• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.493-502
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• 2016

The purpose of this research is to investigate differences of governmental parts in social supports for unmarried mothers at home and those at facilities and to look at policy alternatives. Despite of the rising number of unmarried child rearing mothers in recent years, the governmental supports are not sufficient enough to aid even the most basic sustenance. The research on the governmental supports shows that unmarried child-rearing mothers at home were more aged, more employed, more educated and had children of more month ages than those at facilities. Single mothers at facilities were getting more governmental supports excluding crisis support and paternity test than those at home who appeared to be experiencing more difficulties. Based on the results from this research work, more realistic governmental policies are proposed to help a stable settlement of unmarried child-rearing mothers.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.225-235
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to investigate the degrees of and relationships between self-esteem, social support, and state anxiety in community-dwelling unmarried mother raising a child. Descriptive correlational study design was used. Data were collected from 65 participants with self-report questionnaires from May to December, 2011. First, the mean of self-esteem was 3.52, social support 3.49, and state anxiety 2.47 respectively. Second, the correlation between self-esteem and social support was also statistically significant(r=.286, p=.021), the correlation between self-esteem and state anxiety was statistically significant(r=-.780, p=<.001), and the correlation between social support and state anxiety was also statistically significant(r=-.425, p=<.001). Self-esteem for unmarried mother raising a child in the study was confirmed as the primary important concept. Also, the correlation between social support and state anxiety was verified as significant. Therefore, study is needed to develop a nursing intervention program for self-esteem and social support improvement, and state anxiety decrease of unmarried mother raising a child.