도시 부부의 결혼생활의 質에 관한 연구 = A Study on the Quality of Urban Marriage in Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper attempts to explain why some marriages fail and others to not. What are the variables affecting the quality of marriages in Korea, while there are drastic changes as a result of the social forces of industrialization and urbanization?
In order to grasp the variables affecting the marriages the author tried to apply the frame of "the theory about the quality of marriage" constructed by Lewis and Spanier, to the survey of Korean families.
The survey was conducted during May-June 1985, and the subjects were consisted of 504 couples of urban(mostly Seoul) middle class. In order to see the progress of changes, the subjects were divided into two groups by age:, 247 couples of below 45 years old: the other 257 couples of above 45.
The propositions by Lewis and Spanier to be tested by the survey were as follow:
I. Proposition Concerning the Relationship between Premarital Factors and Marital Quality.
a. The greater toe premarital homogamy, the higher the marital quality.
b. The grater the amount of the social and personal resources available for adequate marital role functioning, the higher the subsequent marital quality.
c. The greater the individual's exposure to adequate role models such as the happy parents, the higher the marital quality.
d. the more support that significant others give to a couple, the higher the subsequent marital quality.
II. Propositions Concerning the Relationship between Social and Economic Characteristics and Marital Quality.
a. The more the socio-economic adequacy of the family, the greater the marital quality.
b. The more spouses satisfaction with the wife's working, the more the marital quality.
c. The more the household composition is perceived as optimal the higher the maritil quality.
d. The greater the couple's community embeddedness, the higher the marital quality.
III. Propositions Concerning Interpersonal (Dyadic) Characteristics and Marital Quality.
a. The more positive the regard between the spouses, the greater the marital quality.
b. The more the emotional gratification between the spouses, the more the marital quality.
c. The more effective the communication between spouses, the more the marital quality.
d. The greater the role fit, the greater the marital quality.
e. The greater the interactions the greater the marital quality.
The results of the survey in application of the propositions, the items of b and c are supported, but a and d are not supported, because of the cultural difference of selecting the marriage partners in Korea.
In the second category, the items of a b and d are supported, but not with c.
In the third, all the items of a, b, c, d, e may be regarded as supported. But there are some unipue Korean styles of affectional expressions, views on dhildren, attitudes and expectations of the role performance of spouses, etc.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론
• 1. 연구의 목적
• 2. 조사방법 및 대상
• Ⅱ. 조사대상자의 일반적 특성
• Ⅲ. 조사 결과 분석
• 1. 혼전요인들과 결혼의 질
• 2. 사회경제적 요인과 결혼의 질
• 3. 부부간 상호관계와 결혼의 질
• Ⅳ. 결론
• Abstract