• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.97-118
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• 1989

The purpose of this study is to clarify the definition of middle age, to compare the different perspectives about mid-life crisis, and to identify the variables that cause the mid-life crisis of men and women.. For this purpose reviewing literatures and emprical research were conducted. For the emprical research, Mid-life Crisis Scale, Mid-life Indentity Scale, Family Relation Scale. Health Scale and Religious Scale were developed. The Sample was selected form the men and women living in Seoul, whose age is from 40 to 59 , and whose last child is older than 13 years of age. Among 820 respondents 218 men and 442 women were finally selected as datum sources. The data were analyzed by the statistical method such as the factor analysis frequency distribution, percentile, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation and regression analysis. The main results were as follows; 1) Men and women experience mid-life crisis some extent. The mid-life crisis score for men is 33.60 and 35.0 for women. This implies women reveal significantly higher crisis than men. As for women's mid-life crisis. self-awaring age, education, income, husband's occupation, employment status of wife and occupational status of wife have a significant influence Expecially employment status of wife seemed to interact with sex, husband's occupation and educational level of wife. however status of child, family pattern, son's existence are not as important an influence on mid-life crisis. 3) Among the psychological variables, work identity and physical identity have the strong influence on the mid-life crisis of men and women, It implies that mid-life crisis si lower when one has higher work identity and physical identity. 4) Mid -life crisis of men and women is influenced significantly according to family relation variables and health variables. It reveals that the better one's family relations and health sate, the lower one's mid-life crisis is. However menopause and the years after menopause do not influence on the mid-life crisis of women. 5) Mid-life crisis of women differs significantly according to the kind of religion and religious activity. That is mid-life crisis of women is lower when she believes in Protestantism and Catholicism and participate in more religious activity. Mid-life crisis of men is not significantly influenced by religious variables. After all among the five categories of variables that related to mid-life crisis, psychological variables-especially work identity and physical identity are observed to have the strongest degree of significance.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.203-216
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• 1991

Coping strategy and mid-life crisis were examined in a sample of 325 mid-life couples ranging in age 40∼59. Each participant was administered stressful life event scale, coping strategy scale, family cohesion scale and mid-life crisis scale. The results were as follows: 1. There is no significant differences between husbands and wives in the experiences of stressful life event, but the perceived stress level of wives significantly higher than the husband's. 2. Husbands seem to use problem solving strategy and wives seem to use restrain strategy more often. 3. Wives appear significantly higher mid-life crisis than husbands. Especially family cohesion and passive coping strategy have turned out to be significant on the mid life crisis of couples. Besides these predictors, experiences of stressful life event and perceived stress level are significant predictors for husband's mid-life crisis. As for wive's mid-life crisis, coping stratigies are significant predictors.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.43-62
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• 2001

This study investigated the relationships among Selection, Optimization, and Compensation(SOC) as strategies of life management in mid-life crisis respect to gender and age. The subjects of this study were 170 females and 182 males at the ages between 40 and 60 living in Seoul. Selection, Optimization, and Compensation(SOC) as strategies of life management were assessed by SOC-questionnaire while mid-life crisis was assessed by Mid-Life Crisis Scale. The data were analyzed using frequencies, percentiles, means, standard deviations, Cronbach's $\alpha$, two-way ANOVAS, and Pearson's correlations. Except compensation there was no significant difference in Selection and Optimization as strategies of life management as a function of gender and age. No signigicant difference was found in mid-life crisis as a function of gender and age. There were significant negative correlations among Selection, Optimization, and Compensation(SOC) as strategies of life management and mid-life crisis except the individuation.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.517-522
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• 2022

중년기는 인간발달 과정 중 전환의 시기이며 위기의 시기이다. 중년기 위기의 의미를 이해하기 위해서는 다차원적인 접근이 필요하다. 중년기의 위기를 파악하기 위해 개인의 심리적 측면, 행동·사회적 측면의 이해가 요청된다. Jung은 중년기를 개성화 시기라하며, 파편화된 성격의 여러 개체를 안정화시키고 통합하는 과정이라 하였다. 중년기 삶의 의미에 대한 발견은 타인과 자신의 이해를 통해 진정한 공동체 일원이 되는 것이며 실존의 의미와 연결된다. 중년기 위기는 삶의 의미와 깊은 상관관계를 가지며, 삶의 의미를 통해 중년의 위기감을 낮출 수 있다. 다만, 삶의 의미를 발견하는 과정에서 가족 및 사회적 위기상황에 대한 적응, 스트레스 대처 여부가 중요한 요인이 될 것이다.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.29-46
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of the degree of preparation for old age and the sense of crisis on the marital satisfaction of married mid-life women. The participants in this study were 300 women ranging in age from 40 to 59 years residing in Gyeonggi-do. Two hundred and forty-nine self-reported questionnaires were used for final analysis by SPSS PASW 18.0. The major results of this study were as follows. First, the mean score on the sense of crisis scale was $2.56{\pm}0.65$, representing a medium level. The mean scores for degree of preparation for later life and marital satisfaction were $3.54{\pm}0.57$ and $3.67{\pm}0.88$, which were somewhat high. Second, socio-demographic characteristics have a significant influence on married, middle-aged women. There were primarily differences in the sense of crisis by age cohort(such as women in their 50s) and level of education. Moreover, there were differences in the degree of preparation for later life by marriage duration and differences in marital satisfaction by level of education, monthly average income, and employment status. Third, in multiple regression analysis, the variables significantly influencing the marital satisfaction of married, middle-aged women included health status and monthly average income as control variables. Mid-life crisis also had a significant effect. The degree of preparation for emotional later life had a significant effect as an independent variable. These findings suggest that the level of sense of crisis and the degree of preparation for emotional later life affected the women's marital satisfaction. Other factors did not have a significant affect. Based on the above results, intervention alternatives are needed to improve the marital satisfaction of married, middle-aged women.

• 산업진흥연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.153-162
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• 2024

본 연구는 중년 직장인의 퇴직 불안이 감사성향을 경유하여 중년위기감에 미치는 영향을 자아존중감이 조절 매개하는지를 검증하여 중년 직장인의 중년위기감을 감소시킬 수 있는 기초자료를 제공하는 데 연구의 목적이 있다. 조사대상은 40~65세 중년층 직장인 313명이며, 자료는 SPSS Win. 25와 SPSS PROCESS macro 4.1을 활용하여 분석하였다. 기술통계 분석, 신뢰도 분석, 상관분석 및 조절된 매개효과 분석이 적용되었다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 퇴직 불안은 감사성향, 자아존중감과 부적 상관관계를 보였고, 중년위기감과는 정적 상관관계를 보였다. 자아존중감은 퇴직 불안이 감사성향을 경유하여 중년위기감에 미치는 영향을 완충시키는 조절된 매개역할을 하였다. 중년 직장인의 감사성향과 자아존중감은 퇴직 불안이 중년위기감을 증가시킬 때 보호요인으로 작용할 수 있는 중요한 변수로 활용할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.454-463
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• 2016

본 연구는 중년남성의 갱년기 증상, 강인성, 중년 위기감에 대한 정도를 파악하고, 중년 위기감에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하여 중년 위기감의 극복을 위한 전략을 개발하는데 기초자료를 제공하기 위하여 수행되었다. 연구는 2013년 5월 25일부터 9월 10일까지 전남지역 중소기업에 재직 중인 근로자를 대상으로 실시하였다. 자료는 자기기입식 설문지로 수집되었으며 수집된 자료는 SPSS Win 18.0을 이용하여 분석하였다. 위계적 회귀분석 결과, 중년위기감에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 운동, 배우자 관계, 자녀관계가 25.1%의 설명력을 나타내었으며, 갱년기 증상을 추가 입력하였을 때 갱년기 증상이 설명력 21.1%을 더 보였으며, 운동여부, 교육상태, 배우자 관계, 자녀관계, 월수입, 갱년기 증상의 예측변수는 중년 위기감을 42.7% 설명하였다. 따라서 중년남성이 중년 위기를 잘 극복하기 위해서는 긍정적인 자기관리 및 친밀한 배우자 관계형성 등 본 연구 결과의 영향요인을 고려한 중년 위기감 극복을 위한 프로그램 제공이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국가정과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.25-42
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate how the married middle-aged married men and women describe their own gender-role attitude, mid-life crisis and psychological adjustment, including search components as both middle-aged men and women's income, and education with occupation. Psychological adjustment was composed of mid-life crisis, depression, and perceived happiness, These data were collected from 397 married, middle aged men and women from 40 years to 59 years-old by using self-administered questionnaire method, The summarized results of the study are as follows: First of all, the middle-aged men's gender-role attitudes were more traditional gender-role attitudes 'than of women's. Second, in general characteristic, the men were different according to education, However, the women's gender-role attitudes were different according to ages, a period of marriage, education, income, and occupation. Third, in psychological adjustment, the men had significant differences in income. And, the women had significant differences in ages, a period of marriage, education, income, and occupation. Finally, the men and women's gender-role attitudes were positively correlated with mid-life crisis and depression, and were negatively correlated with happiness. And, the women's gender-role attitudes were positively correlated with psychological adjustment.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.227-237
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to find out midaged women's crisis and ways to overcome it. Another purpose is to improve their qualities of life and to provide basic data to develop their potentials. The results are as follows: First, it shows that socio-demographic characteristics have a significant influence on midaged women's crisis. Those variables include religion, jobs, family-life cycle, income, marriage duration, age, and supporting parents. Second, the variables significantly influencing the coping behavior with the crisis include age, income, religion, marriage patterns, region, marriage duration, family-life cycle, and supporting parents. Third, as a result of this research, their negative expression of action or emotion was higher as they were getting old. The general tendency was that an emotional crisis level was low when rational coping behaviors were high. Therefore, self-esteem or social activity improvement programs should be developed for midaged women.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1389-1399
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• 2000

Massage therapy is a traditional, alternative and nonphamacological means of promoting rest and relaxation. However, nursing intervention by massage for middle-aged women is rarely practiced by nurses. The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of the hand and arm massage as an independent nursing intervention tool for middle- aged women. The data used in this research were collected from forty-nine subjects using a nonequivalent control group non- synchronized design. Twenty-four persons for the experimental group and Twenty-five persons for the control group were selected from D city and C city from July 1997 to September 2000. Subjects' ages were between forty and fifty-six years old with mean the age of 45.6. Hand and arm massage developed by Cayce and Reilly was applied to the experimental group for a session of 15 minutes two or three times a week for four weeks. The instruments used for the measurement of the subjects' stress, anxiety, depression and the middle-life crisis were Langners's 22-item Self-rating Depression Scale, and Kim's Middle Life Crisis Scale(1988). These psychological factors were measured before and after the implementation of hand and arm massage. The data were analyzed with mean$\pm$s.d, percent, t-test, and a paired t-test. The results were summarized as follows; 1. Before the treatment, there were no significant differences between the two groups. 2. After the treatment, there were significant differences in the stress and the occurrence of mid life crisis between the two groups. The findings suggest that the use of the life crisis. Therefore, it is recommended that hand and arm massage be used as an independent nursing intervention tool for middle-aged women. For further research, is needed replication of this concept of research with different subjects in a larger population. Also, it is recommended to investigate the effects of massage with aroma therapy for the berefit of decreasing womens' stress level further.