The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are gender differences in social support experience and psychological health. In addition, I investigated the effects of social support experiences on psychological well-being, depression, and generativity of old women and old men. I achieved data of 705 elderly(man 332, women 373) aged 65 and over living in Seoul and Kyunggi areas. The major results of this study follow. First, there are significant differences in social support experience and old men felt more psychological well-being and generativity and less depression than old women. Second, for old men, social support experiences providing to significant others more effect on the psychological health than social support experiences receiving from them. On the other hands, for old women, social support experiences receiving from significant others had important effects. Finally, there were differences on psychological health by social support types for old women and old men. These results suggested that we need detail and integrated elderly welfare interventions to promote psychological health for elderly.
The purpose of this study was to examine the moderated mediating effect of social support through resilience on the relationship between the attachment of divorced women and post-divorce Growth. 176 women in their 20s to 60s participated in the study. The data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0. The results were as follows. First, anxiety attachment and avoidance attachment negatively affected resilience, social support, and post-divorce Growth. And resilience and social support positively affected on post-divorce Growth. Second, resilience fully mediated the relationship between anxiety attachment and post-divorce Growth, while avoidance attachment and post-divorce Growth were partially mediated. Third, social support adjusted the relationship between resilience and post-divorce Growth. Fourth, anxiety attachment and avoidance attachment showed a controlled mediating effect of social support through resilience in the post-divorce Growth relationship. Based on the findings, the limitations of the study and suggestions for future research were discussed.
This study examined whether self-control mediated the relationship between domestic violence and aggression and verified whether social support moderated this mediating effect. To this end, an online survey was conducted targeting 316 adults, and the mediating effect was analyzed. The results of the study are as follows: First, the mediating effect of self-control was found to be significant in the relationship between experience of domestic violence and aggression. Second, the moderating effect of social support was found to be significant in the relationship between domestic violence and aggression. Third, the moderating effect of social support on the mediating effect of self-control on the relationship between domestic violence and aggression was found to be significant. These results suggest that the path from domestic violence experience to aggression through self-control is moderated by the social support. Therefore, when a person who has experienced domestic violence exhibits aggression, the provision of social support along with interventions including promotion of self-control may be useful.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of self-disclosure, social support and intentional rumination of a female high school student who experienced relational loss on posttraumatic growth. This study also aims to examine whether the intentional rumination mediates the relationship between self-disclosure, social support and posttraumatic growth. For this purpose, the questionnaires were carried out to 415 high school students in capital area. In this questionnaire, unreliable responses, a traumatic events which just happened one month ago, the data which marked the pain level below 4 points after traumatic event and cases that were not related to a relational loss were excluded. Finally, 286 questionnaires were analyzed for this study. For analysis, traumatic event experience questionnaire, self-disclose scale, social support scale, intentional rumination scale and Korea posttraumatic growth inventory were used. The result was analyzed by SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 22.0. A basic statistics and structure equation model analysis were carried out. The significance of structural model’s mediator effect was proved with Bootstrap method. Main results are as follows. First, posttraumatic growth showed significant correlation with self-disclosure, social support and intentional rumination. Second, intentional rumination fully mediates the relationship between self-disclosure and posttraumatic growth. also, indicate that intentional rumination partially mediates the relationship between social support and posttraumatic growth. Finally, the implication and limitation of this study were discussed with suggestions for future research.
This study aimed to verify the mediating effect of deliberate rumination and the moderating effect of perceived social support in the relationship between invasive rumination and post-traumatic growth among women with experiences of domestic violence trauma. For this purpose, an online survey was conducted using the Event-Related Rumination Inventory (ERRI), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and the Korean version of the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (K-PTGI) among married or divorced women aged between 20 and 50 who have experienced domestic violence. The key findings of this study are as follows. First, invasive rumination was found to have a positive correlation with deliberate rumination. Second, deliberate rumination partially mediated the relationship between invasive rumination and post-traumatic growth. Third, perceived social support moderated the relationship between deliberate rumination and post-traumatic growth. These results provide implications for therapeutic interventions in counseling that address growth, by verifying the influence and patterns of rumination in the relationship between women victims of domestic violence and post-traumatic growth. They also highlight the importance of forms of social support interventions for the post-traumatic growth of these women.
The study examined the mediated moderating effect of grit through social support on the relationship between work-family conflict and life satisfaction of working mothers. Data from 288 working mothers were analyzed via SPSS 26.0 and SPSS PROCESS Macro (v.3.5). First, work-family conflict was negatively related to grit, social support and life satisfaction. Grit was positively correlated with social support and life satisfaction. and social support was positively correlated with life satisfaction. Second, the relationship between work-family conflict and life satisfaction was partially mediated by social support. Third, grit moderated the effect of work-family conflict on life satisfaction. Fourth, the mediated moderation effect of grit in the relationship between work-family conflict, social support from family, and life satisfaction was statistically significant. For social support from colleagues, the interaction effect of work-family conflict and grit was not significant This study is meaningful in that it explained the mediating effect of social support as work-family conflicts affect life satisfaction of working mothers. Specifically, the study revealed that grit, a personal psychological characteristic of working mothers, can help increase life satisfaction in the context of high work-family conflict. Interventions should seek ways to increase grit and family social support of working mothers.
The purpose of this study is to explore factors to affect the battered women's decision going back to the abused relationship. There must be more factors, but three factors were examined in this study, such as learned helplessness, social support, and violence risk. The respondents were 65 female battered women who visited shelters to avoid domestic violence. The results of this study were as follows. First, it was found that the more the learned helplessness was, the greater the risk of domestic violence became. Also, the more severe the domestic violence was, the less likely the battered women could escape from the abused relationship. However, the effect by social support was not so significant. In conclusion, this study attempted to confirm the relations among learned helplessness, social support, domestic violence level and a decision to terminate the abused relationship. This study can help to understand why battered women who experience severe domestic violence might stay home in spite of danger of their lives.
The present study investigated the vulnerability of married women on depression through their experiences of life stress and coping processes. A total of 591 women between the ages of 20 and 50 who were married with children were given a questionnaire which assess the following: the level of depressive symptoms(CES-D), the type and level of life stress, coping styles, perceived social support and self efficacy. The results showed: 1) The mean of CES-D was 17.87 and 23.0% were higher than 24 on CES-D. 2) More than a half of the sample reported stress about marital dispute, economic strains, aging and dissatisfaction with their appearances. 3) Ages of 40 and 50 reported more stress with their children than any other age group. 4) Employment, age, low level of SES and education and number of children were associated with the high level of stress. 5) The level of stress, coping style, perceived social support and self efficacy altogether explained the variances of concurrent depressive symptoms significantly. The results indicated the vulnerability of married women to depression and identified the psychosocial risk factors for depression of married woman.
The purpose of the study was to understand the lived experience of view on ‘Single MotherS by Choice’among 20-30s voluntary single womens. Transcribed data were analyzed using the hermeneutic phenomenological method developed by van Manen. The results of this study are as follows. First, 20-30s voluntary single women have experienced negative social perceptions of non-marriage, but have expectations for change. Second, they experienced frustration with the reality that only married couples were allowed to give childbirth. Third, they approach childbirth from the perspective of women's subjectivity. Fourth, they demand a change in the childbirth and childcare system in Korean society that childbirth is the result of marriage. Finally, they are creating new values of life while experiencing confusion of their own prejudice and support for single mothers by choice. This study provides a better understanding of the lives of 20-30s voluntary single women. It helps to understand their views on single mothers by choice, women's right to self-determination and subjectivity.
This study attempted to understand awareness for the overall need of family counseling and aims at providing a direction of support for family counseling that is leveled at married immigrant women and their families. To achieve this, this study analyzed data from the 2010 National Multicultural Families Survey, which was conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Frequency, distribution, and hierarchical multipleregression analyses on demographic variables, Korean language skills, social support, satisfaction of family relations, and experience of family counseling were conducted in view that these were factors that affected awareness for family counseling, with a total of 58,072 immigrant women who came to Korea. The results of this study are as follows: First, Korean language skills, social support, satisfaction of family relations, the study revealed that subjects recognized the need for family counseling as moderate and their Korean language skills were also moderate. Social supporters did not exceed more than two people including from both Koreans and their country natives, and subjects were satisfied with the relationships to their spouse, children, and parents in-law. Second, there were differences in opinion between the nationalities of the married immigrant women regarding the need for family counseling. Third, the following is the result of the influence of the awareness of the need for family counseling based on the demographic variables of the existence or non-existence of Korean language ability, social support, satisfactory family relationships and previous experience of family counseling.
