Abstract

This study was designed to testify the effect of group counseling program for unemployed matriarch on the meaning in life. The subjects were women registered in occupational training program for the unemployed matriarch which is being practiced in 'Working Women Center' located in Pusan. We selected the 25 persons from them agreed to our program as experimental group and choice 30 person as control group. This study was done from 11th, September 1999 to 9th, October. The instrument used for this study was Meaning in Life(unpublished) which was composed of 63 items developed by us. It's Cronbach's alpha was .949. The questionaire of Meaning in Life was given at opening and end of the program. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, SD, x² -test, T & F-test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and Mann-Whitney Test. The results of this study were as follows; 1) There were no significant differences in the level of Meaning in Life according to age, religion and education, but there were significant differences according to income. 2) There were significant differences according to the level of Meaning in Life except self-acception(and self awereness)(lst : from 168.11 to 176.88, 2nd : from 179.23 to 187.15). But there were no significant differences at control group. 3) There were no statistically significant differences in the level of self-acception(and self awereness). 4) There were significant differences in the level of value-actualization of meaning in life(1st : from 121.70 to 127.18, 2nd: from 129.15 to 134.46). Bur there were no significant differences at control group. On the basis of above results, it is concluded that 'the program for unemployed matriarch is effective in improving the meaning in life of them. Therefore, it is suggested that the support for unemployed matriarch should be not only technical training but also psychological, professional and systematic support.