김정란 Kim Jeong Lan

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This study is a research on the psycho­social maladjustment of children who are exposed to domestic violence. It attempts to find out how children`s experience of domestic violence influences on their psycho­social maladjustment, and to present plans for improvement in adjustment. The SPSS 10.0 for Windows was used to analyze data obtained through 519 children who live in Gwangju·Chonnam area. Major findings are as follows: 1. Prevalence rates of exposure to domestic violence are considerably serious; 80.2% child abuse by parents, 46.2% witness of father­to­mother abuse. 2. Child abuse and wife abuse have close relationship in their occurrence and severity. 3. Internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and social competence of children are different by the child abuse, the wife abuse, and the style of exposure to domestic violence. 4. Child abuse have the strongest impact on the children`s psycho­social adjustment. As the result of the study, it concludes that the exposure to domestic violence has a negative effect on the children`s psycho­social adjustment. In order to improve psycho­social adjustment of children exposed to domestic violence, various plans are suggested in this study.

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박충선 Park Chung Seon , 이춘옥 Lee Chun Og

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The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of information technology on the quality of life of the elderly people. The data were collected by using the structured questionnaire. The total 313 cases were used for the final analysis. The collected data were analyzed by using frequency, percentile, mean and standard variation, and cross tabulation techniques. The major findings are as follows: First, most of the elderly people possessed information­related devices, but did not use them frequently. Second, The perception toward information technology among the elderly people was very strong both on positive and negative aspects. Third, most of the elderly people perceived the social problems caused by information technology quite seriously, although the degree of the seriousness turned out to be quite differently depending on their socio­economic backgrounds. Fourth, the level of preparation toward information technology was also significantly different in terms of the backgrounds of the elderly people. Fifth the degree of utilization of the information technology varied with the dimensions of activities. Overall, the perception preparation, and utilization of the information technology enhanced the quality of life among the elderly people.

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이원진 Lee Won Jin , 김정옥 Kim Jeong Og

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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of make­up of the elderly women on their perceived sense of well­being and also on their mental health. For the purpose, the study surveyed a sample group of 38 elderly women aged between 60 and 80 who live in Daegu metropolitan city area. Subjects were given questionnaires before and after their makeup respectively. Internal validity of the instrument was tested resulting in Cronbach`s coefficient alpha = 0.6000 or higher. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS/PC+ program. The findings of the research are as follows: First, the subjects were found to perceive the effectiveness of makeup as positive. Second, after make­up, they tend to feel themselves more stable and also get more proactive in associating with people. Third, the subjects` personal relations were positively affected by make­up. Fourth, the subjects` senses of general self­worth increased with make­up. They tended to feel themselves happier and also have stronger self­confidence. The findings of the study indicate that the cosmetic behavior of the elderly has positive effects on their mental health. The findings have further research implications in that the practice of beauty care might have the psychotherapeutic effect on the elderly with clinical depression and dementia.

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강학중 Kang Hag Jung , 유영주 Yu Yeong Ju

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The purpose of this study is to find out the influence of marital fight and fight­coping behavior on the marital satisfaction between married men and women. Total of 375 married men and women, who are living in Seoul Metropolitan area, answered structured questionnaires. Major study results were as follows: 1. The difference of marital fight between married men and women among the eight subscales was not shown significant. However, the difference of perception of marital fight between married men and women was shown significant in items such as `we fight because of manner of speaking that makes the other feel bad` and `we fight against preconception that married women have to be in charge of housework`. 2. The difference of marital fight­coping behavior between married men and women among the three subscales was not shown significant. However, the difference of perception of marital fight­coping behavior between married men and women was shown significant in items such as `I spoke harshy that hurt my partner` and `I threatened to hit or throw something at my partner`. 3. The influential variables on the marital satisfaction between married men and women were chosen out of socio­demographic variables, marital fight, and fight­coping behavior. It turned out that, as for married men, only three variables of household budget management, emotional negotiation and cognitive negotiation had influence on the degree of marital satisfaction. However, married women`s marital satisfaction was influenced by seven variables: education level, marriage type, personality difference, communicational problems, household budget management, emotional negotiation and cognitive negotiation.

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김양희 Kim Yang Hui , 장은영 Jang Eun Yeong

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This study examied the effects on the difference of passion on early marital satisfaction in the difference of each the age of husbands and wives subjecting the women who have married no more than 5 years. The subject people for this study were 275 married females who have married no more than 5 years, and the technological statistics, t­test, ANOVA were executed with the data which acquired through the structured questionnaire sheet by using SPSS Win 11.0 program . The result of this research can be summarized as follows. First, when researching the characteristics of the resource related with the individual and parent in each the difference of the husband and wife`s age, the religion was reported to be the similar style among those three group, and there were plenty of the marriage between the husband who is the first child and wife who is the second child or the lower. Second, When examining the difference of passion, all the three groups did not show the meaningful difference, and so the rate was higher 3 points over the average value. Third, when examining the difference of the marital satisfaction according to the passion, there was no meaningful difference. However, as for all the emotional field, mutual action field, and role field showed the higher average rate in the group in which the wife is younger than the husband than other two groups. Additionally, the group in which the wife is older than the husband showed the lower average rate of the marital satisfaction for the marriage rather than the other groups in the role field. Fourth, in the difference of the marital satisfaction showed the meaningful difference in the same religion as in the value field, and in the emotional field. Additionally, there was the meaningful difference in the mutual action field of the marriage between the husband and wife who are the second child or the lower. The result of the examination on the influence of passion toward the marriage satisfaction showed the high relationship.

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현은민 Hyeon Eun Min

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This study tried to identify the stepchildren`s difficulties infamily aspect and social aspect and also suggested coping strategies based on empirical research. The children in stepfamily experienced the feeling of loss, boundary and role ambiguity, loyalty conflict, lack of control, conflict in resource distribution, competitive relationship with stepsiblings, child abuse and delinquent behaviors in family aspects. In social aspect the children experienced difficulties from the perspective of remarriage asan incomplete institution, negative social prejudice and stereotype, lack of social support system, and imperfect legal system. As coping strategies, establishment of proper stepfamily model, providing remarriage preparation education, teaching and counseling for the children and parents, reforming legal system, enlightenment of social understanding, encouragement of self­help groups, and education and training for the stepfamily professionals can help the stepfamilies and children.

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