The present study administered questionnaires to 271 heterosexual couples and 382 singles (men:214, women: 168) in an attempt to address both status (couple vs. single) and gender differences in individual and relational characteristics of romantic love in adulthood. Regarding status differences, parents of couples in their childhood were judged as more warm and yet less cold and ambivalent relative to those of singles. Couples had a more positive view of self, a more stable attachment style, and higher levels of trust toward and satisfaction with their partners. Couples had higher levels of Eros and Agape and yet lower levels of Ludus than singles. With regard to gender differences, they were small in the trust toward and satisfaction with partners. However, parental child-rearing style tended to be more negative for men than for women. Also, men than women marked a higher score on the secure and a lower scone on the avoidance attachment style. Men had a more positive self concept and higher levels of Eros, Ludus, and Agape and yet lower levels of Pragrna. Overall, interactions between status and gender were not great across measures of variables. These results were discussed in the developmental history of individuals.
This study empirically examined the relationship between antecedents and outcomes of work-family conflict of married working women. Two types of variables, individual related variable and organization related variable, were defined. It was analyzed what effects theses two types of variables have on work-family conflict. In addition, it was analyzed what effect work-family conflict has outcome variables such as organization commitment, turnover intention and life satisfaction as well. Multiple hierarchical regression were undertaken using data from 196 married working women. The result of this study can be summarized as follows. First, two forms of family social support, both family instrumental support and family emotional support, were negatively related to work-family conflict. Second, of two forms of stress coping style, only emotion-focused style was negatively related to work-family conflict. Third, Perception of a supportive work-family culture had negative effect on work-family conflict. Finally, work-family conflict was negatively related to organization commitment and life satisfaction, but it was positively related to turnover intention, Based on aforementioned results, this study finally discussed managerial implication.
The present study tried to explore the phenomenon of teenagers' prostitution, and to examine the characteristics and causes of teenagers' prostitution, and lastly suggested possible interventions to protect the teenagers' prostitution. First, the characteristics of teenagers' prostitution were summarized as individual prostitution', selection that fly spontaneity form, and extension of target and age. The causes of teenagers' prostitution were summarized to five factors: First, corruption of sex-morality, second, diversification of sexual sevice industry, third, material omnipotence care and surge of consumption sentiment, fourth, codification of man-centered culture, and finally sexual advertisement those alluring teenagers. In order to protect the phenomenon of teenagers' prostitution, several factors were suggested: Sex education, social support for teenagers, activation of equipment for teenagers, and sanction for internet content.
The present study was attempted to explore if subjective age could possibly be distinguished into two different dimensions, physical and mental, and to investigate the relations between each pattern of subjective age and chronological age. Four hundred and six participants from 15 to 80 years of age were asked about both physical and mental subjective age. There were no significant differences between physical and mental subjective ages in the total sample, whereas the 30s or 40s group showed different pattern of physical subjective age from that of mental subjective age. Participants in their teens held older both physical and mental subjective age than their chronological age, whereas during the early adults years, maintained same age identities, and across the middle addle and later adult years reported younger age identities. The age of turning point between older and younger age identity was slightly different by each pattern of subjective age-that of physical subjective age was 33, and mental subjective age 27.
This research examined how the shift sex-role could affect on liking change of the person. 161 undergraduate students evaluated sex-role shifts in script. When a man's sex-role shifted from masculinity to androgyny, female subjects increased liking for him more than male subjects did. When a woman's sex-role shifted from masculinity to feminine, male subjects showed the biggest positive change for her. Whereas, when a woman's sex-role shifted from feminine to masculinity, male subjects decreased the liking for her. As the result, sex differences in the perception for the man's sex-role were not big but the sex differences in the perception for the woman's sex-role were large. This implied, males preferred sex-role stereotyped women than females did sex-role stereotyped men.