• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.1631-1643
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• 2016

Depressive symptoms are one of the biggest mental health issues among Korean American adolescents. Previous studies have found that parental warmth and intergenerational family conflict have a major impact on depressive symptoms among Korean American adolescents. This cross-sectional study examines the mediation effects of intergenerational family conflict between perceived parental warmth and depressive symptoms among 97 Korean American adolescents aged 14 to 18 years old in the Pacific Northwest region. The results revealed that 60% of participants experienced depressive symptoms. In addition, mother-adolescent conflict significantly mediated between perceived parental warmth and depressive symptoms while father-adolescent conflict did not significantly mediate. The finding suggests the need to develop intervention programs for Korean American adolescents and their parents that focus on creating an understanding of the difference between Korean culture and American culture, identifying early signs of depressive symptoms, and decreasing intergenerational family conflict by teaching parents to express parental warmth effectively.

• 한국가족관계학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.105-130
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• 2018

Objective: In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of the Korean Intergenerational Psychological Ambivalence Scale (KIPAS) for young adult children. Method: Data came from 1,140 Korean young adults aged 19-34, who were never married and had at least one living parent. We translated the individual-subjective dimension of Zygowicz's (2006) Intergenerational Ambivalence Scale from English to Korean. The individual-subjective dimension had eight items that directly measured intergenerational psychological ambivalence (D-KIPAS) and 10 items that indirectly measured intergenerational psychological ambivalence (I-KIPAS). Results: The D-KIPAS and I-KIPAS items showed good internal consistency both for the mother and the father. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that D-KIPAS items loaded on one factor after controlling for method effects, which allowed error variances among the four non-reversed items to covary. Both the positive and negative items of I-KIPAS had good reliability and loaded on the same factor. The mean score of D-KIPAS and the calculated score of I-KIPAS were significantly but moderately correlated, which indicates that the D-KIPAS and I-KIPAS assess correlated but distinct aspects of intergenerational ambivalence. Correlations among D-KIPAS, I-KIPAS, and the proxy variables of intergenerational solidarity and conflict supported the discriminant validity of the KIPAS. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that both D-KIPAS and I-KIPAS are reliable and valid tools to measure intergenerational psychological ambivalence among Korean young adults.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.369-386
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine which aspects of coresident intergenerational relationships were associated with the life satisfaction of unmarried children in established adulthood and of their parents. In this study, the coresident relationship characteristics included support exchange, emotion, interference-conflict, and perceptions of coresidence. Data were collected from (a) 250 never-married adults who were 35+ years old and lived in Seoul with at least one parent aged 75 years or younger and (b) 250 older adults who were 75 years old or younger and had at least one unmarried child aged 35+ years living in the same household. Our multiple regression analysis of unmarried children showed that the adult child's financial support, the adult child's psychological reliance on parents, the parent's psychological reliance on the child, and relationship quality were significantly related to higher levels of life satisfaction. In contrast, the parent's daily interference, daily conflicts, and anticipation of future care of parents were related to lower levels of life satisfaction. Second, the characteristics that were positively associated with the parent's life satisfaction were the parent's instrumental support, relationship quality, the coresident child's daily interference, positive perceptions of intergenerational coresidence, and expectation of future care of parents. In contrast, the parent's financial support, daily conflicts with the child, and taking intergenerational coresidence for granted were negatively related to the parent's life satisfaction. This study advances our understanding of coresidence between unmarried children in established adulthood and their older parents by focusing on the multiple aspects of intergenerational coresidence.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.53-66
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• 1998

This study presents the Family FIRO model for stepfamily development. The Family FIRO model conceptualizes interactional patterns in stepfamily for dealing with developmental tasks and suggests a method for organizing assessment and for prioritizing treatment strategies. Boundary ambiguity role confusion intergenerational coalition and loyalty conflict lack of relationship commitment and resource management issues of stepfamily constitute the inclusion interaction dimension in The Family FIRO model. While power role negotiation conflict decision making and discipline issues represent the control interaction dimension lack of emotional exchange and open self-disclosure issues are intimacy interaction dimension in the stepfamily. The family FIRO model suggests that stepfamily should attend to the developmental tasks related to inclusion before placing a major emphasis on control issues which in turn should come before emphasis on stepfamily intimacy.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.228-241
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• 2015

이 연구의 목적은 2013년 전국 대학생 865명 대상의 설문조사를 이용하여, 고령화, 저성장 경제에 직면한 대학생의 노인세대에 대한 인식을 밝히는 것이다. 분석결과, 대학생들은 노인세대와의 관계를 심각한 갈등관계로 인식하지는 않는 것으로 나타났다. 대학생들은 노인의 가족돌봄, 경제성장 기여에 대해 긍정적으로 인식하였다. 그러나 세대간 재분배를 둘러싼 구체적인 정책에서는 청년세대와 노인세대 간의 갈등이 발생할 가능성을 인식하고 있었다. 회귀분석 결과, 진보적일수록 노인의 기여를 긍정적으로 평가하고, 노인복지에 대한 정부책임을 확대해야 한다고 인식하였다. 정치관심이 많을수록 노인의 기여를 긍정적으로 인식하고, 노인복지 재정문제가 심각해질 것이라고 인식한 반면, 세대갈등 가능성은 낮을 것이라고 인식하였다. 대출금액, 용돈금액, 전공계열, 취업준비여부도 노인세대에 대한 인식과 일부 관련을 맺었다. 이 연구에서는 대학생의 노인세대에 대한 이해와 노인세대와의 협력을 증진하기 위한 방안을 제안하였다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2004

최근 급변하는 사회현상들로 인한 다양한 가족유형들은 가족에 대한 개념 자체를 변화시키고 있다. 이러한 변화는 필연적으로 가족내 세대간 가치차이를 야기하며, 가족갈등이나 사회문제로 파생되는 것이 사실이다. 본고에서는 다양화, 다각화로 변모하고 있는 사회현상으로 인한 가족내 변화에 따른 가족내 세대간의 문제를 다루어봄으로써 세대갈등에 대한 해결책을 모색해보고자 한다. 먼저, 현대사회의 가족구조적인 변화가 가족내 어떤 기능적인 변화를 요구하고 있는지 살펴본 결과, 다음과 같은 긍정적인 변화들을 촉구하고 있었다. 첫째, 가족구성원들간의 상호작용하는 방식의 변화이고, 둘째, 가족의 심리적 자원으로서 애정, 보살핌과 같은 관계적 자원에 대한 지속적인 연속성의 요구이며, 셋째, 형식적 관계에서 벗어나 실질적 관계로의 전환, 및 마지막으로, 보다 명료한 의사소통망의 활용이었다. 또한 가족생애주기의 변화에 따른 부모-자녀관계의 상호작용을 재조명해봄으로써 세대갈등에 대한 해결책을 탐색해본 결과, 첫째, 현대사회의 다양한 가족유형의 가변성을 수용하고, 변화하는 가족의 기능적인 측면을 강조하여야 하며, 둘째, 각 세대가 지니고 있는 상호교환적인 가치를 수용하여 세대간 관계적 기능을 강화할 뿐만 아니라, 셋째, 효에 대한 재조명이 필요했다. 즉 가족기능의 세대간 전수는 가계와 가문형성의 근원이 될 수 있지만, 세대간의 상호작용없이 불가능하다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.137-151
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• 1993

This study presents an appraisal of current theorizing process through the review of family studies. Also it shows the outlines of five sociological general theories and how to apply them to family studies. The field of family studies entered a new stage in the middle of the twentieth century. Especially the decade of the 1970s was a period of rapid development in family theories because middle-range theories were developed. Currently identified major conceptual frameworks of family studies are five sociological general theories. Exchange theory was utilized in several studies and the problems could have been conceptualized in a way that would have tested the general theory of rewards, costs, and profits, but in most instances the theory was developed at a limited substantive level. Symbolic interactionism is the most useful in understanding precarious human relationships, such as courtship processes, intergenerational relationships family roles, and powers. General systems theory have been provided generalizaitons useful for understanding the characteristics of the family systems and also useful in describing the interactions with the environment, and the functioning of a family along a continuum of open to closed. Conflict theorists point that the basic units of society comprise all persons who share a sense of status equality and there are continual struggles in society for various goods. This theory attemps to account for the development within the family of norms of equity, or fairness. Phenomenology becomes available when we cease to treat an object as real, and begin to treat the object as meant, as intended, as it appears. Therefore the formulation of an adequate and complete description of family is important. Family theorists must be urged to do a number of things including continuing to improve existing theory and continuing to develop metatheory and methodologies of building theory.