• 가정과삶의질연구
• /
• 제29권5호
• /
• pp.33-50
• /
• 2011

This study aims to examine experiences of adoptive families, mainly focusing on mothers with their biological children and adopted a child, through a phenomenological approach. The subjects of this study are adoptive family's mothers with their biological children according to a criterion-based selection. 15 mothers who adopted children under 12 months, who are currently aged over 6, are selected and given personal and in-depth interviews, questions ranging from the process before adoption, foster care and changes in family relationships to the issues caused by adoption and coping methods. 6 steps of a phenomenological method that Colaizzi(1978) proposed are applied to analyze the data. The results of this study are as follows. The central theme of this study is 'A family which has harmonized with love beyond blood ties'. First, the participants have shown difficulties in different aspects over adoption than those of sterile families. The motive of their adoption is to let adopted children experience a happy childhood in a loving family. Secondly, the participants have adjusted themselves to new adoptive families, have committed to the care of their new children, and have experienced a change in family relationships. Finally, adoptive families have successfully been settled while overcoming difficulties together.

• 한국학교보건학회지
• /
• 제34권1호
• /
• pp.22-32
• /
• 2021

Purpose: Discrimination experienced in the early stages of life among ethnic minority adolescents is known to affect depression and also adversely affect health throughout adulthood and old age. The purpose of this study was to identify whether discrimination experienced by ethnic minority adolescents and their mothers and depression among mothers affect depression in ethnic minority adolescents according to gender. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study using the data of 2018 National Multicultural Family Survey in Korea. The study sample comprised 2,446 ethnic minority adolescents aged 11~18 and their mothers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation analysis, and ordinal logistic regression with SPSS/WIN 25.0 and STATA IC 16. Results: 18.4% of the adolescents (boys: 15.1%, girls: 20.5 %) felt sad or frustrated sometimes or more often for at least two weeks during the past year. Also, 8.3% of the adolescents and 29.6% of their mothers experienced discrimination during the past year. Boys were influenced more than girls by bullying at school (OR=5.17, 95% CI: 2.85~9.38), academic performance (very bad's OR=5.79, 95% CI: 1.54~21.63) and mother's depression (often's OR=2.31, 95% CI: 1.14~4.64). Girls were influenced more than boys by experience of discrimination (OR=2.72, 95% CI: 1.69~4.39). Conclusion: The findings showed that discrimination experienced by ethnic minority adolescents and their mothers in Korean society increases depression in ethnic minority adolescents and has different effects by gender. Therefore, a gender-specific and mother-inclusive intervention is recommended to prevent depression in ethnic minority adolescents.

• 한국사회복지학
• /
• 제65권4호
• /
• pp.245-269
• /
• 2013

미국의 복지개혁 이후 근로연계와 더불어 가정폭력분야 여성복지에서 가장 중요한 정책 목표 중 하나로 설정된 것은 '자활(self-sufficiency)'이다. 본 연구는 '아래로부터의 관점(bottom-up approach)'에 근거하여 가정폭력피해로 한부모가 된 미국 한인 빈곤 여성들의 자활 경험을 심층적으로 탐색하기 위해 질적연구를 수행하였다. 연구결과를 통해, 참여자들에게 '자활'은 '경제적 자립뿐만 아니라 정신적 자립 능력을 모두 갖추어 나가는 삶의 지속적 과제이자 과정'으로 확인되었다. 그들의 자활로의 도전들은 자활 과정 초기 가정폭력피해의 후유증으로 무너진 자활 잠재력의 복원이 필요한 시기와 장기적 차원에서 자활 과정을 유지해야 하는 자활 지탱력의 개발 시기를 포함한다. 이 도전들에 대처하기 위한 그들의 욕구는 '친정집 같은 도움과 지원', '선택과 집중의 복지지원', '성숙한 의존과 자활' 그리고 '생계유지가 아닌 꿈의 성취로서의 자활' 등으로 확인되었다. 가정폭력피해 한부모의 특수성과 이민자로서의 현실에 민감한 자활 정책 및 서비스 개선의 구체적 전략들이 제안되었다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
• /
• 제13권12호
• /
• pp.261-275
• /
• 2013

본 연구는 국민기초생활보장수급자중 근로능력이 부족한 것으로 판정된 여성한부모의 공공부조서비스 이용경험을 탐색하여 개선 방안을 모색해보는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 20대~50대의 미성년자녀가 있는 수급자 5명을 대상으로 심층면접을 실시하였다. 연구결과 이들은 일을 통해 가계에 보탬이 되고 자녀에게 가난한 어머니로서의 이미지를 벗어나고자 수없이 시도하였으나 좋지 않은 건강과 일을 배우는데 드는 비용, 자녀양육부담, 그리고 근로능력판정상의 점수 등으로 본인의 계획을 관철하지 못하였다. 이러한 과정이 반복되면서 가난한 어머니로서의 스트레스와 우울감이 강화되고, 또 자녀에게 부적절한 훈육과 양육으로 투사되었다. 이는 공공부조서비스 이용 과정에서 더 강화되는 경향이 있었다. 결국, 자격 평가 기준에 따른 좌절의 반복과 심신의 건강의 악화로 근로무능력 상태가 장기화되면서 수급자로 만성화되는 경향을 보였다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 연구결과를 통해 결론에서 근로능력 판정제도와 관련된 정책 및 실천적 제언을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
• /
• 제17권1호
• /
• pp.251-257
• /
• 1984

Low birth weight baby, defined as the baby born with less than or equal to 2,500g of body weight by WHO has been a great concern in the fold of maternal and child health since the low birth weight is a major cause of high perinatal mortality. Any measure to prevent the low birth weight baby is most desirable not only for saving the life of a baby but also for levelling up the health of the whole society. The authors attempted to figure out how some known maternal risk factors are related to the low birth weight and to measure their strengh of associations in terms of relative risk using hospital birth records. For this study, hospital birth records of 66 low birth weight cases and sex-parity matched 198 normal controls were chosen from Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Medical Center, and the data were analyzed in regards to several maternal factors. The risk factors studied were mother's age, mother's ABO blood type, previous histories of abortion, low birth weight baby, fetal wastage, and maternal diseases represented by anemia, hypertension, proteinuria, and glucosuria. The results obtained in this study were as follows: 1. The mean body weight of the cases and controls were 1,955g and 3,251g, respectively, and the heights were 41cm for cases and 50cm for controls. Mean gestation periods of cases and controls were 34 weeks and 39 weeks, respectively. 2. Young mother(less than or equal to 20 years of age) or old mother(more than or equal to 30 years of age) experienced more frequently the delivery of low birth weight babies than mothers in between 21 and 29 years of age. But the difference was not statistically significant. 3. Mothers whose blood type was O tended to have slighty higher frequency of low birth weight babies while B mothers have lower frequency. But the difference was not statistically significant too. 4. Those mothers who had experienced low birth weight baby in the past tended to give more births of low birth weight babies. This factor is even statistically significant and the relative risk of the prior experience of low birth weight was 6.7. 5. Mothers with experience of fetal losses and mothers of more than two pregnancies had higher frequency of low birth weight than the mothers with no fatal losses and of first pregnancy, but the difference was not statistically significant. 6. Statistically significant higher frequency of low birth weight were found in mothers with hypertension(odds ratio=4.07), anemia(odds ratio=22,33), and proteinuria(odds ratio=2.79). In summary, these study results strongly suggest that in order to prevent the low birth weight, special care should be made when the mother is too young or too old, and when the mother has experienced deliveries of low birth weight and fetal deaths. Medical control for the maternal diseases such as anemia and hypertension is also needed before or during the pregnency.

• 가정과삶의질연구
• /
• 제18권3호통권47호
• /
• pp.129-146
• /
• 2000

The purpose of this study was to investigation the variables that affected the generational transmission of household work form mothers to their married daughter. The subjects were 415 married daughters and their mothers living in Seoul and metropolitan areas. Statistical techniques used for this study included descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results of this study were as follows : First, married daughters; value of household work was significantly affected by total periods of marriage of daughters, daughter's perceived similarity to their mothers' household work. Second, married daughters' preference for household work was significantly affected by mother's occupation (managerialㆍprofessional), mother's perceived similarity, daughter's experience of living with mother-in-law, daughter's sex-role attitude, and daughter's perceived similarity. Third, married daughters' ability to do household work was significantly affected by total periods of marriage for mothers, mother's perceived similarity, and daughter's perceived similarity. Fourth, married daughters' standard of household work was significantly affected by mother's perceived similarity, daughter's occupation (techniciansㆍclerk), daughter's monthly income, and daughter's perceived similarity. Fifth, married daughters' usage level of home equipments was significantly affected by mother's birth order, mother's education, mother's occupation (managerialㆍprofessional), daughter's birth order, daughter's education, and daughter's monthly income. Sixth, Mother related variables had greater power than daughter related ones in explaining daughters' values and preference for household work value and preferences and usage of home equipments. In conclusion, married daughter's consciousness and performance of household work were significantly influenced by their mothers. It was especially so in daughter's usage level of hoe equipments. Accordingly, the results of this study support the existence of generational transmission of household work from mothers to their married daughters with regard to its consciousness and performance. Findings of this study have implications for counsellors, practitioners and educators.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
• /
• 제27권4호
• /
• pp.1-17
• /
• 2023

본 연구는 창업에 성공한 지역사회거주 비혼모들의 기업가정신 경험에 관한 연구이다. 연구자는 지역사회에 거주하며 자녀 출산, 양육과 직업 활동을 병행하고 있는 비혼모 5인의 모성권과 노동권을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 연구 참여자들과의 일대일 심층면담을 바탕으로 수집된 자료를 Colaizzi(1978)가 제안한 기술적 현상학적 방법으로 분석하였다. 자료 분석 결과 53개의 주제와, 10개의 주제결집이 드러났다. 자료 분석 결과를 바탕으로 임신갈등 극복, 창업의 계기, 창업 성공 경험의 범주에 재배열하여 기술하였다. 본 연구의 주제결집은 '생명단절의 압력', '축복받지 못한 생명을 떠맡음', '낙인과 기회의 박탈', '기본 생활 유지 불안과의 동고동락(同苦同樂)', '인생 제로(Zero)그라운드에서의 시작', '일과 양육, 줄다리기', '지원보다는 나의 능력에 의지', '신용 자본의 획득', '동반 성장 철학', '벼랑 끝에서 만난 무한 가능성'으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 연구 참여자들은 자신과 자녀의 생존을 위해 긍정심리자본을 기반으로 창업을 시도한 결과 사회적 자본이 드러났으며 동반성장을 도모하고 있었다. 연구 결과를 바탕으로 동반 성장의 윤리와 레질리언스에 대한 논의를 하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
• /
• 제13권7호
• /
• pp.311-321
• /
• 2013

건강은 인간의 삶에 있어 생계는 물론 사회참여의 중요한 부분이 되는 핵심적 요소이다. 따라서 국가에서는 질병을 치료하고 예방 관리하기 위한 의료보장 및 건강증진 체계를 마련함으로써 국민의 건강한 삶을 보장하려는 노력을 하고 있다. 이러한 노력에도 불구하고 취약계층, 특히 한부모 여성가장에게 건강문제는 빈곤의 원인이자 결과가 되고 있어 민간에서 관심을 갖게 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 민간영역에서 시행되고 있는 한부모 여성가장 건강권 지원사업의 지원대상자들에게 그들의 건강권 지원 사업 참여 경험과 사업 참여에 의한 변화를 심도 있게 고찰하였다. 분석 결과, 건강권 지원사업에 대하여 다음과 같은 의의와 성과를 발견하였다. 한부모 여성가장들은 자녀양육은 물론 생계의 책임자로서 건강을 돌볼 여유가 없기 때문에 건강권 지원 사업을 통해 각박하기만 했던 삶에서 사회적 지지망과 삶의 행운을 얻었다고 생각하였다. 또한 이들은 건강에 대한 막연한 불안을 떨쳐버리고 자신감을 획득함으로써 삶이 적극적으로 변하였고, 가족과의 관계도 개선되었다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
• /
• 제29권5호
• /
• pp.75-83
• /
• 2011

The purpose of this study was to examine the variables that influence paternal parenting behavior. 160 fathers of five-year old preschoolers(85 boys and 75 girls) were recruited from 8 daycare centers located in Seoul, Korea and answered the questionnaire on the subject of attachment experience with their parents of origin based on their retrospective memories, marital satisfaction, spouse's gatekeeping, and their own parenting behavior as fathers cohabiting with their children. Data were analyzed through frequencies, an independent sample t-test, Pearson's correlations, the stepwise regression analyses using SPSS 15.0. The findings are as follows. First, there was no statistically significant difference in paternal parenting behavior according to children's gender. Second, marital satisfaction and attachment experience with their own mothers in childhood influenced all five subcategories of paternal parenting behavior(parental involvement, limit setting, responsiveness, reasoning guidance, intimacy) and spouse's gatekeeping influenced father's reasoning guidance and intimacy. Unexpectedly, attachment experience with their own father had no impact on any subcategories of paternal parenting behavior.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
• /
• 제17권3호
• /
• pp.109-121
• /
• 2006

This study examines the relationship between mother's stress and cortisol level during late pregnancy and how it changes into postpartum periods. Thirty one families were recruited from Daejeon and Incheon in South Korea. The major findings were as follows: (1) The level of mothers' cortisol followed the typical diurnal pattern of decline throughout the day. Further longitudinal analysis revealed that the level of Korean mothers' cortisol steadily lowered from the 8th prenatal month to the 6th postnatal month. (2) During pregnancy, mothers reported to experience changes in physical activities, daily routines, eating habits, types or amount of social activities and sleeping habits. Among these they were stressed the most by changes in physical activities and social activities. (3) The results of postpartum depression tests conducted at two months after giving birth showed mothers at this time were mostly stressed from difficulty sleeping and unnecessary self criticism. (4) The level of psycho social stress in mothers at six months after giving birth was mainly on social roles and the questions about self reliance marked the highest points. (5) Overall, there was a tendency for the level of maternal stress to decrease definitely from before and after the delivery and even though the level of stress was steadily decreasing up to 6th postpartum month it was not as sharp as those of before and after the birth of the babies. The level of cortisol analysis also showed the same obvious tendency.