The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics of Satisfaction on the Family Role Performance of Spouse(SFRPS) perceived by husbands and wives in Korea.
The subjects of this study were 300 husbands and wives aged from the 30s to the 40s...
The purpose of this study was to explore the characteristics of Satisfaction on the Family Role Performance of Spouse(SFRPS) perceived by husbands and wives in Korea.
The subjects of this study were 300 husbands and wives aged from the 30s to the 40s. SFRPS is composed of affection & sexual role, childrearing & education role, housework & home management role, and kinship & community role.
The major findings were as follows;
1. Most of SFRPS, husbands reported higher scores than wives did. The satisfaction on the affection & sexual role of spouse was the lowest in both husbands and wives. But the satisfaction on the childrearing & education role of spouse was the highest in both husbands and wives. There was a difference between husbands and wives in the satisfaction on the housework & home management role of spouse. Husbands' satisfaction scores was higher than those of wives. And also there was a difference between husbands and wives in the satisfaction on the kinship & community role of spouse. Husbands' satisfaction was higher than wives.
2. In the ages, generally the 30s reported higher satisfaction scores than the 40s did SFRPS.
3. There was high correlation between total SFRPS and each role.
4. For wives, the more children they have and the longer the duration of marriage, the less education, SFRPS was less. For husbands, SFRPS was not significantly correlated with the number of children. And also, the more duration of marriage, the less education, the SFRPS was less.