• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.1-11
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• 1995

The study was designed to examine the relationship between shyness and social behaviors such as interpersonal adjustment and peer acceptance. The subjects were 435 sixth-graders(221 boys and 214 girls) and their mothers and teachers. They completed questionnaires to rate the behavioral characteristics of the children. The main results showed that 1) shyness, interpersonal adjustment, and peer acceptance varied little as a function of sex and birth order of children, and 2) shyness was related negatively both to interpersonal adjustment and to peer acceptance.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.255-267
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• 1995

The purpose of this review is to explore the relevance of reminiscent behavior for the elderly individual's well-being. Various concept and prevalence of reminiscence and themes of reminiscence is investigated. Then the empirical evidence concerning the motive, pattern and the function of reminiscent behavior is reviewed. Psychological determinism, social contextualism, life course perspective are described. Since many transitions and changes are socially organized and differ strongly for social categories, life course perspective can contribute to analysis of both similarity and variation in elderly reminiscent behavior. After all it is concluded that there is evidence of reminiscent behavior can be a enhancing mediator for the elderly individual's well-being.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.269-278
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• 1995

This study is to suggest the perspectives of family resource management education in social education. From this purpose, necessity and position of FRM education in social education are discussed. And the perspectives about FRM education are presented from delphi research to experts. This perspectives contain the purpose, sphere, relation to existing programs, education for housewife, future tasks. Finally, several names of education program are illustrated in two dimension, which is divided into consciousness-raising and technique-learning in content and personal and family in object.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.63-73
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• 1995

Absolute poverty is redefined as biological existence level poverty and relative poverty is also redefinded as 'the state that relatively insufficient compared to the specific society's average living standard under the condition that basic needs on the biological existence level has been satisfied.' Then absolute poverty and relative poverty lies on the same welfare continuum. Therefore these two can be regarded as one unified concept. Theoretical bottom line of poverty is the biological existence level and ceiling is average income. Poverty line for the social policy is to be drawn between ceiling and floor. Using these standard lines three poverty bands are categorized : minimum subsistence level, minimum decency level.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.149-161
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• 1995

The purpose of this study is to explain the need of consumer adviser and to justify its certification program, Suggestions on who might be the subjects of the certification program, on what kinds of qualifications are required, and on who bestow the certification to qualified subjects were made. Specifically, graduates major on Home Economics in College or University were recommended to be the consumer adviser professionals.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.37 no.8
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• pp.1-14
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• 1999

The purpose of this study has to investigate the economic distress and consumption behavior changes of urban households. Data for this study were collected from 519 households who have resided in seoul area. The results showed that the income distress was higher than the employment distress. The variavles that influenced on income distress were mainly economic variables, while in the employment distress, social-demo variables were. According to the resets that investigated the changes of consumption behaviors with respect to the dimensions of behavioral consumption, the quantity and price directive consumption changed greatly. Finally socio-economic variables were affecting on consumption behavior through the economic distress directly and indirectly.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.85-98
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• 1997

This article is the basic study to develop computer software for the household financial management that can manage household effectively. For this study 5 housekeeping books and 9 computer softwares were analyzed and compared. Additionally financial bookeeping behavior and household financial satisfaction-related variables were investigated through questionnaire. The subjects were 284 housewives who live in Seoul and the method that was used to analyze the data were frequency 2 multiple regression analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.277-290
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• 1997

This study analyzed household expenditure patterns using the 1990 Korean Consumer Expenditure Survey and identified the factors determining a household's probability to be in an expenditure pattern. The results of cluster analysis revealed five expenditure patterns: Education and Recreation-dominated; Necessities-dominated; Miscellaneous expenditure-dominated Housing dominated; and Transportation and Communication-dominated patterns. Based on the results of descriptive and Logit analyses household income household size age of household head and housing status were major factors to determine the type of househld expenditure pattern.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.143-154
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• 1997

The purposes of this study are to figure out the labor and leisure of the rural couples through the analysis of the related literatures and to make some contributive suggestions for the higher quality of rural life. To solve the rural family's problems and to promote welfare reductive method of house work and farm-work active leisure-participation and other psyco-social approach etc. various methods are discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.87-99
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• 1997

This study intends to find the effects of children's stress level and coping behaviors on their stress symptoms. The subjects were 840 4-6th grade children in Seoul. The data were analyzed by frequencies, percentages, means, ANOVA, stepwise regression and Cronbach's α. The regression model explained 46% of children's stress symptoms which were affected by coping behaviors(emotional aggression, positive revaluation, seperation for emotional relaxation) and by stressors(children's social-life, individual factors, school-life).