• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.89-105
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• 2009

A family resilience approach aims to identify and fortify key interactional processes that enable families to withstand and rebound from disruptive life challenges. Walsh(1998) described family belief systems, organizational patterns, and communication processes as the three main keys of family resilience. The purpose of this study was to identify the three key factors of family resilience in case of divorced female single-parent families in Korea. The study participants were seven divorced mothers who were living in the institutional facility for female single-parent families. Using a qualitative approach, in-depth interviews were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim for analysis. The study findings were as follows. First, the participants showed positive thinking rather than fear about the adversity induced by the divorce. They also showed the senses of competence, control, and self-esteem. However, the senses of transcendence and spirituality were barely evident. Second, emotional and economic supports from parents, brothers and sisters, and community networks (i.e., mother-child protection institution, healthy family support center) enhanced the family resilience of the participants. Third, the participants showed clear communication, open emotional expression, and shared decision making. This study suggests that more counseling services and parent education be provided by healthy family support center and institutional facilities as important family resilience factors for divorced female single-parent families who are below the poverty line.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.363-384
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• 2017

The Korean government implemented better support for adolescent single-parent families by expanding the coverage of the Single-parent Family Support Act in 2010. In order to understand the effect, this study verified the moderating effect of the single-parent family policy's support for child rearing in the context of adolescent female single-parent's stress levels and education sustainability. This study utilized part of the National Youth Policy Institute's 'Research on the Actual Condition of the Adolescent Pregnancy, Birth and Rearing Children'. Participants of the study were 248 adolescent single-parents aged 24 and below. The findings and discussion of this study are as follows. First, the stress level of adolescent female single-parent in continuing studies was lower than those for discontinued studies. Students who discontinued their education in the middle of studies showed an increase in life stress level relative to age because they had a low level of education and had discontinued studies before pregnancy. Second, the public nanny service has been verified as an element to increase the continuation of education by controlling the level of stress. It is advisable to fortify and expand the scope of support for childcare services in the form of a study assistant or child education assistant. Last, adolescent single-parent childcare subsidies have been verified as a direct factor that raised the meaningful level of education continuity potential to a meaningful standard that can be seen as a more effective method than general policy support for single-parent families.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.603-612
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• 2013

With the increase of single-parent families in the Korean society, the perception of the function and structure of the family is changing. Thus, a public transition toward embracing single-parent families as another form of family is necessary. This study focuses on the families of divorced female single-parents using Walsh's family resilience framework with a strengths-based perspective. It aims to provide the basic data necessary for deducing policy-related and practical ways of supporting the families and for developing programs that help divorced female single-parent families maintain and reinforce resilience. Qualitative analysis was used as the research method. A preceding literature review was also carried out to collect data. The major findings of this study include the following: First, it was found that the average age of divorce is around 30-40, with children of school age. The mothers' level of education was relatively high, ranging from high school graduates to graduate school students. On Rothwell and Cohen's happiness scale, their objective level of happiness was higher (74.1) than that of the average Korean (64). Second, it was found they were very careful to avoid violence in everyday life as an after-effect of domestic violence, which was the major cause of their divorce. Third, their positive and optimistic attitudes about life even in adversity can be interpreted as Walsh's belief systems taking a more important role among other characteristics of family resilience.

• 한국아동복지학
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• 제59호
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• pp.1-23
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• 2017

본 연구는 교차지연 모형을 사용하여 비혼 아버지(unmarried fathers)의 양육참여와 아동의 문제행동 간에 인과관계를 분석하였다. 분석을 위해 미국 취약가구 및 아동복지연구자료(Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study)를 사용하였으며, 아버지가 자녀와 동거하지 않는 비혼여성 한부모가구만 선별하여 총 3,409가구를 연구대상으로 설정하였다. 비혼 아버지의 양육참여는 아동방문빈도와 도구적 양육지원, 지지적 양육태도의 세 가지 하위변수로 측정하였으며, 아버지의 양육참여와 아동의 문제행동을 각각 아동의 3세와 5세, 9세 시점에서 반복측정한 변수를 사용하여 시간의 흐름에 따른 각 변수의 변화를 고려하였다. 연구결과, 비혼 아버지의 양육참여는 아동의 문제행동을 결정하는 유의미한 요인인 것으로 검증되었다. 전반적으로 아동연령 3-5세 시점에서 비혼 아버지의 적극적인 양육참여는 5-9세 시점에서의 아동문제행동을 감소시키는 것으로 분석되었다. 연구결과를 기초로 비혼 아버지의 지속적인 양육참여를 유도하기 위한 정책적 실천적 전략에 대해 논의하였으며, 동시에 보다 효과적으로 아버지의 역할과 책임을 이해하고 관련 기술을 습득할 수 있도록 자녀양육, 관계형성기술, 갈등해결 기술 등의 구체적인 서비스 제공 및 프로그램 개발과 지원방안을 제시하였다.