• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.139-150
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was (1) to explore the difference in parental satisfaction regarding personal/family, work, and psychological variables of employment characteristics, and (2) to investigate the most effecting variables on the parental satisfaction. For this study, the working mother with children aged under 10 year were surveyed. The results of this study were as follow; (1) There were significant differences in the parental satisfaction according to work time, job preference, income, the difficulty of work life. However, working mother's personal and family variable were not found as the related variable. Psychological variables were correlated with parental satisfaction. (2) Maternal role efficiency, dual role conflict, flexibility of work, marriage year, income, psychological stress, expanded family, durations of occupation, spouse support significantly predicted parental satisfaction. Psychological variables were important in parental satisfaction of working mothers.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.100-108
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• 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of quality of life in burn patients. The predictors of quality of life were the subject's characteristics(marriage, income, burn size, burn site, pain and functional limitation) and personal resources(self esteem and social support). Method: 96 burn subjects who were hospitalized participated in the study. The data analysed was with descriptive analysis, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression. Result: Burn patients who had a spouse and had higher levels of income, with smaller size of burn, no arm burn, with lower levels of pain and functional limitation, plus higher levels of self esteem and social support reported higher levels of quality of life(R2=0.5229). Conclusion: Based on the finding of this study, development of nursing intervention programs including reduction of pain and functional limitation, enhancing self esteem and social support can be suggested.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.97-110
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• 1982

The study was designed to compare family problems specially divorce between Korea and Japan. The age, married period, occupation, education and divorced reason of the couple are formed to be the major factor to relate to divorce in Korea and Japan. Divorced couple both in Kora and Japan showed similla tendency in age, married period and occupation; couples with younger age, 5∼10 years of married period, and sale and service occupation showed higher tendency in divorce. However Japan established the civil law 25 years earlier than Korea and always showed higher tendency in divorce rate between the year of 1912 and 1976. In Korea couples with middle and high school lower tendency in divorce. The major reason for divorce in Japan formed to be disagreed with personality and spouse's affair, but in Korea unchaste act was the most significant reason.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.163-180
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to explore a typology of time allocation, investigate determinants of time allocation types, and analyze differences in time use satisfaction by the types of time use of the elderly. The data source for this research was the 2009 Time Use Survey conducted by the Korea National Statistical office (KNSO). The 4,699 time diaries (3,552 for weekday, 1,147 for Sunday) completed by the elderly over the age of 60 were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, chi-square, cluster analysis, ANOVA analysis, Duncan test, and multinomial logistic regression analysis. Time allocation of the elderly was classified into four types: personal care oriented, work oriented, leisure oriented, and balanced type. Gender, age, education, employment status, income, and the presence of spouse were identified as determinants for each type. According to the types of time allocation, time use satisfaction was different on week days.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.115-127
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• 1998

The purpose of this study intended to fully understand from the point of view of the elderly parent's satisfaction in the living to adult children. The subject of this study was elderly parent's over 55 years old whom live in Iksan. The sample was composed of 146 cases. The data were analyzed using SPSS statistic program. The major findings were as follows : 1) The effective indicator was related economic parts ; earns, the cost of living, educational background, sex, affection. 2) The affection related between elderly parent's and adult children was found to be high and the conflict between them was found to be low. 3) The economic interchange between elderly parent's and their adult children was influenced by religion, cohabitance with adult children. The effective indicator was conflict and dependent emotions. The serviced interchanges was influenced by spouse, sex, earns.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.11-22
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• 1998

Social support may be a crucial aspect in single mothers' adjustment from the loss of spouse. Using a survey data collected from 285 widowed or divorced mothers, this study investigated whether social support buffers the deleterious effects of stress on psychological adjustment among poor single mothers. Results revealed that social support is not provided for at a desirable level. After controlling the single mothers' characteristics, stress in daily life, emotional support, job status and child relationship were associated with depression of them. It was also founded that emotional support buffer the negative effect of stress on depression of single mothers. Therefore, the support programs focused on emotional support are necessary for single mothers to enhance their mental health.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.149-167
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• 1985

This paper aims at measuring the quality of life in the context of social well being. To meet this purpose, several objective and subjective indicators of the quality of life were selected them the recent theoretical studies in thisfield. Then, a zuestionnaire survey was made on random sampled urban failies to find out the relationship among the two sets of indicators and the quality of family life. The data obtained from the survey were analyzed using Pearson's correlation analysis, multiple regression methods and One-way ANOVA. RESULTS : 1. The quality of life of the high-income earners is higher than that of the low-income earners. 2. The quality of life tends to be high in the family with spouse'high educational background. 3. The degree of coctribution of the objective and subjective indicator to the quality of life was very high. 4. The objective indicator and the subjective indicator concerning the quality of life was closely related.

• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.139-147
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• 2005

This study measured the understanding of the sexual life of the elderly in the rural community. Questionnaires were given to 421 elderly enrolled at 16 community health posts in Chungcheongbuk-do from November 10. 2003 to January 20. 2004. The mean score of the understanding of the elderly's sexual life was 21.0 out of a possible 36 points. Of the scores of the understanding of the elderly's sexual life depending upon general characteristics, there were statistically significant differences in sex, education level. the presence of spouse. residence pattern. religion. economic supporter. and subjective health status.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.47-54
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• 1977

The author evaluated physical psychological and socio-economical problems of the elderly, using interview and Cornell Medical Index. The subjects were 160 aged Persons (above 65 years old). who were divided into two groups-80 in home, 80 in an asylum for the aged The mean CMI scores are as follows: 1. The total subjects was 45.04 and the asylum group was found higher then the home group. 2. The female group was higher than the male group. 3. The single group was higher than the group who has spouse. 4. There was significant difference according to the economic state. 5. There was significant difference according to the degree of the activities on daily living.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.25-44
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• 2003

The purpose of the present study was to suggest the efficient communication methods for improving the quality of marriage and life in the elderly couples. For this study we considered variables connected with the communication efficiency of elderly couples. We investigated 462 elderly men and women whose spouse is alive and Seoul and the National Capital region. The major findings of this study are summarized as follows. 1) The communication efficiency of elderly couples was over than middle level so we could find that they communicate efficiently. 2) The communication efficiency of elderly couples differs significantly according to sex, education level, economic condition, health status, family type, social activity, sociotropy Personality, self-esteem, internal-external controllability, marital intimacy, relative comparison in the level of living. 3) The communication efficiency of elderly couples was dependently affected by intimacy, economic status, relationship; this variables had 40% explanation for communication efficiency.