The purpose of this study was to examine the structural relationships among spousal autonomy support and the well-being and the depression, mediated by basic psychological needs of married women based on the self-determination theory. Married women(N = 443) completed self-report questionnaires on autonomy support, basic psychological needs, well-being, and depression. The data of 427 was analyzed using a structural equation modeling analysis. The main results are as follows. First, the spousal autonomy support had a positive effect on married women’s well-being, mediated by the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, and had a negative effect on depression. Second, it was found that the spousal autonomy support negatively affects depression, mediated by the frustration of basic psychological needs. Third, it was found that the frustration of basic psychological needs of married women had a positive effect with depression, but was not statistically significant with well-being. The implications of this study are significant in that empirical evidence of self-determination theory has been extended to the domain of married women and can be used as basic data for psychotherapy intervention of married women.
The present study aimed to explore the mediating effect of maternal gate-closing behavior in the relationship among neuroticism, intensive parenting attitudes and parenting stress and its difference between full-time mothers and working mothers. A sample of 169 full-time mothers and 134 working mothers who had at least one preschool children were asked to complete the self-report survey measured neuroticism, intensive parenting attitudes, maternal gate-closing and parenting stress. Mplus was used to analyze the structural equation model, and the result revealed that higher neuroticism and more intensive parenting attitudes were related to more maternal gate-closing and increased parenting stress. Also, more maternal gate-closing was associated with increased parenting stress. The result of comparisons of full-time mothers and working mothers showed no significant difference between two groups in regard to the relationship among the variables. Additionally, although full-time mothers adopted more intensive parenting attitudes, they did not show more gate-closing behaviors and more parenting stress. The mediation effect of maternal gate-closing was observed in the relationship between neuroticism and parenting stress. Based on these findings, the present research implied that parenting stress could be reduced through collaborative co-parenting by alleviating negative emotion and helping to think flexibly on their rigid parental role.
This study was conducted to understand the life experience and its meaning of middle-aged daughters’ emotional cut-off from their mothers. For this study, a total of three middle-aged married daughters in emotional cut-off with their mothers were participated. Applying data collection and analysis of Clandinin and Connelly's narrative inquiry methods, five inquiry steps were performed: 'being in the field', 'from field to field text', 'composing field text', 'from field text to research text', 'research text composing“ The meaning of the emotional cut-off with their mothers was ‘emotional cut-off chosen by anger' 'sadness between I-Thou and I-it' 'The Life Club made by self' 'living as an existential being' and 'living with one's mother existing inside'. The results of this study can be used for more efficient intervention in family counseling for mothers and daughters by understanding the experiences of emotional cut-off between mothers and middle-aged daughters.
The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effect of work-family enrichment when spousal support and work-family reconciliatory self affect psychological well-being. For this purpose, a survey was conducted with a sample of 328 married dual-income adults aged 30 to 40. The findings from the study are summarized as follows: First, spousal support and work-family reconciliatory self contributed to increasing psychological well-being through family-to-work enrichment(FWE). Second, two paths in gender difference were identified: 1. spousal support to work-to-family enrichment(WFE). 2. work-family reconciliatory self to work-to-family enrichment(WFE). Third, spousal support and work-family reconciliatory self of both male and female groups increased psychological well-being through family-to-work enrichment(FWE). However, there was no mediating effect on the path of spousal support and work-family reconciliatory self to psychological well-being through work-to-family enrichment(WFE) in both male and female groups. Based on these findings, implications for counseling and study limitations were discussed.
The purpose of this study was to understand the life experience of middle-aged women with terminal breast cancer by exploring their lives and discovering unique meanings from their experiences. Three middle-aged women with terminal breast cancer were participated in this study. The data analysis was carried out in accordance with the procedure of narrative inquiry, as proposed by Clandinin and Connelly. The meaning of the life experience of middle-aged women with terminal stage breast cancer were “A high mountain faced in the midst of their life”, “Striving for hope”, “Desperate fight against cerberus”, “Dignified choice of giving In”, and “Life Is good as is.” The significance of this study is that it attempts to understand the living experiences of middle-aged women with terminal breast cancer with emic perspective.
This study focused on the inner experience of non-marital mothers who play multiple roles while rearing their children in Korea, describing their living world as it is and interpreting the multiple meaning they experience. This study applied phenomenological research methods to stop judging and understanding existing preconceptions to focus on the subjective world of study participants. Among single mothers who work while raising their children, three participants who voluntarily agreed to research interviews. It was intended to derive research results through a circular analysis process conducted simultaneously with interviews. According to the study, the meaning of experience in everyday life experienced by single mothers in Korea was as follows. First, she was making her own decisions and choices on her own, while experiencing herself as a sailor looking for a lighthouse in the sea of anxiety mixed with fear rather than joy, and second, she was struggling alone as a novice guardian. Third, sublimating to an effort to communicate with the world's gaze by turning the eyes of the uncomfortable world into a lubricant, the fourth was the wisdom they met over all the big and small waves: they were on their journey to find their own identity and become an Adult with their child. Furthermore, based on the major subjects, we discussed the female psychology and counseling implications.