The current study was conducted to explore (1) the liberal feminism of Korean men on the bases of their social structural variables and (2) the its impact on their well-being. The Liberal Feminist Attitude and Ideology Scale as well as two quality of life scales( Subjective Well-being Scale and Psychological Well-being Scale) were administered to a nationwide sample of 727 Korean men. Results showed that the degree of liberal feminist attitude and ideology differed according to their social structural variables such as individuals marriage status, occupation, income, and educational level. The levels of gender roles, and global goals were higher for those men who were better educated, younger, and professionals or students. On the contrary, the levels of discrimination and subordination as well as collective action were higher for those who were older and had higher income. A Series of regression analyses revealed that most of liberal feministic attitude and ideology factors affected the Korean men's perception on their quality of life. Specifically, gender role, global goals, specific political agendas, and discrimination and subordination positively affected both psychological well-being and subjective well-being. However, collective actions positively affected the psychological well-being, while sisterhood positively affected the subjective well-being. Theses results were discussed in comparison with the study on the feminism of korean women and its effects on well-being, and the implications and limitations of the present study as well as the future directions of this area were discussed.
The study aimed to investigate the effects of mentor and spousal support as social supports from work and family domain on the work-family conflict among female public servants. The results from Korean married female workers revealed that spousal support reduced the level of family interference with work(FIW) significantly. Furthermore, female mentors provided more psychosocial support for the female mentee than male mentors did. Lastly, only for male mentor, mentor support increased the level of work interference with work(WIF) of the female mentees significantly.
This study examined the institutional children's psychological features as comparing institutional care children with normal children focusing on gender differences. The subjects were 80 institutionalized children(47 boys, 33 girls) aged form 5 to 6 years old. Emotional-behavioral character was assessed by K-PIC(Korea Personality Inventory for Children, Kim et. al., 1997) and behavior problems were assessed by K-BASC(Korean Behavior Assessment System for Children, Lee et. al., 2003). Results show that boys in institutional care were more depressive, hyperactive, aggressive, less ego-resilient and showed more autistic features than those in a general environment. Girls in institutional care were more depressive, aggressive and showed more autistic features and psychiatric problems than those in a general environment. Boys in institutional care showed more internalizing behavior problems than girls in institutional care.
The female immigrants in Korea are known to get exposed to various criminal conducts as well as racial discrimination. Nevertheless, many of criminal cases against migrant women are often concealed to the public and become tardy cases under police investigation. This study reviewed examples of victimization of immigrant women and how vulnerable they could be to various types of crime. First, actual profiles of migrant women were observed of sex offenses, violent crime, homicide, and suicide. Second, theories were explored to explain the causes of these criminal cases. At last, it was discussed the unstable condition of the status of migrant women might aggregate the possibility of their being criminally victimized. Hence, it must be necessary to develop a unique policy to prevent migrant women from crime.