• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.743-760
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to identify stepfamily adolescents' emotions related with parental remarriage and the need for education program for them. Forty three stepfamily adolescents in middle and high schools in Seoul were surveyed. As a main result, the most of stepfamily adolescents felt a difficulty in adjustment to stepparent even through more than half of the adolescents perceived the advantage of parental remarriage. The greatest number of stepfamily adolescents wanted an understanding of themselves from parents and agreed the necessity of the educational program for them. 'The understanding of stepfamily', 'The resolution of conflict with stepparent' and 'Stress management' were the popular topics which were demanded as program contents by stepfamily adolescents. Several discussions and conclusions on the main result were suggested.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.73-102
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to identify the specific and empirical contents in terms of first-married stepmother about her stress and efforts to adapt to her stepfamily. This studies relied on the qualitative research method in order to approach stepmother's subjective experience. There were 6 stepmother respondents who were 6 first-marrieds living in Seoul or Kyoungki area. The data was collected by in-depth personal interview.‘Open coding process’, a part of grounded theory procedures were used to analyzed the data. The major findings can be summarized as follows: 1. When focused o stressors, the stress of stepmothers were categorized into 4 categories. Those were the following: 1 When focused on stressors, the stress of stepmothers were categorized into 4 categories. Those were the following: (1) Stepmother's own problem such as stepmother' identity problem; (2) Problems within stepfamily such as problems about relations with husbands, stepchildren, and her own children; (3) Problems of stepmother family's kin such as relational problems with former spouses, in-laws, and her parent; (4) Problems of social relationship such as isolation and alienation in social relationship and neighbors' prejudice about stepmother. 2. In overcoming stress from stepfamily life and adapting to it, 4 categories were identified as important. Contents of 4 categories were such like this: (1) Stepmother's own efforts - (a) give a positive meaning to marriage or remarriage (b) flexible personality (c) situation-accepting attitude (d) exclusive management of household income (e) job (f) perseverance for time to adaptation; (2) Positive feedback within stepfamily - (a) supportive husband (b) sense of unity as a couple (c) psychological reward from stepchildren (d) existence of stepmother's own child (e) behavior for family solidarity (f) family-centered religious life; (3) Stepfamily's relationship with former spouses such as breakdown in relationship with ex-wives or ex-husbands; (4) Support from stepmothers' kin and people in social network with stepmothers. It was concluded that to reduce stress and to help adapt to stepfamily, stepmother should make an effort, and that her stepfamily and her kin should cooperate and support. In addition, negative stereotype of stepmother and stepfamily should disappeared. It was suggested that studies on stepfamily should be vitalized and that programs for preparing remarriage and counseling for stepfamily should be spread.

• 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.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to explore the dynamics of stepfamilies and the adjustment difficulties such families may experience. The study describes some sociodemographic characteristics of a sample of 117 stepfamilies. The independent variables were stresses due to adjustment difficulties, which were defined as "role strains". Sociodemographic variables included gender, family income level, length of time since remarriage, type of stepfamily, and the existence of any children born to the new marriage. The dependent variable was the extent of stepfamily adjustment, expressed as a scale. The factors influencing family adjustment included stepparent gender, family income level, type of stepfamily, and various role strain variables (family boundary ambiguity, role conflict, etc.). Practical recommendations for social work are made and possibilities for future research in this area are discussed based on the results of this study.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.93-108
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• 1994

Since the 1960s of industrialization families in Korea have experienced radical changes. One salient aspect of this is the increasing rate of divorces and subsequent remarriages. But few researches were done on the subject of remarriage and stepfamily research 3) The research sphere related to remarriage. This paper closes with suggestions regarding the future study on remarriage and stepfamily in Korea.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.262-280
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• 2015

사회변화로 인한 이혼의 증가는 재혼 가능한 층으로 이어져 재혼가족이 증가하고 있다. 이에 청소년 새자녀가 있는 재혼가족의 관계형성을 위한 재혼가족 고유의 가족 프로그램의 개발이 요청되고 있다. 이러한 필요성들을 바탕으로 본 연구의 목적은 재혼가족의 관계형성을 위한 요인들을 파악하고 이를 바탕으로 재혼가족의 관계향상 가족프로그램 개발방향을 살펴보는 것이다. 개략적으로 파악된 국내외 재혼가족의 프로그램의 구성 요인, 이론적 내용들 및 재혼가족을 대상으로 한 심층면접 내용 등을 바탕으로 재혼가족 관계향상 프로그램 개발의 기본방향을 제시하고자 하였다. 본 연구를 통해 드러난 재혼가족 관계향상 프로그램 개발방향은 재혼가족 초기에 재혼가족이 지니고 있는 어려움 외에도 그들이 느끼고 있는 장점을 부각시키면서 재혼가족에 대한 이해도를 높이는 것이 중요하다는 것이다. 본 연구결과는 청소년기 자녀가 있는 재혼가족이 관계향상을 통하여 문제를 해결하고 재이혼에 따른 가족해체를 방지, 성공적인 재혼생활을 영위하여 가족구성원들의 삶의 질을 향상하도록 실질적 도움을 준다는데 그 의의가 있을 것이다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제49권
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• pp.319-342
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• 2002

The nuclear family is no longer the typical Korean Family. In recent years, stepfamilies have been of the most rapidly growing family forms in Korea. Census Bureau data show that 5.9% of marriage were in 1980, 8.0% in 1990, 10.3% in 1995, 18.0% in 2000. Especially it is remarkable that women's remarriage have been increased. In spite of the fact, the stepfamily is not an urgent issue of social welfare in Korea. The stepfamily is more vulnerable than the first-marriage family in many reasons such as vague family rules, boundary ambiguity, and stepparent role ambiguity, which provides rationale for social welfare services. This study categorizes determinants of psychological distress in remarried mothers into individual, family, and environment level and tries to prove the relationships between psychological distress and determinants. Also, it explores the degree of psychological distress in remarried mothers using Zung's Self-Rating Depression Scale. The respondents of survey research are 62 cases. The result shows relatively severe level of depression among the subjects. 46.8% of them are clinically diagnosed as mild, moderate, severe depression. Our findings suggest that the variables of marriage satisfaction, ex-wife's remarriage, role strains, marriage experience, and income are significantly associated with the level of psychological distress in remarried mothers. The most powerful predictor of psychological distress is the variable of marriage satisfaction. According to the result, it is desperately needed to pay attention to social welfare services or programs for stepfamilies.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.183-200
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to identify the stress of remarried elderly in their remarried life. There were 10 remarried elderly respondents. The data was collected by in-depth personal interview. Focusing on the situation of remarried family life the remarried elderly perceived various stress. Those were the stress from the status of remarried person and the stress from relations with their own children/ new spouse/ new spouse's children/ ex-spouse and ex-kin/ sibling and relatives and friends. The results of this study could be a useful material for elderly's remarriage preparation program.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.293-322
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• 2009

본 연구는 알코올 중독의 문제를 가진 재혼한 부인에 대한 가족치료사례 연구로써 부인의 알코올 문제를 개인의 문제로 보기 보다는 재혼한 가족체계 안에서 발생하는 역기능적 상호작용의 문제로 이해하고자 하였다. 본 연구는 부인의 음주행동에 대한 촉발요인으로써 가족의 반응, 촉발요인에 대한 대항요인으로써 부인의 음주행동, 가족의 관계수준에 따른 관계요인으로써 부인의 피해의식, 부인의 음주행동이 가족에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 그리고 본 연구에서 갈등을 유발하는 재혼가족의 특수성으로써 재혼가족의 결합을 어렵게 하는 암묵적 상호작용과 가족결합을 강화시키려는 통제적 상호작용을 발견하였다. 또한 가족치료적 개입관점은 부부하위체계의 강화, 의사소통의 변화추구, 가족규칙의 완화, 차이점의 수용이었으며, 치료의 결과는 부인의 변화, 남편의 변화, 가족의 변화로 나타났다.