중년기 위기감(1) : 그 시기 확인 및 사회경제적 변인들이 중년기 위기감에 미치는 영향

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The major purpose of the study is the confirmation of the mid-life crisis theory, originated from Levinson (1978) and other researchers, in Korean adults. The respondents were 1444 adults (666 males and 778 females) from Seoul metropolitan area. First of all, for the identification of the approximate timing of mid-life crisis, the age effects of the respondents and of their children were analyzed. And the effects of social-economic factors on mid-life crisis were analyzed. The results are as follows : While the age of the respondents has no significant effects on mid-life crisis, the older their children are, the more mid-life crisis they experience. Mid-life crisis is more closely related to the age of the last child than that of the first child. When their last child is in the age range of 12-19 or 26-30 years, especially in the range of 26-30, mid-life crisis is most dramatic. These results indicate that adult development is more related to the social age than to the chronological age, and that the middle-aged adults in Korea experience more serious crises in the `50`s empty nest period` when their children departs from them rather than in the `40`s transition` when they have conflict with their children. And the health has most powerful effects on mid-life crisis, and the next income, sex, education are in order.