• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.294-312
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• 1996

Relatively young widows, who are left with young children by a sudden death of their husbands, will be faced with not only psychological troubles such as individual anxiety and frustration but also the dual burden of playing both father and mother roles in a family, Also, family members have difficulty in adapting themselves to new circumstances of the family system, the training and raising of family members, and management of the family economy. In this study, the realistic resources on the experience of middle-aged women who are bereaved of their husbands by accidents were explored. The purpose of this study is to help widows adapt to life in society and live a more positive life by setting a new goals and recovering from a lost and twisted life. 11 women, who have experienced the loss their husbands and live in the Seoul metropolitan area were studied. The research took 116 days from December 15, 1995 to April 8, 1996. The method of research was direct interviews. While having interviews with them, the contents were recorded with their consent. The ground theory was that used by Strauss & Corbin(1990) in the analysis of the data. 81 concepts were analyzed and they were subdirided into 22 subordinate categories through the course of the analysis. These were then classified into 9 general categories. In the course of being categorized, 'absurdity' was showed as a core category. The subordinate categories 'surprise', 'gloom', 'grudge', 'helplessness', 'emptiness', and 'loss' were united in the core category 'absurdity'. Ominous presentiment, belated notice, death, surprise, gloom, grudge, helplessness, emptiness, loss, the situation of the children, lack of support from neighbors, support from neighbors, mulling over ways to live, choosing a job, strengthening, reinforcement, burden, sadness, smoldering, yearning, overcoming these 22 subordinate categories were re-composed into 9 general ones the husband's death, absurdity, presence of children, existence of support, self-support ability, preparation of countermeasures, self-reinforcement, toilsomeness, and overcoming. 'Absurdity' widows experience was shown in the results of 'toilsomeness' and 'overcoming' through reaction, confrontation, and adaptation. According to the analysis the central phenomenon was absurdity, the causal condition of the death of a husband, the presence of children and the existence of support, and the meditated situation of self-support. To solve absurdity, the preparation of countermeasures and self-reinforcements were shown resulting in toilsomeness and overcoming. Through the contrast in the data, the following statements were deduced: (1) If the death of the husband is expected, the more a widow will feel absurdity. (2) The more children she has and the younger she is, the more a widow will feel absurdity. (3) The lower support she is given, the more a widow will feel absurdity. (4) The larger self-ability she has, the more actively she will prepare countermeasures. (5) The smaller self-ability she has, the more passively she will prepare countermeasures. (6) The larger self-ability she has, the weaker self-reinforcement she will preform. (7) The smaller self-ability she has, the stronger self-reinforcement she will perform. (8) The more actively she prepares countermeasures for absurdity, the better she will overcome. (9) The more passively she prepares counter measure for absurdity, the worse she will overcome. (10) The stronger self-reinforcement for absurdity she performs, the better she will overcome. (11) The weaker self-reinforcement for absurdity she performs, the worse she will overcome. Through the results in this study, the following suggested: 1) A study whose object is all family members, and a comparative study on the case of a husband who has lost his wife should be done. These studies can be expected to develop a more refined theory. 2) Because of the collapse of the extended family system and the changes of family culture in Korea, a widow's status and position are apt to be ambiguous between her husband's home and her parent's. Therefore a new study on family culture should be made. 3) A continuous study on growing social Self Help Groups should be requested for the widows of this study to re-establish and recover from their twisted and scattered lives.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.147-162
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• 1997

This study was attempted to provide the basic data for nursing intervention to improve the psychosociological adaptation of patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer by examining relationship between anxiety and hopelessness that they are experiencing and family support, in order to help them successfully cope with various psychological problems. This study was carried out with 93 breast cancer patients who are receiving chemotherapy in the injection treatment room of K University Hospital located in the downtown of Taegu after having underwent mastectomy in the hospital between December 1995 and August 1996. This study used the systematized questionnaires which contain 7 questions about general characteristics, Spielberger's trait anxiety & state anxiety scale, the tool that WON(1987) modified the hopelessness scale which was developed by Beck et al.(1967) and the family support tool made by TAE(1985). By using the SPSS/PC program, this study obtained the real number and percentage for the general characteristics of the subjects, and mean and standard variation for the degrees of trait anxiety, state anxiety, hopelessness and family support. The correlation between each variables was identified on the basis of the Pearson Correlation, and the degrees of trait anxiety, state anxiety, hopelessness and family support in the general characteristics of the subjects were analyzed by using the t-test, ANOVA, and Duncan test. The results of this study were summarized as follows. In the general characteristics of the subjects, most of each group were 51 years old or more and the middle class in income, had educational background under elementary school, no job, Buddhism in religion and spouse, and were receiving chemotherapy using MTX and 5FU. It was shown that the degree of the subjects' trait anxiety is, on an average, 50. 29, state anxiety 49. 68, hopelessness 51. 46 and family support 34. 28. Both trait anxiety and hopelessness showed normal correlation ; the higher the degree of trait anxiety is, the higher the degree of hopelessness is, while trait anxiety and family support showed reverse correlation ; the higher the degree of trait anxiety, the lower the degree of family support that the subjects perceive is. State anxiety and hopelessness also showed normal correlation ; the higher the degree of state anxiety is, the higher the degree of hopelessness is. Family support and hopelessness showed reverse correlation ; the higher the degree of family support is, the lower the degree of hopelessness that the subjects perceive is. And family support and state anxiety showed reverse correlation but there was a statistically significant difference. The degree of trait anxiety in the general characteristics of the subjects showed a significant difference by age, job and religion, the degree of state anxiety a signigicant difference by job and religion, the degree of hopelessness a signigicant difference by age, educational background and existence or not of spouse. In conclusion, the breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy perceive anxiety and hopelessness due to several causes such as diagnosis itself or side effects of chemotherapy, so that it is required not only to develop specific nursing interventions including family support to alleviate anxiety and hopelessness but also to apply such interventions to clinical practice.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.201-211
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• 1999

본 연구는 범법행위로 인해 검찰에 구속된 청소년들의 특성과 석방 후 6개월간의 재범 여부와 연관된 요인을 알아보기 위해 시행되었다. 검찰청에 구속된 청소년 73명을 대상으로 반구조화된 면담과 범죄기록 검토를 통해 사회인구학적 인자와 범죄관련특성을 알아보았고 다면적 인성검사(MMPI)를 통해 심리적 특성을 평가하였다. 한편, 구속 후 석방된 청소년 65명을 대상으로 6개월 이내에 재범을 행한 군과 행하지 않은 군간의 특성을 비교하였다. 1) 구속된 비행청소년들은 대부분 낮은 사회경제적 수준(77%)의 결손가정(48.9%)에서 성장하였고, 학교에서 탈락된 경우가 많았다(66%). 많은 경우 공범을 동반(77%)하고 있었으며 가장 빈도가 높은 범법행위는 절도(49%)였다. 75%의 구속 청소년이 전과가 있었고 첫 범법행위가 보고된 평균연령은 15.6세였다. 현 범죄내용과 동일한 전과를 갖고 있었던 경우는 78%로 관찰되었다. 2) 재범군은 비재범군에 비해 나이가 어리고 낮은 사회경제적 수준에 속하였으며 결손가정에서 자란 경우가 많았다. MMPI상 나타난 심리적 특성으로 Pa척도가 비재범군에 비해 높게 보고되었다. 범죄관련 특성으로는 재범을 행한 청소년중에서 비재범군에 비해 절도 행위로 인해 구속된 경우와 전과가 있는 경우가 많았으며 최종 전과일로부터 현 범죄발생일까지의 기간이 짧은 경향을 보였다. 상기 결과들은 청소년 비행의 발생과 유지가 청소년 개인 및 가족의 특성, 학교와 사회의 요인들이 상호 작용함으로써 이루어질 가능성을 시사한다. 재범군과 비재범군의 비교를 통해 가정적인 스트레스가 높은 가정에서 자란 청소년과 첫 범죄 발생 연령이 낮고 전과력을 갖고 있는 청소년들이 반복되는 청소년 범죄의 고 위험군임을 알 수 있었으며, 향후 비행 청소년들의 범죄를 예방하기 위해서는 이들에 대한 조기 개입 및 학교/사회적 차원에서의 적응을 돕기 위한 프로그램의 개발이 중요할 것으로 사료된다.