• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.310-319
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among perceived health, parental stress, social support, and quality of life of grandparent caregivers and to identify the factors influencing quality of their life. Methods: A descriptive correlational design was used. The data were collected by questionnaires from a convenience sample of 130 participants taking care of their grandchildren from ten children's daycare centers in Seoul, Korea from August to September, 2013. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation efficients, and multiple regressions. Results: Perceived health, parental stress and social support were correlated significantly with quality of life. As a result of the multiple regression analysis, education level, age of grandchildren, perceived health, parental stress and social support accounted for 48% of the variance in quality of life. Perceived health, parental stress, and social support were identified as factors influencing quality of life and the variable that most affected quality of life was perceived health. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that health of people taking care of their grandchildren must be promoted while relieving their parental stress with appropriate social support in order to improve quality of life.

• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.329-340
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• 2017

This study investigated the situation of eating meals to identify factors influencing skipping breakfast and types of foods consumed for breakfast among adolescents classified by household type. Adolescents were found to consume mainly homemade meals for breakfast and dinner while consuming institutional foodservice at school for lunch. Percentage of skipping meals among adolescents was different by time of meals, and they skipped meals due to lack of time, which was different according to household type. Main food for breakfast was rice, and percentage of skipping breakfast was the highest in single parent households. Satisfaction of food-related life was lowest in grandparent households. Especially, satisfaction was highest if they had rice for breakfast. For influencing factors on skipping breakfast, social support, eating regularly, concern for origin, and single parent household were found to be significant. For influencing factors on types of foods consumed for breakfast, eating regularly, exercise, satisfaction of food-related life, and concern for food safety among adolescents were found to be significant. If adolescents in grandparent households had rice, they were less likely to skip breakfast.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.324-332
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• 2015

Despite expansion of the mulnaengmyeon market, there have been no studies on consumers' attitudes towards mulnaengmyeon. The purpose of this study was to investigate the usage and consumption patterns for mulnaengmyeon among adults in the Seoul metropolitan area of Korea. A survey including demo- and socio-graphics, general mulnaengmyeon usage, and consumption questions was tested on 210 consumers. The results of the survey showed that the majority of consumers consumed mulnaengmyeon more frequently during summer. Although the instant mulnaengmyeon market has rapidly increased, it was found that mulnaengmyeon is a food that is generally consumed in restaurants. In addition, mulnaengmyeon usage and consumption patterns significantly differed according to consumer age, whereas there was no difference observed according to parent's or grandparent's hometown of origin. Older consumers were observed to consume and purchase mulnaengmyeon as well as instant mulnaengmyeon more often than young consumers. Also, older consumers were shown to consider "health" related factors as more important when selecting mulnaengmyeon, whereas young consumers considered "price" related factors to be more important.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.303-314
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• 1996

The purpose of this study is to investigate the satisfaction with sharing a bedroom among grandparent(s) and grandchildren, and the differences in the housing norms and satisfactions among the three generations of the extended families in Cheong-Ju city. Each three generations of the 50 extended families was interviewed with the questionnaire designed for each generation. The respondent family had at lest one child aged from 10 to 14 years old. The results showed that 40.0% of the elderly parents and 76.0% of the grandchildren shared a bedroom with someone beside a spouse, while about 90.0% of married couples had their own bedrooms. However, sharing a bedroom did not reduce the housing satisfaction of the grandparent(s) and the grandchild. The living arrangement of coresidence was mostly preferred by the grandparents, followed by the parents. The younger generations reported the more alternatives in living arrangement for the elderly. The number of bedrooms was the most important factor to be considered with coresidence of three generations but the most inadequate characteristics of the current housing to coreside. There were some differences in elderly housing norms and coresidence housing satisfactions among the three generations. The grandparents were most satisfied with coresidence living arragement, followed by the grandchildren and the daughters-in-law.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.41-68
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• 2009

Grandparent-grandchildren family adolescents(GGFAs) need to be well discussed because they tend to be more influenced by the negative surroundings than ordinary family adolescents. Over the past few years, several studies have been made on the correlation between the risk factor, the protective factor and the school resilience of GGFAs, but these studies have the limit to explain the only correlation between the one factor and the school resilience. So the purpose of this study was to examine not only the direct effect between the risk factor and the protective factor, but also the parametric path and effect that the one factor has influence on the correlation between the another factor and the school resilience of GGFAs. We investigated the 328 GGFAs in Korea, and the analytic method used was the Structural Equation Modeling(SEM). The followings are the results of this paper. It was found that the model adaptability had a considerable validity by inspecting the SEM, which showed not only the direct effect between the risk factor, protective factor and the school resilience of GGFAs, but also the mediation effect by the protective factor. The risk factors - the indifference of teacher, the negative attachment relationship, melancholy, uneasiness etc - had a negative influence on the school resilience of GGFAs. The protective factors - the supporss etteacher, self-esteem etc - had a positive influence on the school resilience of GGFAs. The protective factors were found to reduce the negative influence on the school resilience of GGFAs.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.78-80
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 한국어 구문 분석을 위해 3차 의존 파싱 방법을 적용한 성능 결과를 제시한다. 3차 의존 파싱에서는 조부모 (grandparent) 노드 정보까지 참조함으로써 2차 자질의 한계를 넘어 보다 복잡하고 다양한 자질을 고려할 수 있다. 실험 결과 3차 의존 파싱은 기존의 2차 한국어 의존 파싱의 성능을 향상시켰다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.17-32
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the attitude and recognition on how to describe the elderly of elementary school students. Methods: The subject of this study was total 806 students of 4, 5, 6 grade at 2 elementary schools in Gyunggi-do. The data were collected through self-reporting questionnaires for a month. Results: First, the score of attitude about the elderly was 107.8 and image score was the highest. Second, there were significant differences in the attitude about the elderly according to grade, birth order of siblings, domestic atmosphere, and economic status, domestic education on respect about the elderly, and education about the elderly at school. Third, there were significant differences in the attitude about the elderly according to parent-grandparent relationship, health and economic status of grandparents, meeting frequency with grandparents. Fourth, the score of word recognition about the elderly was 43.3 and social score was the highest. fifth, there were significant differences in recognition on how to describe the elderly according to grade, birth order of siblings of students and parents, domestic atmosphere, and economic status, domestic education on respect about the elderly. Sixth, there were significant differences in recognition on how to describe according to parent-grandparent relationship, health status and economic status of grandparents, meeting frequency with grandparents. Lastly, The attitude and recognition about the elderly showed significant positive relationship. Conclusion: We should provide qualitative education programs to improve the attitude and recognition about the elderly of elementary school students.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.323-336
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• 2009

There has been a significant increase in the number of divorced families during the past 10 years in Korea. Divorce imposes a great impact on their children as well as divorcees. As many as 1.41 million children under 20 years-old have experienced their parents' divorce in past 10 years. Children are faced with much difficulty in adjustment after the parental divorce. Issues of the research and policy on the divorced family are discussed in this study. For future studies, a longitudinal research model, father-custody and grandparent-custody families, custody parents's gender, a theoretical model for Korean divorced families should be considered. New legislations have been recently enacted to enhance children's well-being, but further efforts such as the involvement of child development specialists in the divorce process should be followed in the pursuit of the best interest of the children.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.207-222
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• 2008

This research studied the social-emotional competence of children whose primary caregiver was a single-mother or single-father alone compared with children living with a single-parent but the primary caregiver was a non-parent (e.g. a grandparent). Subjects were 208 children (105 boys, 103 girls) from 10 elementary schools in 3 metropolitan cities. Instruments were the Adaptive Behavior Checklist constructed by the researcher, Self-esteem Inventory (Kim, 1987) and Emotional Competence Scale (Kim, 1998). Results showed that children in single-mother families were more social-emotionally competent than children in single-father families. Children whose primary caregivers were non-parents had higher self-esteem than children whose primary caregivers were single parents alone. There were interaction effects of caregiver variables on children's peer relationships and awareness/expression of their own emotion.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.373-383
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• 1997

The purpose of the study was to investigate parent care consciousness at the viewpoint of symbolic interaction perspective-familism, norms of home, relation of their parent. data were collected form questionnaires with 267 male and female who were in the age of 10-50 and residents of Seoul. the data were analyzed with the SPSS statistical package. The major findings were as follows : (1) The general trends of symbolic interaction perspective's variable and parent care consciousness showed relatively high. (2) symbolic interaction perspective's variables was affected by socio-demographic variables. (3) Parent care consciousness was affected by marital status, age, cohabiation status with a grandparent. (4) The correlations of parent care consciousness was significant in symbolic interaction perspective's variables.