• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.139-158
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• 2011

This study examined the relations between differentiation from family-of-origin, family-of-origin health and mothers' leadership. A survey was performed for 288 mothers with 5-year-old children who were enrolled in kindergartens and nursery schools located in Incheon and Kyunggi province. Data were analyzed by correlation and hierarchical regression. Results showed mothers' leadership was highly correlated with academic background of mothers, differentiation from family-of-origin and family-of-origin health. Second, academic background of mothers and family-of-origin health were explanatory variables for mothers' leadership.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.153-192
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• 2018

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of Korean adults' perception of parent-child relation on their self-efficacy, child rearing practices, elderly parent care practices, and happiness. In this study the parent-child relation is a relationship between the adults' parents and the adults. The participants in the study were adults (2,632; male=1,275, female=1,357) with children in primary, secondary, and/or university, with an average age of 45.44-years-old (male=46.96-years-old, female=44.10-years-old). The results showed a direct influence of the adults' perception of parent-child relation on their self-efficacy and their child rearing practices, and an indirect influence on their happiness. This indicates that a more positive adult's perception of parent-child relation leads to higher self-efficacy and greater devotion to their child rearing practices. And furthermore, an elevated self-efficacy enhanced their happiness. Gender differences were found for the influence of adults' perception of parent-child relation on elderly parent care practices. For Korean male adults, a more positive perception of parent-child relation lead to a more active participation in elderly parent care practices. However, for Korean female adults no direct influence was found. Based on these results, a discussion of the influence of adults' perception of parent-child relation on the adults' psychological characteristics and family-members relationships is provided.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.33-49
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• 2002

The present study investigated the relationship among the level of family differentiation, quality of family relationship, and intimacy with their partners in 381 adult children. First, this study examined the relationship between the level of family differentiation and quality of family relationship. The result showed that the level of family differentiation was positively and significantly correlated to quality of family relationship. This finding indicated that family differentiation may be used for an objective and useful index to measure the dynamics of emotional system and the level of family-of-origin emotional health. Second, the influence of the family of origin was studied through exploring the relationship between the level of differentiation of family of origin, and adult children's intimacy with their partners. It was found that the family differentiation level was positively and significantly related to adult children's intimacy with their partners at each subsystem, but family differentiation levels of parents more influenced on adult male's intimacy than on adult female's intimacy with their partners.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Child Welfare
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• no.58
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• pp.1-45
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between family of origin and youth transitioning from out-of-home care. Data were collected from six youths transitioning from out-of-home care and were analyzed using the phenomenological approach. The results of this study were as follows. Four categories and twelve subcategories were drawn from the meaning units. The four categories were 'chaos in separation', 're-established relations but with distance', 'completely ended relationships with the family of origin', and 'redrawing family boundaries'. First, the participants who were separated from their parents due to poverty or divorce reunited with their parents, and they appeared to continue their relationships with the family of origin after transitioning from out-of-home care. The youth were receiving various forms of support from their parents in order to be independent, and they were experiencing stable independence through this support. Second, the participants who were separated from their parents due to serious child abuse or parental death had broken relationships with their parents. The youth were independent and relied on new alternative relationships that were not with the family of origin, but they experienced somewhat unstable self-reliance. In short, participants' relationships with families of origin in this study can be defined as a tight rope between love and hate. Based on these results, child welfare practice and policy implications were discussed to help out-of-home care youth's relationship with their family of origin.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.474-481
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effects of maternal family experience on the relationship between mothers' tendency to addicted to smartphones and the social competence of young children. The subjects of this study were 481 mothers who delivered infants to a kindergarten or daycare center in Jeju area After conducting the questionnaire, the results of the responses were analyzed. To analyze the collected data, structural equations were implemented using SPSS Statistic 18.0 program. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, the correlational analysis showed that the tendency of the addiction of smartphone and the social ability of the infant showed a significant correlation with the mother's family experience. Second, in the relationship between the mother's smartphone tendency and the social competence of the infant, The research model and the competition model were set up to examine the mediating effect and the competition model was found to be more appropriate. As a result, it can be seen that mother's original family experience is partly mediated in relation to mother's tendency to add to smartphone and social competence of infant. Based on these results, the implications of this study and suggestions for subsequent research were discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.91-96
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the program for enhancing the interaction capacity between the child care institutions and the original family (associate) and propose a program suitable for the child care institutions. The program was conducted at two institution located in Seoul and Cheongju, and the process evaluation and outcome evaluation were conducted. First, the problems that appeared in the process evaluation were recruiting and maintaining participants. As a result of the satisfaction of each program, it was found that the satisfaction of the program sharing the various experiences or sharing the small daily life was high, and it was positive for the improvement of the relationship. Parents showed improvement in the post -test rather than the pre-test. Through qualitative assessment, positive evaluations were made in programs where the family participated in activities that could not be done together in the camp or everyday life, rather than just one-time activity programs.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.399-408
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of father's family-of-origin experiences on parenting attitude and parenting participation around mediating effects of value of children. To this end, this study investigated family-of-origin experience, value of children, parenting attitude, and degree of parenting participation on 247 fathers of 3~5 year old children. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and Sobel Test were conducted using SPSS 21 program on the collected data. According to the research result, there was a significantly positive relationship between emotional value of children, parenting attitude, and parenting participation among family-of-origin experience and value of children. This study conducted a regression analysis and Sobel Test by stage to identify mediating effects. As a result, it was identified that father's family-of-origin experience makes positive effect on parenting attitude and parenting participation, and emotional value of children among value of children mediates their relationship. Based on the findings, this study suggested that multilateral consideration and systematic system for formation of positive value of children are needed and suggested the direction of follow-up study on fathers as a coparent.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.207-221
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• 2002

This study examined the characteristics of the steady date and the influences of family of origin factors and anxiety on the romantic relationship among the unmarried men of early adulthood. Ninety men dating for more than 2 months responded the questionnaire regarding differentiation of family of origin, parents' marital intimacy, trait anxiety, couple intimacy, couple individuation, and the demographic questions. Using SPSS Win 10.0, ANOVA and regression were conducted. The results found that: 1)‘methods of introduction’ ‘frequency of dating per week’ and ‘military duty’ were significantly related to the couple intimacy; 2) the men's age was negatively related to the couple intimacy and positively related to the couple individuation; 3) differentiation of family of origin affected men's anxiety which in turn affected the couple intimacy. In couclusion, summary and the implication of this study were discussed.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.71-92
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• 2017

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the experiences of original family and social relationships in single women. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were arranged with 18 single women who met the criteria for the present research purpose. We considered only those responses of the interviewees that are directly related to their experiences of original family and social relationships, where the collected data were analyzed in three steps by methods of thematic analysis. As a result of the analysis, the experiences of original family and social relationships in single women could be grouped into six main clusters of themes which may be labeled as (1) themes centered on 'Family attachment', (2) themes centered on 'Special People' and (3) themes centered on 'Estrange relative relationship'. (4) themes centered on 'Small social life', (5) themes centered on 'Absence of a social relationshipship', (6) themes centered on 'Drive for freedom'. Among the first category of themes of 'Family attachment', we have found three sub-themes such as 'Adult Baby under parents' care', 'Confirm of single life', 'Intricate family relations'. As for the second category of themes 'Special People', three sub-themes have been found including 'I Only Love Mom.', 'Sister friend', 'My lovely nephew or niece'. And for the third category of only one theme 'Estranged relative relationship'. And for the fourth category of themes 'Small social life', there were found four sub-themes which include 'Relationship at work', 'Chat with friends', 'Keep oneself aloof from the opposite sex', 'Singles gather together'. And for the fifth category of themes 'Absence of a social relationshipship', there were found three sub-themes which include 'Alone than meeting', 'Lazism', 'Tight daily lives'. And for the final category of themes 'Drive for freedom', there were found two sub-themes which include 'Caution for attachment', 'Caution for entanglement'. In all, there are sixteen sub-themes to consider. On the basis of these results, we presented some conclusions on the experiences of original family and social relationships in single women. We also presented some implications of these results on population education and future research.

• Journal of Family Relations
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.41-62
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• 2017

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parenting attitudes and martial intimacy and was to examine the mediating effect of marital communication in order to provide effective help to improve marital intimacy of middle-aged married women who have difficulty in marital relationship. Method: The subjects of this study were 229 married women aged 40-59. Statistical analysis of this study was performed using the SPSS 18.0 program. Results: The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, Pearson 's correlation analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between parenting attitude, marital intimacy, and marital communication and the results were statistically significant. Second, the three - step hierarchical regression analysis proposed by Baron and Kenny (1986) was conducted to examine the mediating effect of marital communication on the relationship between parenting attitudes and marital intimacy, it was confirmed that marital communication was partially mediated between parenting attitudes and marital intimacy. Conclusion: This study is meaningful in that it was confirmed that marital communication was partially mediated between parenting attitudes and marital intimacy.