress and marital conflict. Second, an infant-mother's job satisfaction did predict marital conflict, but not parenting stress. However, these job satisfactions were mediated by an infant-mother's psychological factors. Findings were discussed with regard to the relationship between an infant-mother's job satisfaction, parenting stress, and martial conflict in the family counseling implications.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.233-239
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• 2016

Purpose: Little is known regarding the factors associated with the willingness of family caregivers of terminal cancer patients to participate in a bereaved survey. This study aimed to ascertain the pre-loss factors that predict actual participation in a bereaved survey. Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study using data from two multi-center surveys at the end-of-life and after loss. In order to identify the pre-loss factors associated with participating in the bereaved survey, we used a step-wise multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: Among 185 bereaved individuals, 30 responded to the survey (response rate: 16.2%). There were differences between the participation group and the non-participation group regarding religion, economic status, and perceived quality of care as assessed by the Quality Care Questionnaire-End of Life. A final multivariate model revealed that bereaved individuals who professed a religion (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]=5.01; P=0.008), had a high income (aOR=4.86, P=0.003), and satisfied with the care for familial relationship (aOR=4.49, P=0.003) were more likely to engage in the bereaved survey. Conclusion: Our finding suggests that improving the quality of end-of-life care may promote actual participation in a bereaved survey through easing post-loss distress. More attention should also be paid to those bereaved individuals who are hesitant to participate in a bereaved survey.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.53
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• pp.231-255
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of social work intervention for the family caregivers of the older persons with stroke. Twelve caregivers were assigned to either a treatment group or a control group. The treatment group intervention consisted of 8 weekly, 2-hour sessions which included education, peer and professional support, individual counselling. Wilcoxon test of the pretest and posttest scores of the two groups showed that those in the treatment program experienced significant decrease in caregiving burden and loneliness compared with caregivers who received no intervention. They also experienced increase in self-esteem, self-efficacy in dealing with caregiving tasks, satisfaction with a relationship with the care-receiver, emotional support. Most of these intervention effects were maintained in the 3-month follow-up measurement except loneliness and the caregiver-carereceiver relationship. Caregivers in the treatment group showed overall satisfaction with the program and willingness to continue to attend in the interventions. Based on these findings, implications for social work practice including self-help groups, psychotherapy for the caregivers, expanding social work intervention for the family caregivers of the older persons were discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.10
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• pp.547-555
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• 2013

This study aims to examine association between festival service evaluation attribute and behavior intention of visitors and research satisfaction with festival, second visit and recommendation intention, ultimately in order to suggest measures to establish market strategies. The study was conducted as follows. First, a total of 360 pieces of questionnaire were distributed from October 14 to 16, 2011 and a total of 335 pieces were collected. Except 15 pieces without responses, 320 were used for the study. Second, in service evaluation elements, program, facility and performance review had positive impacts on the satisfaction and second visit. All evaluation elements also positively affected recommendation intention. Third, in association between demographic features and satisfaction, second visit and recommendation intention, while the satisfaction positively influenced bringing a friend, it negatively influenced academic background and income. In addition, residence and job gave a positive affect on second visit, while income, bringing family and first visit gave a negative effect on the second visit. Last, age, academic background, income and bringing family gave a negative effect on recommendation intention.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.121-139
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• 2017

This study aimed to explore the moderating effect of social support resources on the life satisfaction and caregiving burden of family caregivers taking care of the elderly in long-term care services. The study participants were selected from among the family caregivers utilizing 30 home care centers in Seoul, Korea. Of the candidates who agreed to participate in the study, 250 caregivers who had supported the elderly at home for at least 6 months were selected. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS ver. 21.0. The study findings were as follows. First, the whole family caregivers' caregiving burden of family caregivers was found to be slightly higher than the median value. More specifically, the physical burden was the heaviest, followed by the family relationship burden, the social activity burden, the emotional burden, and the financial burden. Social support resources and life satisfaction were found to be a little bit higher than the median value. Second, the variables that statistically significantly increased life satisfaction, starting with the strongest effect, were a lower psycho emotional burden, greater informational support resources, a lower economical burden, greater emotional support, a younger caregiver age, a higher monthly income, and a shorter care period. Third, informational support resources were found to have a moderating effect on the relationship between the support burden and life satisfaction. The more the participants used the informational support resource subcategory of the social support resources, the narrower the life satisfaction decrease, even though the caregivers felt a support burden. Informational support resources appear to have a statistically significant buffering effect.

• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.95-135
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• 1987

According to U.S. Bureau of Census (1984), the number of older adults (over the age of sixty) has grown twice as fast as the rest of the population over the past twenty-five years. It is predicted that between 1980 and 2020, their number will double again, In 1985, National Bureau of Statistics, Economic Planning Board, Republic of Korea reported that the number of older adults over 60 years of age was 2.7 million (6.7% of the total population). It is projected that their number will become 3.9 million (8% of the total population) by the year 2000.