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History, Trauma, and Motherhood in a Korean Adoptee Narrative: Marie Myung-Ok Lee's Somebody's Daughter

  • Koo, Eunsook
    • 영어영문학
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    • 제55권6호
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    • pp.1035-1056
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    • 2009
  • Korean adoptee narratives have proliferated over the last ten years as adopted Koreans have begun to represent their own experiences of violent dislocation, displacement and loss in various forms of literary and artistic works, including poems, autobiographical works, novels, documentaries and films. These narratives by Korean adoptees have intervened in the current diaspora discourse to question further the traditional categories of race, ethnicity, culture and nation by representing the unique experiences of the forced and involuntary migration of adopted Koreans. For a long time, the adoption discourse has been mostly constructed from the perspectives of adoptive parents. Therefore the voice of adoptees as well as that of the birth mothers have not been properly heard or represented in adoption discourse. According to Hosu Kim, the U. S. adoption discourse, feeling pressured to deal with the stigma of the commodification of children, changed from viewing the adoptees as children who had been rescued from poverty and abandonment to considering them as a gift from the birth mothers. With the emergence of the gift rhetoric in transnational adoption, the birth mothers erased from adoption discourse have begun to be acknowledged as one of the central characters in the adoption triad. If Korean adoptees are the "the ghostly children of Korean history," the birth mothers are their "ghostly doubles" who "bear the mark of a repressed national trauma." Somebody's Daughter represents the female experiences of becoming an adopted child and of being a birth mother. In particular, the novel makes a birth mother, the forgotten presence in adoptee narratives, into a central figure in the triangular relationship created by international adoption. The novel historicizes the experiences of a Korean adoptee growing up in America as well as those of a mother who had suffered silently from feelings of unbearable loss, guilt, grief and from unforgettable memories. In addition, narrating the birth mother's story is a way to give humanity back to these forgotten women in Korean adoption history. Revisiting the site of loss both for a mother and a daughter through the novel is an act of collective mourning. The narratives about and by Korean adoptees force Korean intellectuals to reflect seriously upon Korean society and its underlying ideology which prevents a woman from mothering her own baby, and to take an ethical and political stand on this current social and political issue.

한국의 초단시간 노동시장 분석 (The Short-Hours Part-Time Jobs in Korea)

  • 문지선;김영미
    • 산업노동연구
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.129-164
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    • 2017
  • 이 글은 근로시간이 주당 15시간 미만에 불과한 초단시간 노동시장의 성장에 주목하여, 어떤 집단에서 초단시간 근로가 증가하고 있고 이들의 노동 상황은 어떠한지 분석한 탐색적인 연구이다. 초단시간 근로는 저학력 고령층 여성, 특히 사별 또는 이혼한 여성을 중심으로 증가하고 있었다. 따라서 초단시간 근로의 증가는 여성의 일-가정 양립이나 경력단절에 초점을 둔 정부의 시간제 근로 장려 정책의 결과가 아니었다. 오히려 배우자가 있는 여성도 육아나 가사의 이유보다 원하는 일자리가 없거나 생활비가 필요해서 초단시간 근로를 하는 경우가 더 많았다. 초단시간 근로란 일-가정 양립을 원하는 여성이 노동시간의 이점을 보고 선택하는 고용형태가 아닌 것이다. 초단시간 노동시장은 사회서비스업을 중심으로 증가하고 있으며, 저임금에 사회보험과 부가급여도 기대할 수 없는 열악한 특성을 띠고 있었다. 노동 수요와 공급, 정부와 제도 측면에서 볼 때, 초단시간 근로의 증가 현상은 급증하는 사회서비스의 수요를 민간에 넘긴 정부, 30인 미만 영세 사회서비스업 중심의 초단시간 고용, 주당 15시간 미만 근로에 대한 법적 보호를 배제한 미비한 법제도, 그리고 생계가 급급한 노동공급자라는 복합적인 요인이 작용한 결과였다. 사별 또는 이혼 상태인 저학력 고령층 여성은 경제적 동기는 강한 반면 시장에는 가장 취약한 집단이라 할 수 있다. 이들의 저임금 노동으로 초단시간 노동시장이 존재 할 수 있었지만, 고용의 질이 낮은 만큼 이들은 근로빈곤의 함정에 빠져있을 가능성이 높다. 노인빈곤율이 높은 현실과 호출근로같이 열악한 근로조건의 초단시간 노동시장을 감안할 때, 정부의 규제와 초단시간 근로자를 온전하게 보호하는 법 제도 등의 대책이 매우 시급하다.

이혼 및 별거(가족해체)로 인한 모자가정의 빈곤화와 사회안전망의 역할 : 미국의 사회안전망의 대응과 한국적 함의 (The Role of Social Safety Net in Divorce and Separation : Social Safety Net in the U.S. and Implications for Korea)

  • 윤홍식
    • 한국사회복지학
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    • 제53권
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    • pp.51-73
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    • 2003
  • 최근 가족해체의 급격한 증가는 한국사회에 모자가정의 빈곤화라는 심각한 사회문제를 던져주고 있다. 그러나 불행히도 한국사회에서 가족해체로 인한 모자가정의 빈곤화에 대한 사회정책의 가시적 대응은 전무한 실정이다. 이러한 현실에 근거하여 본 연구는 가족구조의 변화 즉, 이혼 및 별거 등으로 야기되는 가족해체로 인한 모자가정의 빈곤문제에 대한 정책적 대응으로서 사회안전망(social safety net)의 역할에 대해 검토하고자 하였다. 현실적으로 한국에서 종단적 자료에 대한 접근이 불가능한 상황 속에서 미국의 자료를 이용하여 미국 사회안전망의 역할을 검토하고 이에 대한 한국적 함의를 전달하고자 하였다. 미국사회에서 가족해체로 인한 모자가정의 빈곤화의 주된 원인인 가족해체로 인하여 많은 수의 모자 가정이 새로운 빈곤층으로 편입되고 있는 현실에 반해 이에 대회 사회안전망의 역할의 부재를 지적할 수 있을 것이다. 구체적으로 모자가정의 긴급한 요구에 대한 공공부조 개입의 지체, 낮은 급여수준, 불충분한 아동양육비 수준 등과 같은 부적절하고 비효율적인 사회안전망으로 인해 모자가정의 빈곤화가 가족해체이후 심화되는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 미국의 실패가 한국에 주는 함의는 모자가정 빈곤 문제를 접근함에 있어 사회구조적 접근과 함께 가족해체로 인한 요인을 고려하여 해체가족을 위한 사회안전망의 수립이 요구된다 하겠다.

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구약성서(舊約聖書)에 나타난 히브리인의 복식(服飾) - 두식(頭飾), 신발 및 장신구(裝身具) 중심(中心)으로 - ("A Study on Hebrews Clothing in the Old Testament" - Especially on Hair Styles, Headgears, Footwear and Personal Ornaments -)

  • 박찬부
    • 복식
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    • 제10권
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    • pp.63-80
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    • 1986
  • The Old Testament cotains mention of the history of creation and clothing in ancient Hebrew. This study dealt with Hebrew dress customs especially aimed at the manners of their hair styles, headgears, footwear and personal ornaments. References are Korean Revised Version, English King James Version and Revised Standard Version. There is little mention of hair styles and headgears in the Old Testament. Some sort of turban was worn by priests, and soldiers protected themselves with helmets, but most Israelitish men went bareheaded except on special occasions and often wear simple headbands. It was more common for women to use headwear of some type-turbans, scarves, and veils concealing the face. The veil was the distinctive female wearing apparel. All females, with the exception of maidservants and women in a low condition of life, wore a veil. It was the custom for women to wear a veil entirely covering their head in the public. Through most of the Old Testament periods long and thick hair was admired on men and women alike. The Hebrews were proud to have thick and abundant long hair, and they gave much attention to the care of their hair. The caring of hair was deeply related to their rituals. Nazirites never took a razor to their hair during his vow-days, but instead let it grow long, as an offering to God. Men would not cut their beards, but allow them to grow long. The Israelites' standard footwear was a pair of simple leather sandals. This was one of the items of clothing not highly prized. In a colloquial saying of the time, a pair of shoes signified something of small value, and to be barefoot except in times of mourning or on holy place, was a sign either of extreme poverty or humiliation, as in the case of war prisoners. Because precious stones were not mined in the Palestine-Syria region, Hebrews imported them from foreign country. They were consumer-to a large degree limited by their very modest standard of living-but not producers. Hebrews liked the precious stones and were motivated to acquire and wear jewels. Besides their use for adornment and as gifts, the precious or semiprecious stones were regarded by Jews of property. The Hebrews were not innovators in the field of decorative arts. The prohibition of the Law against making any "graven image" precluded the development of painting, sculpture, and other forms of representational art. Jewish men did not indulge in extravagances of dress, and there was little ornamentation among them. Men wore a signet ring on their right hand or sometimes suspended by a cord or chain around the neck. The necklaces, when worn by a male, also bore any symbol of his authority. Bracelets were extremely popular with both men and women, men usually preferring to wear them on their upper arms. The girdle was a very useful part of a man's clothing. It was used as a waist belt, or used to fasten a man's sword to his body, or served as a pouch in which to keep money and other things. Men often carried a cane or staff, which would be ornamented at the top. Among the women there was more apt to be ornamentation than among the men. Hebrew women liked to deck themselves with jewels, and ornamentation of the bride were specially luxurious and numerous. They wore rings on their fingers or On toes, ankle rings, earrings, nosering, necklace, bracelets. Their shapes were of cresent, waterdrops, scarab, insect, animal or plant. Sometimes those were used as amulets. They were made of ceramics, gold, silver, bronze, iron, and various precious stones which were mostly imported from Egypt and Sinai peninsular. Hebrews were given many religious regulations by Moses Law on their hair, headgears, sandals and ornamentation. Their clothing were deeply related with their customs especially with their religions and rituals. Hebrew religion was of monotheism and of revealed religion. Their religious leaders, the prophets who was inspired by God might need such many religious regulations to lead the idol oriented people to God through them.

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Household food insecurity and coping strategies in a poor rural community in Malaysia

  • Shariff, Zalilah Mohd.;Khor, Geok Lin
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.26-34
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    • 2008
  • This cross-sectional study assessed household food insecurity among low-income rural communities and examined its association with demographic and socioeconomic factors as well as coping strategies to minimize food insecurity. Demographic, socioeconomic, expenditure and coping strategy data were collected from 200 women of poor households in a rural community in Malaysia. Households were categorized as either food secure (n=84) or food insecure (n=116) using the Radimer/Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity instrument. T-test, Chi-square and logistic regression were utilized for comparison of factors between food secure and food insecure households and determination of factors associated with household food insecurity, respectively. More of the food insecure households were living below the poverty line, had a larger household size, more children and school-going children and mothers as housewives. As food insecure households had more school-going children, reducing expenditures on the children's education is an important strategy to reduce household expenditures. Borrowing money to buy foods, receiving foods from family members, relatives and neighbors and reducing the number of meals seemed to cushion the food insecure households from experiencing food insufficiency. Most of the food insecure households adopted the strategy on cooking whatever is available at home for their meals. The logistic regression model indicates that food insecure households were likely to have more children (OR=1.71; p<0.05) and non-working mothers (OR=6.15; p<0.05), did not own any land (OR=3.18; p<0.05) and adopted the strategy of food preparation based on whatever is available at their homes (OR=4.33; p<0.05). However, mothers who reported to borrow money to purchase food (OR=O.84; p<0.05) and households with higher incomes of fathers (OR=O.99; p<0.05) were more likely to be food secure. Understanding the factors that contribute to household food insecurity is imperative so that effective strategies could be developed and implemented.

광역대도시 노동시장의 양극화와 사회적 배제의 형성: 노동시장 변동의 지역성에 대한 이해 (Labor Market Polarization and the Formation of Social Exclusion in the Metropolitan Areas: Understanding the Spatiality of the Labor Market Changes)

  • 이원호
    • 한국경제지리학회지
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.129-142
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    • 2011
  • 본 연구는 우리나라 광역대도시를 대상으로 노동시장의 양극화 패턴을 고찰하고, 양극화의 구조화 과정 속에서 나타나는 지역노동시장의 특성과 역할을 분석하였다. 노동시장의 양극화는 무엇보다도 저임금 일자리의 확대와 근로빈곤층의 양산에 기여함으로써 지역 내 사회적 배제의 심화를 창출하는 중요한 기제로 작용하고 있다. 노동시장 양극화가 갖는 역동성을 이해하는 중요한 수단으로서 지역노동시장에 기초한 공간적인 접근의 중요성이 강조되어야 한다. 본 연구는 우리나라 광역대도시 노동시장의 양극화 요인에 대한 분석결과를 토대로 보다 차별적이고 체계적인 정책적 접근이 필요하다고 주장한다. 노동시장 역동성의 공간적 차별성에 대한 이해는 광역대도시 노동시장 내 빈곤과 사회적 배제의 구조화를 이해하는데 중요한 단초를 제공하기 때문이다.

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영국의 영유아 보육정책 및 한국의 유사정책 현황 : Sure Start Children's Centres와 Dream Start 비교 (The Early Childhood Care and Education Policy in the United Kingdom and Similar Policies in Korea : A Comparison of the Sure Start Children's Centres and Dream Start)

  • 이연정;반건호;이소영;김봉석;방수영;손석한;양재원;이소희;정운선;정유숙;홍민하;황준원
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.12-21
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    • 2015
  • In an effort to expand working opportunities for women and encourage childbirth, the government of Korea introduced the free infant care policy in 2013. This policy, however, was controversial with regard to issues, such as budget shortages and dissatisfaction based on socioeconomic status. In addition, the lack of evidence-based data regarding adequate age criteria for the entry of children into childcare facilities was noted as a challenge. As child development professionals who are concerned with mental health issues, we investigated the influence and challenges of the free infant care policy with regard to infant mental health. In this review, we examined the policies enacted by developed countries, such as the United Kingdom (UK), and compared them with those in Korea. The childcare systems in Korea and the UK differ historically and socially, but show some similarities, such as maternal responsibility for parenting and household issues. Like Korea, the need for UK childcare facilities increased in the 1990's in response to market recovery and associated increase in female employment. Among the new policies in the UK, the Sure Start program has begun to provide integrated services for infants, particularly to those 0-4 years of age, who are vulnerable to social exclusion. Similar to the Dream Start program in Korea, it has been successful in providing family-related services, resulting in improvements in problematic behaviors of children, enhanced parenting skills, and decreased rates of severely injured children.

우리나라 어머니의 자녀 양육의 의미 - 거제지역을 대상으로 - (An Ethnography of Child-Rearing Experiences of Korean Mothers Living on Koje Island)

  • 이수연
    • 여성건강간호학회지
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    • 제7권4호
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    • pp.518-535
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    • 2001
  • Nursing practices should be based on the understanding of human beings. In order to understand human beings, it is important to study the lifestyles and thoughts of people in their natural environment. In this sense, the cultural aspects of a society need to be studied for a culture-bound nursing service. Child care, which is an important element of nursing, is also strongly influenced by the culture of a society. Therefore, a cultural study is necessary to understand the child-rearing practices of any society. The major purpose of this dissertation is to provide basic foundations for developing a culture-based theory for nursing intervention through studying traditional cultural elements of child care in Korean society. The study examined child-rearing practices in a small village on Koje Island in the southern part of Korea. It utilized ethnographic methodologies including participatory observations and in-depth interviews. The study participants were 9 Korean mothers living on Koje Island. The average age was 52. The data were collected between July in 1998 and December in 1999. The average number of interviews per person was 7-8, and the duration of each interview was approximately 2 hours. The data were analyzed using the Spradley Analytical Method. The following 9 major child-rearing aspects of mothers on Koje Island were discovered as a result of the study: 1. Firstly, mothers on Koje Island were mostly concerned about the "Old Birth Goddess' Curse", especially during their child's early years. This concern was evidenced by their careful behavior when their child was very young and by their praying to the Old Birth Goddess not to be jealous of their babies. 2. Secondly, they wished their children to live a different and better life than themselves. It was represented by their strong motivation toward their children's education as well as their expectation for their children's success. In traditional Korean culture, Korean people think that the rise and fall of the household depend on their offsprings. Therefore, Korean mothers wish their children attain to a higher level of social status through education. 3. Third, mothers are concerned about their children's righteousness. Mothers on Koje island expect their children to live with discretion, justice, strength, respect, harmony, and to do their best in life. 4. Next was an 'anticipation of their children's happy marriage'. The attributes of this category were an 'anxiety about their children's married life', and 'an expectation of a good spouse for their children'. Because Korean people believe that only a son can continue the bloodline of a family, especially Korean mothers have a great concern of the possibility of their daughters not having a son after marriage. Also they have different expectations toward their daughter-in-laws than son-in-laws. 5. Korean mothers also derived their satisfaction from their son. It was characterized by 'excessive affection toward their son', 'dependency on their son', and 'being afraid of their married daughter having a girl like themselves'. Korean society has been a patriarchy. Therefore, a son is beloved as someone who will take care of his old parents, be in charge of ancestral rites, and provide a daughter-in-law who can conceive a son. 6. The sixth category concerned 'the differences in their expectations for their children'. The attributes in this category were 'different expectations depending on their children's gender', 'different expectations depending on their children's ability', and a 'great sympathy toward children with low abilities'. Korean mothers expect their son to become better than their daughter. 7. The seventh category was related to their 'roles in child-caring practices'. Traditionally a child was raised in an extended family system in Korea So it was not the sole duty of a mother to bring up the child. Korean mothers used to receive much help rasing children from their in-laws, and family members. On the other hand, many children grew up by themselves, because their mothers were very busy taking care of housework. Furthermore, many children also grew up in poverty. 8. Mothers also had issues related to 'conflicts in child rearing'. They were characterized by 'lack of understanding', 'rudeness of children', and 'giving vent to one's anger'. 9. Finally, mothers regretted not doing their best in child-rearing practices. It was characterized by a 'bitter feeling of repentance', 'feeling irritated', and 'feeling of unsatisfaction'.

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금전(金錢)을 매개(媒介)로 한 사설시조(辭說時調)의 성담론(性談論) (A study on the Pecuniary mediated Sexual Discussion in Saseol Sijo)

  • 류해춘
    • 한국시조학회지:시조학논총
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    • 제25집
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    • pp.29-48
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    • 2006
  • 인간의 삶을 반영하고 있는 사설시조에서는 애정과 관련된 재화(財貨)나 금전(金錢)이 등장하여 그 당대 사람들의 애정과 경제의 상관성을 보여주는 경우가 종종 있다. 주부란 한 가정을 이루며 살고 있는 가장의 아내로서 여성을 의미하는 말이라고 할 수 있다. 사설시조에 나타난 물질문제나 금전문제는 물질적 궁핍을 강요하는 사회와의 투쟁이 드러나지 않고 오락성이나 유흥성의 측면에서 재화나 금전의 과소비를 추구하고 있다고 할 수 있다. 이때 나타난 사설시조의 성담론은 여성의 성적억압을 상상적으로 해소하기 위한 욕망의 투사체이거나 혹은 대리 만족으로 여성의 성적 욕망을 다루었다고 보아야 할 것이다. 조선후기 우리 사회의 풍류방이나 유흥의 산물로 흥행한 사설시조에 담겨있는 주부의 모습은 유교적 질서가 확고했던 조선시대에도 여성이 가정 내에서 그 역할이 점차 변해가고 있었으며 현대 사회의 주부들 못지 않게 자유롭고 발랄한 성담론을 구사하고 있었다. 사설시조에 나타난 금전을 매개로 한 주부들의 성담론이라는 주제는 현재 무너져 가는 가족관계와 천민자본주의 그리고 성(性) 산업의 노예가 되고 있는 21세기 현대인들에게 많은 시사점을 준다고 할 수 있다

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사회복지서비스 이용이 빈곤아동의 심리사회적 적응에 미치는 영향 (The Effect of the Use of Social Welfare Services on Psychosocial Adjustment Among Poor Children)

  • 정익중;김혜란;홍순혜;박은미;허남순;오정수
    • 한국사회복지학
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    • 제57권3호
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    • pp.105-131
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구는 동일한 빈곤상황에서도 아동들이 제공받는 사회복지서비스의 종류와 양은 상이하다는 현실에 초점을 맞추어 사회복지서비스의 이용이 빈곤아동의 심리사회적 적응에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 분석하였다. 특히, 사회복지서비스 이용정도에 따라 빈곤아동의 심리사회적 적응에 차이가 있는가, 그리고 사회복지서비스 이용이 다른 관련 변수들을 통제한 상황에서도 빈곤아동의 심리사회적 적응에 독립적인 영향력을 미치는가에 분석의 초점을 두었다. 본 연구의 조사대상은 전국의 결연사업 대상아동을 모집단으로 하는 904명의 빈곤아동이다. 그 중 소년소녀가정 아동이 8.2%, 조부모 대리양육가정 아동이 22.7%, 친인척위탁양육가정 아동이 8.2%, 일반위탁가정 아동이 1.8%, 기타 일반빈곤가정 아동이 59.1%이었다. 연구의 중요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 다변량 분산분석을 통해 만족스런 사회복지서비스의 이용정도에 따라 심리사회적 적응 하위척도군 전체에서 차이가 있다는 것이 파악되었다. 또한 이러한 하위척도군 중에서 서비스 이용정도에 따른 전체적 차이에 가장 크게 기여하는 종속변수는 비행이었다. 둘째, 인구통계학적 변수와 수많은 선행 연구에서 비행과 관련 있는 것으로 파악된 변수들을 통제한 후에도 여전히 만족스런 사회복지서비스 이용이 비행의 낮은 수준과 관련이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 만족스런 사회복지서비스 이용과 부모의 지도감독과의 상호작용을 분석한 결과, 부모의 지도감독이 높은 상황에서는 비행에 대한 사회복지서비스 이용의 영향력이 미미하지만 부모의 지도감독이 낮은 상황에서는 사회복지서비스의 이용이 비행 수준을 낮추는데 크게 기여하는 것으로 나타났다. 위의 연구결과로부터 만족스런 사회복지서비스의 이용이 빈곤아동의 비행 감소 또는 예방에 긍정적인 효과가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 비행예방을 위해서는 사회복지서비스가 빈곤아동 중 특히 부모의 지도감독이 부족한 아동들에게 절실히 필요함을 확인할 수 있었다.

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