한국사회 중년기 전업주부의 삶의 재평가 = Life Revaluation of Korean Housekeepers in Midlife

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The present study aimed at investigating how Korean housekeeper in midlife revaluate their lives. For this purpose, 14 housekeepers whose youngest child was at least older than high school students were interviewed in a semi-structured retrospective method. The interview was focused on relational, psychological, and economical aspects of the participants before and after marriage each. The interview usually continued one and a half to two hours. The phenomenological method describing personal meaning of experiences was referred to for data analyses by transforming retrospective life story of participants into key meaningful units. According to main retrospective contents of each stage of development, the participants' childhood and adolescence was characterized by familial circumstances, formation of personality and value, and career choice. Main themes of their early adulthood were spouse selection and marriage, marital adaptation, and family relationships. Their midlife focused on children, economic and emotional stability, family relationships, acceptance of their spouse and themselves, and health and religion. Life styles of the participants were analyzed in terms of turning events, meanings of current life, and cumulative effects of life events. These findings were discussed in terms of developmental pattern in relation to the established theory of development.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구에서는 한국사회 중년기 전업주부들이 자신의 지나온 삶을 어떻게 재평가하는지 알아보고자 했다. 이를 위해 막내자녀가 고등학생 이상인 14명의 전업주부를 대상으로 반구조화된 면담을 회고적 방법으로 실시하였다. 질문은 관계적 측면, 심리적 측면, 경제적 측면 등에 관한 것으로 결혼 전과 후를 나누어 이루어졌으며, 면담은 보통 1시간 30분에서 2시간 정도 진행되었다. 자료분석은 참가자들의 회고적 삶의 이야기를 중심 의미단위로 환원함으로써 여러 개인이 경험한 현상의 의미를 기술하는 현상학적 연구방법을 참고했다. 그 결과, 각 단계별로 중요한 회고 내용은 아동청소년기에는 가족환경, 자신의 성격과 가치관 형성, 그리고 진로선택이었다. 성인초기에는 배우자 선택과 결혼, 성인초기 부부생활 적응, 그리고 가족관계 등이었다. 성인중기에는 자녀, 경제․정서적 안정, 가족관계, 배우자 수용, 자신의 삶의 수용, 그리고 건강과 종교 등이었다. 참가자들의 삶의 유형을 전환적 사건, 현재 삶의 의미 그리고 인생사건의 누적효과를 중심으로 분석하였다. 이러한 결과를 기존의 발달이론 및 연구와 비교해서 논의하였다.

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