• 사회복지연구
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.99-122
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 손자녀 돌봄의 행위와 그것이 지속되는 유형이 조부모의 노후부양관에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 살펴보는 것이다. 특히, 본 연구에서는 돌봄이 지속되는 유형을 미 돌봄, 일시 돌봄, 지속 돌봄의 세 가지로 구분하여 분석에 투입함으로써 그 논의의 심도를 더하고자 하였다. 연구결과, 손자녀를 돌보는 조부모가 그렇지 않은 조부모에 비해 노후에 자신의 성인 자녀와의 동거를 더 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 돌봄 지속 유형에 대한 결과에서도 두 시기 동안 한 번도 손자녀 돌봄을 수행하지 않은 조부모에 비해 한 시기의 일시 돌봄을 행한 조부모와 두 시기 모두 돌봄을 제공한 지속 돌봄의 조부모 모두 자녀와의 동거를 더 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 결과 중 흥미로운 점은 지속 돌봄을 행한 조부모가 일시 돌봄을 수행한 조부모보다 자녀와의 동거를 더 선호한다는 것이다. 이는 손자녀 돌봄을 행하고 있는 조부모가 그들이 제공하는 돌봄 서비스를 이후 자신의 부양을 위한 보험적 성격의 자원으로 인식하고 있을 가능성이 있음을 보여주는 결과이다. 또한 공적 영역의 역할이 미흡한 한국 사회에서 가족이 그 구성원들의 욕구 충족을 위해 상호 호혜적인 관계를 통해 효율적이고 유연하게 대응하고 있음을 보여주는 결과이기도 하다. 본 연구는 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 이론적 함의를 제시하였다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제69권1호
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• pp.59-77
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• 2017

본 연구는 종단적 시각에서 손자녀 돌봄 유형과 중 고령층 여성의 건강과의 관계를 살펴봄으로써, 한국 여성노인의 노후생활에 대한 이해를 제고하는데 그 의미가 있다. 이를 위해 국민노후보장패널 2차년도 자료부터 5차년도 자료를 사용하여 손자녀 돌봄 유형을 돌봄지속, 돌봄전이, 돌봄중단, 미돌봄으로 구분하고 이 유형들이 50대 이상 중 고령층 여성의 신체건강 및 정신건강에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구결과, 인구사회학적 요인을 통제한 상태에서 손자녀를 돌보지 않는 여성에 비해 손자녀를 돌보다가 중단한 여성일수록 좋은 신체건강 수준을 보였다. 하지만 손자녀 돌봄 경험은 여성의 정신건강에 유의미한 영향을 보이지 않았다. 이를 통해, 손자녀 돌봄 유형이 중 고령층에 있는 여성의 신체건강과 정신건강에 미치는 영향은 다를 수 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로, 손자녀 돌봄을 제공하는 여성노인의 건강한 노후생활을 위한 후속 연구의 필요성 및 제고방안을 논의하였다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.185-203
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• 2017

Objective: The present study examined the perspectives of grandparents raising their grandchildren in an attempt to better understand grandparents' child-rearing experience while providing kinship foster care to their primary-grade grandchildren. Methods: Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews with eight grandparents who have raised one or two primary-grade (ages 8-10) grandchildren using a qualitative approach. Results: First, the participants viewed the reason for their kinship foster care as a failure for caring for their own children and accepted the present grandparent-care provision as their responsibility. Second, the participants communicated constant struggles with their own health and grandchild-care as well as positive/negative emotions associated with the care provision. Third, most of the participants did not fully understand the developmental needs of their primary-grade grandchildren. Fourth, the participants articulated concerns for their primary-grade grandchildren's learning, peer interactions, school adjustment, and extra-curricular activities. Lastly, the participants all agreed on hoping to raise grandchildren with good personality traits as members of a society and to have them fill the gap from the loss of their parents. Conclusion: Although most participants accepted the current circumstances as their obligation, they still noted difficulties in child-care provision. Given the developmental needs of grandchildren and the resource needs of grandparents, proper and continuous intervention approaches should be developed/provided.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.87-108
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• 2018

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate grandmothers' verbal and nonverbal behaviors during young grandchildren-grandmother picture book reading. Methods: Participants were fifty-two children aged 22-42 months and their grandmothers. The researcher visited participating children's homes or child care centers and videotaped grandchildren-grandmother book reading activities. Each grandmother read two picture books for each observation. Grandmother surveys were administered after the reading activities. Parent surveys were completed by parents and were returned to the researcher. Results: First, grandmothers began reading picture books to grandchildren when children were 6 to 11-months-old or 12 to 17-months-old. They spent 5 to 10 minutes or 10 to 15 minutes at a time reading books. Second, grandmothers' most frequent verbal behavior during young grandchildren-grandmother picture book reading was 'explaining,' followed by 'questioning,' and 'providing feedback,' in that order. Grandmothers' MLU-eojeol during grandchildren-grandmother reading was 2.56. Their most frequently used nonverbal behavior was 'pointing,' followed by 'gestures.' Lastly, there was a significant difference in grandmothers' verbal and nonverbal behaviors during grandchildren-grandmother reading, depending on the grandmothers' characteristics. Conclusion/Implications: Grandmothers use various verbal and nonverbal behaviors during grandchildren-grandmother picture book reading activities, and there are significant differences in grandmothers' verbal and nonverbal behaviors with grandchildren based on grandmothers' characteristics.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experiences of grandmothers who provide child care services to their grandchildren and employed mothers who utilize child care by grandmothers, with regards to their relationships while exchanging the specific type of intergenerational support. The data for this study came from 42 in-depth, individual interviews with 21 pairs of employed mothers who had at least one child younger than elementary-school age and their mothers or mothers-in-law who had provided child care on a daily basis for their grandchildren. Our phenomenological analysis revealed that the grandmothers felt uncomfortable and overwhelmed when caring for their grandchildren and that they considered this activity to be different from caring for their own children by nature. However, the grandmothers wanted to help their adult children based on their feeling of "boo-mo-ma-eum" (meaning parental heart, i.e., love or care). The employed mothers perceived that they were substantially dependent on the grandmothers by receiving help with child care and housework. Reliance on grandmothers was inevitable and beneficial to these mothers. Dynamic intergenerational living arrangements enabled the dependent relationships. The grandmothers set specific boundaries pertaining to current and future child care so that they would not take on too much responsibility for child care. The mothers used various strategies that contributed to stable child care support from the grandmothers. Providing financial remuneration was an important strategy that had symbolic relational meanings, such as expressing gratitude, rather than financial meanings.

• 한국인구학
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.73-97
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• 2011

본 연구는 '2008년 노인생활실태조사'를 토대로 손자녀를 돌보는 조부모의 심리적 복지감에 영향을 미치는 요인을 살펴본 것이다. 특히 양육 상황, 양육지각, 자원 등을 손자녀 양육경험의 주요 차원으로 설정하여, 매개모형분석을 통해 이들 요인 간의 상호복합적 관련성을 검토하였다. 본 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 조사대상자들의 손자녀 양육동기의 대부분이 맞벌이가정의 자녀양육을 돕기 위함이었으며, 조사대상자의 대다수가 양육에 대한 대가를 받지 않았다. 둘째, 돌봄 상황 자체가 직접적으로 조부모의 심리적 복지감의 차이를 유발하지 않고, 돌봄 상황의 차이가 가져온 양육지각과 자원의 차이가 매개역할을 하면서 간접적으로 조부모의 심리적 복지감에 영향을 미쳤다. 셋째, 자원 중 경제형편과 이웃도움은 양육지각을 긍정적으로 높이는 것과 관련되었으며 자녀지지는 양육지각과 관련이 없었다. 결국, 본 연구는 현대 사회에서 조부모가 손자녀 양육을 통해 성인자녀세대의 경제활동을 지원함으로써 사회의 생산성을 유지하는 중요한 서비스 제공자임을 보여준다. 또한 손자녀 양육경험은 관련요인들이 서로 복잡하게 연결된 복합적 과정이며, 특히 손자녀 양육 조부모의 심리적 복지감에 작용하는 개인, 가족, 사회적 자원의 유용성을 주목할 필요가 있다. 이것은 조부모의 손자녀 양육이 더 이상 개인과 가족차원의 논의에 머무르지 않고 지역사회차원 이상의 관심사로 다루어짐으로써, 이들의 외적자원을 강화시키는 구체적인 방안이 강구되어야 함을 시사한다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.387-403
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• 2015

This study examines the relationships between grandparenting roles, elderly generativity, and depressive symptoms. Data were collected from 129 grandmothers who helped raise grandchildren attending daycare centers. Grandparenting roles were assessed as generational transferers, caretakers, emotional supporters, and educators. Elderly generativity and depressive symptoms were evaluated based on the Loyola Generativity Scale and CES-D (Center for Epidemiological Studies on Depression Scale), respectively. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, and regression analysis methods. According to the results, grandmothers were most likely to play a role as caretakers, and there were differences across factors correlated with grandparenting roles. More specifically, daily hours spent on grandparenting and years of grandparenting were related to the caretaker role, and a high level of education was related to the educator role. Poor health was correlated with the generational initiator role. According to correlation and regression analyses, grandmothers who had access to more economic resources and who served as educators, emotional supporters, or generation initiators were more likely to show generativity. In addition, the higher the generativity, the less likely the depressive symptom was. These results have important implications for developing programs that can help grandparents raise preschool-aged grandchildren and suggest some interesting avenues for future research.

• 한국가족관계학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.51-74
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• 2017

Objectives: This study observes how providing family support - financial, emotional, and instrumental - is related to depression in babyboom women. Method: I analysed data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families 5th wave, collected by the Korean Women's Development Institute. The analysis was conducted using regression, t-test, Chi-square test, frequency analysis, and Pearson's correlation analysis. Results: Financial support for grown-up children, either married or unmarried, increases depression in babyboom women. In the dimension of instrumental support, caring for grandchildren reduces babyboom women's depression. It implies that contact with grandchildren is perceived as an emotional support rather than a physical burden. The results of this study also show that babyboom women are comforted by living with their own parents, but not by living with parents-in-law. The most impressive observation, however, is in the dimension of emotional support, which showed that the conversation with elderly parents reduces baby-boom women's depression, but that the conversation with married children increases it. The opposite directions in the effects seem to be related to the subjects of the conversations. The subjects of the conversation with children are mostly about problems and agenda of the children, while those with elderly parents are mainly about parents' health and care for each other. Conclusions: The results of the analyses suggest that babyboom women should become less involved with their grown-up children's lives. It also calls for the societal efforts to be put into building up the support system, especially for eco-boom generation, to reduce babyboomer's burden of supporting the children.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2017

This study examined data from National Pension Research Institute's 5th Panel Survey on Security for the Aged in 2013. The subjects of this study are middle-aged and older people aged 50 or older providing care for parents or grandchildren. The subjects are total 226, 53 parent caregivers and 173 grandchild caregivers. According to the results, both types indicate low depression, and their life satisfaction records over 3 out of 5. Grandchild caregivers show higher life satisfaction than parent caregivers. Any of the factors influencing depression and life satisfaction are not found to be significant in parent caregivers. Grandchild caregivers' educational level and health condition influence depression negatively and life satisfaction positively.

• 한국노년학
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.693-709
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• 2016

손자녀를 돌보는 한국 조모들의 돌봄 특성에 따른 우울 증상을 살펴보기 위하여 시행한 연구이다. 한국고령화연구패널조사 4차 자료(2012년) 참여자 중, 손자녀가 1명 이상인 여성은 총 3,291명이다. 이 중 손자녀를 돌본경험이 있는 127명을 대상으로 하였다. 돌봄 제공 손자녀 수, 연간 돌봄 기간 및 주당 돌봄 시간에 따라 우울증상에 차이가 있는지 다중 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 사회경제적 특성과 건강상태(주관적 건강, 만성질환 이환 개수, 통증 유무)를 통제하였을 때, 조모들은 손자녀 돌봄 기간이 길수록 우울 증상이 낮게 나타났고, 이와 반대로 주당 돌봄 시간이 길수록 우울 증상이 높게 나타났다. 손자녀를 돌보는 조모는 고령여성이 가지는 다양한 건강 문제와 더불어 돌봄 제공자 역할을 받아들일 수밖에 없으며, 이 과정에서 주당 돌봄 시간이 길수록 우울 증상 고위험군에 속할 확률이 높아진다. 손자녀 돌봄 특성과 정신 건강의 관련성에 대한 상세한 파악과 이해를 통해 손자녀 돌봄에 대한 사회적 책임 분담 등 지원 서비스와 정책에 대한 논의가 이어져야 하겠다.