• 한국노년학
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.727-741
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• 2010

To examine the relationship between computer game use and psychosocial development in mid-to later adulthood, this study included 486 adults over 50 years old with computer game use, self-esteem, generativity, psychological well-being, relationship with children and grandchildren. Results showed that the adults in mid to later adulthood using computer game reported diverse attractive characteristics of computer game and game helped their daily life in diverse dimensions. Second, the adults using computer game reported higher self-esteem than the one not using it. Finally, the adults who perceived the computer game more positive reported better relationships with children and grandchildren, higher generativity, and higher psychological well-being. Based on the research results, developing of adult education program using computer game as a way of recreation was discussed.

• Korean Journal of Family Social Work
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• no.23
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• pp.225-262
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to improve the understanding of essential experiences of children of Alcoholism and explore their adjustment process from the children's perspectives. The specific research questions explored in this study were: 1. What was the central phenomenon that children of Alcoholism have experienced? 2. What was the adjustment process of the children of Alcoholism. The grounded theory was adopted in this study to address the research questions. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with eight young adult aged from 18-30 years olds who experienced their parent's Alcoholism. Grounded theory based data analyses resulted in 85 concepts, 30 sub-categories, and 16 categories. The 'causal conditions' influencing the central phenomenon was 'self denial' and 'being suppressed' is the central phenomenon for the children of Alcoholism. The core issue in the process of an adjustment of children from a Alcoholism family was 'accepting the parental Alcoholic problem and re-defining the self', The results of this study suggest that counseling interventions are suggested to improve children's well-being and facilitate their adjustment. Therefore this study has implication on building theory of intervention on the offsprings who have parents of Alcoholism.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.51
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• pp.141-156
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• 2002

The relation among social support, depressive symptoms, and living arrangements were examined in a non-random sample of 175 adults age 60 and older. A convenience sample was obtained through a personal interview. A structural equation modeling approach was used to explore the role of social support in the relation between the living arrangements of elderly Koreans and their level of depressive symptoms. These results are consistent with previous analyses suggesting that social support plays a significant role in moderating depressive symptoms, in relation to negative living arrangements among older Korean populations (the buffering-effect hypothesis).

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.455-485
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• 2016

The purpose of this research is to investigate adult's perception of elderly parents care and differences of related variables between family structures. There were 1,258 participants(age 45; male=601, female=657; 1,111=nuclear, 147=extended). The measures yielded Cronbach α=.67~.95, inter-judger reliability= 95.1%, Kappa=.95. The results showed that, first, there were no significant differences between two family structures in terms of SES excepting academic career. Second, there were significant differences between two family structures in family relation, psychological characteristics. That is, adults in the extended family, versus those in the nuclear family, provide greater emotional support to children, sacrificed more towards children, and have greater expectations for children supporting them when they retire. Also, adults in the extended family displayed greater self-efficacy and happiness. Third, there were significant differences between two family structures in caring for elderly parents. Adults in the extended family apportioned a greater parent's allowance, and more number of meals with parents, and spent more time talking with parents, and displayed greater degree of filial piety and more caring behavior towards parents. Fourth, as for the perception of caring for elderly parents according to family structure, when adults were asked about "the best way to care for parents", the most frequent response was providing a peace-of-mind for parents. As for "the most difficult aspect of caring for parents", differences in opinions followed by financial difficulty were the most. As for "the best aspects of caring for parents", the most frequent responses were good for children's upbringing and family harmony. Based on the results, suggestions for further research have been discussed.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2023.04a
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• pp.67-71
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• 2023

인간은 출생부터 필연적으로 부모와 관계 속에서 다양한 경험을 통해 성장하고 발전하게 된다. 자녀가 세상에 태어나면서 부모와 언어적, 비언어적 의사소통을 통해 다양한 관계를 경험하면서 성장하고 발전하면서, 본인의 가치관 정립과 대인관계 형성을 위한 기초가 된다. 부모-자녀 간 원활하지 못한 의사소통이 자녀에게 정신건강 문제와 이탈, 비행과 범죄로 연결된다는 것을 많은 연구 사례가 볼 수가 있다. 이러한 선행연구를 살펴보면서 부모와 자녀 간의 원활한 개방적 의사소통이 자녀의 성장과 대인관계 형성을 하는 데 중요한 역할을 하지만, 원활하지 못한 의사소통이 이루어지면은 발전과 성장에 많은 문제를 가지고 청소년기를 보내고, 성인이 되어서도 건강하지 못 할 수가 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 중기 청소년의 성장 과정에서 자기 통제력 향상에 부모와 자녀의 개방적 의사소통이 원활할 때 중기 청소년의 발달과 성장에 영향을 줄 수 있는 자기 통제력에 대해 부모-자녀 간 개방적 의사소통의 매개 역할을 하는지를 검증하는 데 있다. 부모-자녀 간 메시지 전달이 감정교류 및 정보전달 등을 모두 포함하는 상호작용을 통해 성장과 발전을 할 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있다. 중기 청소년의 부모-자녀 간 원활한 의사소통에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 자기 통제력을 종속변수로 설정하여 본 연구를 검증하기 위해 진행하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.43 no.11 s.213
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• pp.31-48
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to explore the direct and indirect effects of premarital adult child's perceived self-differentiation and parent-child dynamics of emotional system on trait anxiety. The subjects of the study numbered 277, and correlation and path analysis was used with SPSS 10.0. The major findings were as follows: 1. It was shown that self-differentiation, over involvement and perceived criticism of premarital adult children were correlated with trait anxiety. And, among demographic variables, education, income, and marital status of the subjects' parents were related with trait anxiety. 2. Parent-child differentiation, over involvement, perceived criticism, and sex had direct effects on premarital adult child's self-differentiation. The variables that had direct effects on trait anxiety, which was the final dependent variable were self-differentiation, parent-child differentiation, perceived criticism, and income while over involvement an indirect effect on it.

• Korean Journal of Family Social Work
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• no.57
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• pp.159-182
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• 2017

With using the 4th and 5th wave of KLoSA(Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging), this study analyzed the effect of the factors of Rowe and Kahn's successful aging model on the life satisfaction of older adults. The target population of this study was 1,385 who is older than 65. As data analysis, hierarchical multiple regression was used. The variables such as demographics, avoiding diseases and disability, high cognitive and physical function and engagement with life, relationship with adult children were entered hierarchically for the regression analysis. Since there are differences of longevity by gender, the difference of factors of successful aging were compared by marital status. In this study (besides Rowe and Kahn's successful aging model such as avoiding disease and disability, high cognitive and physical function, and engagement with life), the relationships with adult children were analyzed additionally. Findings show that married older adults were older and reside with their adult children twice more than those who do not have a spouse. According to research results, regular exercise and memory skills were important factors of affecting life satisfaction. Among the categories of active engagement, meeting with friends, relatives and neighbors were significant. Contact with their adult children by mail or phone were the most important factors affecting the older adults' life satisfaction. The three parts of successful aging were various depending on the operationalization of variables.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.479-499
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• 2020

The present study explored psychological factors related to the desire to have children of young adults who had yet to marry and begin a family. To do so, the present study investigated the relationships among the desire to have children, adult attachment styles and belief in a just world (DJ-self, PJ-self, DJ-others, and PJ-others). This study analyzed the self-reported data of 260 adults aged 20 to 39. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that after controlling for gender, individuals with more avoidant models of close adult relationships showed less desire to have children. Moreover, the belief in a just world accounted for an additional variance. Specifically, participants' PJ-others positively predicted their desire to have children. These results suggest that individuals' expectations about close relationships and justice of their society might explain a part of their desire to have children. The implications, limitations, and future directions of the study were discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.299-307
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to understand self-esteem, sexual communication for parents, sexual assertiveness, and safer sexual behavior and. to examine the mediating effects of the sexual assertiveness on the safer sexual behavior of early adults. A structured questionnaire was completed by 291 university students from March 1 to April 31, 2016. Data were analyzed to calculate the direct and indirect effects of factors affecting safer sexual behavior using SPSS WIN 21.0 and AMOS 18.0 programs. Final model fit indices were RMSEA .05, GFI .98, AGFI .94, NFI .96, and self-esteem, sexual communication for parents showed a direct effect on sexual assertiveness and safer sexual behavior of university students. Sexual assertiveness mediated the relationships among self-esteem, sexual communication for parents, and safer sexual behavior. Furthermore, it is shown that the sexual assertiveness significantly mediates the relation between the positive self-esteem, sexual open communication for parents and safer sexual behavior of early adults.

• Korean Journal of Family Social Work
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• no.23
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• pp.43-70
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• 2008

This study investigated the relationship between social support and caregiving self-efficacy among 530 mothers of persons with intellectual disabilities in their childhood(age 3-12), adolescence(age 13-18), and adulthood(age 19-35), exploring the moderating effect of the life span affiliation of the children with disabilities. The analysis revealed that greater perception of social support predicted higher level of caregiving self-efficacy for all the mothers. However, the moderating effect was detected indicating that there were differences in the effects of social support on caregiving self-efficacy across groups. Although social support was found to have some positive effects on caregiving self-efficacy for each group of mothers of both adolescents and adults, no effects for a group of mothers of children. These findings suggested that greater emphasis be placed on the expanded provision of social support for families of persons with intellectual disabilities in their developmental stages following the childhood.