• 한국인구학
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.125-139
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• 1993

Korea has successfully achieved a lowered fertility level owing to the strong population control policy and effective family planning program. Along with fertility decline and decreased number of children in family, average number of household members has decreased and nontraditional households such as one person household and households composed of unrelated individuals have prolifirated, even though the absolute number of them are found minimal in Korea. However in recent years several data and survey results suggest that one person households are gradually in the increasing trend. The study aimed at investigating the real state of one person households in Korea and next analyzing the proportional distribution of one person households by a few socioeconomic characteristics, thus providing basic for eatablishing far-singhted population and social welfare policy in the future. Korea has experienced high growth rate of economy through government-led development plans starting from the 1960s. During the past three decades, Korea has shifted from the agricultural state to the industrialized one. In compliance with the economic growth, urbanization and industrialization have brought about rural-to-urban migration and a great bulk of young population migrated to urban areas, who are seeking for educational and job opportunities. Korean society has also been under drastic change in every aspect of life involving norms, tradition, and attitude, etc. Therefore, in spite of the prejudice on 'living alone' still remaining, young people gradually leave parents and home, and further form nontraditional households in urban areas. Current increase in the number of one person households is partly attributable to the increase in high female educational attainment and female participation in economic activities. As the industrial structure in Korea changes from primary into secondary and tertiary industries, job opportunities for service/sales and manufacturing are opened to young female labor force in the process of industrialization. Contrary to the formation of one person households by young people, the aged single households are composed when children in family leave one by one because of marriage, education, employment. In particular, a higher proportion of aged female single households occur in rural areas due to the mortality difference by sex. Based on the data released form the 1990 Population and Housing Census and National Fertility and Family Health Survey in 1985 and 1991, the study tried to examine the state of one person households in Korea. According to Census data, the number of one person households increased to 1, 021, 000 in 1990, comprising 9.0 percent of total households. And the survey reveal that among total 11, 540 households, 8.0 percent, 923 households, are composed of one person households. Generally, the proportion of female single households is greater than that of male ones, and a big proportion of one person households is concentrated in the 25-34 age bracket in urban areas and 65 years and more in rural areas. It is shown than one person householders in urban areas have higher educational attainment with 59.2 percent high schooling and over in 1991, Job seeking proved to be the main reason for leaving home and forming one person households. The number of young female single households with higher education and economic self-reliance are found nil and the study did not allow to analyze the causal realtionship between female education and employment and one person household formation. However more research and deep analysis on the causal facors on one person household formation using statistical method are believed to be necessary.

• 한국인구학
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.31-52
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• 2012

본 연구는 그 동안 한국에서 시행되고 있는 저출산 관련 주요 정책의 효과성에 대한 분석을 시도하고자 한다. 이를 위해 저출산 관련 시책에 대한 인지도와 경험도를 검토하였으며, 이러한 인지도와 경험도가 자녀의 출산계획에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 현존 자녀수를 고려하지 않을 경우 경제적 지원 정책과 양성평등 문화조성에 대한 인지도는 출산계획의 가능성을 높이는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 이러한 결과는 현존 자녀수별로 분석할 경우 다르게 나타난다. 즉 무자녀 기혼여성들의 경우 저출산 관련 대책들에 따른 자녀출산계획의 차이는 없는 것으로 나타난다. 1자녀 기혼여성의 저출산 관련 지원정책에 대한 인지도가 추가출산계획에 미치는 영향도 모두 통계적으로 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타난다. 2자녀 여성의 경우에도, 저출산 정책에 대한 인지도가 추가출산계획에 미치는 영향은 유의하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 저출산 정책의 이용도의 경우에도 동일한 패턴으로 나타난다. 즉 현존 자녀수를 고려하지 않을 경우 경제적 지원, 일 가정 양립 지원, 양성평등 문화조성 등은 출산계획에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타난다, 그러나 현존 자녀수별로 분석을 진행할 경우 이러한 변수들의 통계적인 유의성은 사라져 저출산 정책의 이용경험은 모두 출산계획에 유의한 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 저출산 정책을 수리할 때 자녀수에 대한 고려가 필수적임을 보여주는 것이다. 이와 함께 저출산 관련 지원정책의 효과가 뚜렷하게 나타나기 위해서는 보다 실질적이고 체계적인 저출산 대책이 지속적으로 추진되어야 한다는 점을 반영한 것으로 보인다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.334-342
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• 2019

본 연구는 자녀의 숲체험 활동에 따른 학부모의 인식이 교육적 효과에 미치는 영향력을 밝히는데 목적을 갖고 실증 분석하였는데 그 결과를 보면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 숲체험 운영활동에 관한 부모의 인식에 따른 교육효과의 차이에 있어 숲체험 교육에 참여한 기간에 따라 교육효과는 유의한 결과를 나타냈고, 숲체험을 지원하는 교사의 수가 적절하다고 생각하는지 부모의 인식에 따른 교육효과도 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 현어린이집이 미세먼지가 많은 날과 날씨가 안좋은 날을 제외하고 매일 숲체험에 참여에대해 적당하다고 생각하는지에 따라 교육효과는 유의하게 나타났고, 숲체험 장소에 따라 교육효과의 차이도 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 하루동안 숲체험 활동하는 시간에 따른 교육효과도 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 숲체험 활동에 관한 부모의 인식에 따른 소통의 차이에 유의한 차이가 있음을 나타냈다. 이상의 결과를 종합해보면 유아의 숲체험 활동 전반에 대한 부모의 인식에 따라서 교육효과와 소통에 차이가 있음을 의미하며, 이는 실외야외활동에 따른 인솔 교사의 수와 미세먼지에 따른 날씨와의 연관성 및 숲체험 장소와 교육소요시간 등에서 교육적 효과에 따른 인식의 차이가 다름은 이들의 공통된 관심사항으로 유아들의 안전한 교육활동과 연관되어 있음을 시사한 것으로 평가할 수 있다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.1159-1164
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• 2015

Background: The prevalence of smoking among secondary school children continues to remain unchanged over the last 3 decades even though awareness regarding the health effects of smoking is increasing. Common misconceptions about smoking and parental influence could be factors influencing future intentions to smoke among these students. Hence, we looked at the common misconceptions as well as student perceptions about their future intention to smoke among Form 4 students in Shah Alam, Malaysia. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted by distribution of a questionnaire developed as part of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey to Form 4 student in 3 schools at Shah Alam. Results: Prevalence of smoking (current smokers) was 7.5%. Almost half of the children came from families where one or both parents smoked and a third of the parents had no discussion regarding consequences of smoking with them. A large number of students were classified as "triers" as they had tried smoking and were unsure of whether they would not be smoking in the future. Contrary to our expectations, students generally felt smoking did make one feel more uncomfortable and helped one to reduce body weight. Most students seemed to be aware of the ill-effects of smoking on health. They felt they had received adequate information from school regarding the effects on smoking on health. Conclusions: Our study showed that even though Form 4 students in Shah Alam were knowledgeable about ill-effects of smoking and were taught so as part of their school curriculum, the prevalence of smoking was still high. Students in the "trier group" represent a potential group of future smokers and strategies targeting tobacco control may be aimed at tackling these vulnerable individuals. Efforts are also needed to help educate secondary school children about common misconceptions and dispel myths associated with cigarette smoking.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to identify current housing status and housing awareness such as housing values, satisfaction, and preferences among households with one child. Data were obtained from a questionnaire completed by both husbands and wives living in metropolitan area and aged between 25 and 45. Selected variables were the age, education level, and employment status of housewives, ideal number of children, monthly income, plan to give birth, and so on. Using purposive sampling method, five hundred questionnaires were administered and 360 questionnaires were analyzed. In accordance with the questions related to housing values, housing satisfaction of respondents was examined. In order to compare the housing values, preferences, and satisfaction among diverse variables of respondents, mean, t-test, F test, Duncan's multiple range test, $x^2$ test, and factor analysis were used. The major findings of this study are as follows: First, there were significant differences in current housing type, tenure type, and floor area according to housewives' age, education level, monthly income, and plan to give birth. Interestingly, households not having a plan to give birth in the future were living in larger house than the households having a plan to give birth. Second, housing values of households with one child were divided into 4 factors-environmental comfort, economy and convenience, social status symbolism, and adequacy of space planning. Items related to privacy showed the biggest difference between housing values and housing satisfaction. Third, most of the respondents wanted larger house than current housing. However, the need for quality of housing including floor area and amenities was significantly higher among households not having a plan to give another birth than households having a plan to give birth in the future.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제28권
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• pp.115-139
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• 2012

Interval or duration of segments, syllables, words and phrases is an important acoustic feature which influences the naturalness of speech. A number of cross-sectional studies regarding acoustic characteristics of children's speech development found that intervals of segments, syllables, words and phrases tend to change with the growing age. One hypothesis assumed that decreases in intervals would be greater when children were younger and smaller decreases in intervals when older (Thelen,1991), it has been supported by quite a number of researches on the basis of cross-sectional studies (Tingley & Allen,1975; Kent & Forner,1980; Chermak & Schneiderman, 1986), but the other hypothesis predicted that decreases in intervals would be smaller when children were younger and greater decreases in intervals when older (Smith, Kenney & Hussain, 1996). Researchers seem to come up with conflicting postulations and inconsistent results about the change trends concerning intervals of segments, syllables, words and phrases, leaving it as an issue unresolved. Most acoustic investigations of children's speech production have been conducted via cross-sectional designs, which involves studying several groups of children. So far, there are only a few longitudinal studies. This issue needs more longitudinal investigations; moreover, the acoustic measures of the intervals of child speech are hardly available. All former studies focus on word stages excluding the babbling stages especially the canonical babbling stage, but we need to find out when concrete changes of intervals begin to occur and what causes the changes. Therefore, we conducted an acoustic study of interval characteristics of segments and words concerning Canonical Babble ( CB) and early speech in an infant aged from 0;9 to 2;4 acquiring Mandarin Chinese. The current research addresses the following two questions: 1. Whether decreases in interval would be greater when children were younger and smaller when they were older or vice versa? 2. Whether the child speech concerning the acoustic features of interval drifts in the direction of the language they are exposed to? The female infant whose L1 was Southern Mandarin living in Changsha was audio- and video-taped at her home for about one hour almost on a weekly basis during her age range from 0;9 to 2;4 under natural observation by us investigators. The recordings were digitized. Parts of the digitized material were labeled. All the repetitions were excluded. The utterances were extracted from 44 sessions ranging from 30 minutes to one hour. The utterances were divided into segments as well as syllable-sized units. Age stages are 0;9-1;0,1;1-1;5, 1;6-2;0, 2;1-2;4. The subject was a monolingual normal child from parents with a good education. The infant was audio-and video-taped in her home almost every week. The data were digitized, segments and syllables from 44 sessions spanning the transition from babble to speech were transcribed in narrow IPA and coded for analysis. Babble was coded from age 0;9-1;0, and words were coded from 1;0 to 2;4, the data has been checked by two professionally trained persons who majored in phonetics. The present investigation is a longitudinal analysis of some temporal characteristics of the child speech during the age periods of 0;9-1;0, 1;1-1;5, 1;6-2;0, 2;1-2;4. The answer to Research Question 1 is that our results are in agreement with neither of the hypotheses. One hypothesis assumed that decreases in intervals would be greater when children were younger and smaller decreases in intervals when older (Thelen,1991); but the other hypothesis predicted that decreases in intervals would be smaller when children were younger and greater decreases in intervals when older (Smith, Kenney & Hussain, 1996). On the whole, there is a tendency of decrease in segmental and syllabic duration with the growing age, but the changes are not drastic and abrupt. For example, /a/ after /k/ in Table 1 has greater decrease during 1;1-1;5, while /a/ after /p/, /t/ and /w/ has greater decrease during 2;1-2;4. /ka/ has greater decrease during 1;1-1;5, while /ta/ and /na/ has greater decrease during 2;1-2;4.Across the age periods, interval change experiences lots of fluctuation all the time. The answer to Research Question 2 is yes. Babbling stage is a period in which the children's acoustic features of intervals of segments, syllables, words and phrases is shifted in the direction of the language to be learned, babbling and children's speech emergence is greatly influenced by ambient language. The phonetic changes in terms of duration would go on until as late as 10-12 years of age before reaching adult-like levels. Definitely, with the increase of exposure to ambient language, the variation would be less and less until they attain the adult-like competence. Via the analysis of the SPSS 15.0, the decrease of segmental and syllabic intervals across the four age periods proves to be of no significant difference (p>0.05). It means that the change of segmental and syllabic intervals is continuous. It reveals that the process of child speech development is gradual and cumulative.

• 산업진흥연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2022

본 연구는 낮은 자기분화수준을 가진 어머니의 양육불안 경험에 관한 연구로서 대상으로는 학령기 자녀가 있는 어머니 중 자기분화척도 수준이 낮고 양육에 대한 불안을 경험하고 있는 어머니들을 선정하여 심층인터뷰와 검사를 실시하였고 Giorgi의 현상학 방법으로 단계에 맞춰 경험적 현상을 분류하고 범주들을 중심으로 분석하여 일반적 구조기술로서 통합하였다. 현 시대적 과제로서 학령기 부모의 양육불안의 원인과 핵가족화로 인한 자녀의 수가 적어짐으로 인한 가족의 문제들과 양육불안에 대한 경험들을 범주로 묶어 일반화함으로써 자녀의 사회적응과 정서에 미치는 양육태도와 어머니가 가진 낮은 자기분화수준과 불안의 원인과 같은 문제점들을 인지하고 양육의 올바른 방향을 설정하는데 그 의의가 있다.

• 기독교교육논총
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• 제69권
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• pp.9-44
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• 2022

이 연구는 가정에서의 신앙교육을 회복하기 위한 목적이다. 현재 한국교회 교육은 위기를 맞고 있다. 첫째, 저출산의 문제로 인한 어린이 교인감소이다. 둘째는 교회를 떠나가는 청소년들로 인감 감소이다. 이로 인하여 만은 교회가 교회학교가 축소되거나 폐쇄되고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위하여 교회학교 중심의 교육에서 가정중심의 신앙교육으로 전환이 필요하다. 신앙교육의 회복은 위기를 맞은 한국교회의 회복과도 연결되어 있기 때문이다. 현재 직면한 교회교육의 위기를 극복하기 위한 대안으로 신앙교육의 본래의 원형로 환원을 해야 한다는 것이다. 즉, 하나님께서 가정에서 부모를 통한 신앙교육을 명령하신 모습으로 돌아가야 한다. 무엇보다 중요한 것은, 가정에서 신앙교육의 부재를 극복하고, 회복하는 것이다. 기독교 가정은 자녀 신앙교육의 일차적 책임을 수행하는 교육의 장이 된다. 하나님은 부모들에게 자녀의 신앙교육의 우선적인 권한과 책임을 부여하셨다. 그러나 사회와 가정의 변화 속에서 가정의 교육적 기능이 다른 교육기관이나 전문교사에게 위탁되었다. 기독교 가정의 부모들은 교육적 권한과 책임을 등한시함으로써 자녀의 신앙교육을 교회학교에 위임하는 경향이 있다. 따라서 이 연구의 목적은 부모는 기독교적인 신앙교육관을 가지고 자녀의 신앙교육 주체가 되어야 한다. 부모는 하나님으로부터 부여받은 신앙교육을 위한 교사로서 권한과 책임 그리고 의무를 갖는다. 부모의 교육적 권한과 책임은 하나님으로부터 기인한다. 하나님은 부모들에게 자녀를 신앙으로 양육하라고 명령하셨다. 따라서 부모를 자녀 신앙교육의 주체가 되는 것은 기독교 가정교육을 회복시키는 것이다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.312-319
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• 2008

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsiveness. Current estimates suggest that 4-12% of school age children are affected by ADHD, which hampers proper social relationship and achievements in school. Even though the exact etiology of the disorder is still in the middle of active investigation, the availability of pharmacological treatments for the disorder suggest that at least the symptoms of ADHD are manageable. To develop drugs with higher efficacy and fewer side effects, it is essential to have appropriate animal models for in vivo drug screening processes. Good animal models can also provide the chances to improve our understanding of the disease processes as well as the underlying etiology of the disorder. In this review, we summarized current animal models used for ADHD research and discussed the point of concerns about using specific animal models.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.225-235
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• 2010

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify factors which influence breastfeeding adaptation from among the following: parity and feeding behavior, social support, psychological, and demographic factors. Methods: The respondents were 179 breastfeeding mothers. Data were collected from June 2 to 19, 2009 at two community health centers and one pediatric outpatient department. Data were analyzed using the SPSS program and included descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and multiple regression. Results: The major findings of this study were: 1) Significant differences in the level of breastfeeding adaptation were related to number of children, current problems related to breastfeeding, and lay supporters. 2) Level of breastfeeding adaptation was significantly related to marriage satisfaction, proportion of breastfeeding, length of previous breastfeeding, planned length of breastfeeding, parenting stress, and encouragement to breastfeed given by medical personnel. 3) Regression analysis showed that parenting stress, marriage satisfaction, current problems related to breastfeeding, and proportion of breastfeeding explained 44.3% of variance for breastfeeding adaptation. Length of previous breastfeeding also explained 9.7% of breastfeeding adaptation among mothers who had breastfed an elder child. Conclusion: Mothers with lower marriage satisfaction, breastfeeding problems, and higher parenting stress require more help from their family and nurses for breastfeeding adaptation. Future research should include variables, such as mother's and baby's behavior related to breastfeeding, knowledge about breastfeeding, and attitude toward breastfeeding.