The Effect of Middle-Aged Women’s Ego Resilience on Family Adaptability
AUTHORS
Yung-Hee Kim,2838 Dept. Department of Regional and Welfare Administration Department, Dongbang Culture Graduate Univ., 28 Sungbok-Ro, Sungbokdong, Seoul, Korea
Sung-je Cho,(Corresponding Author) 02838 Dept. Department of Regional and Welfare Administration Department, Dongbang Culture Graduate Univ., 28 Sungbok-Ro, Sungbokdong, Seoul, Korea
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to investigate the difference and the relationship between the ego resilience of middle-aged women and family adaptability. The subjects of the study were 133 middle-aged women from OO City. The SPSS program was used for analysis, including frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis and t-test, and multiple regression analysis was conducted on the causality between the variables. The results of the study are as follows: first, in the difference of ego resilience according to the general characteristics of middle-aged women, no difference in mean was found at a level of statistical significance between the groups for age and marital status. Second, in the general characteristics of middle-aged women, family adaptability according to marital status had a difference in mean at a level of statistical significance. Third, interpersonal relations, curiosity, optimism, which are sub-factors of ego resilience for middle-aged women, were found to have a meaningful effect on family adaptability, but the sub-factors vitality and emotional regulation did not have any meaningful effect. This study seeks to provide foundational data for the development of programs to improve the ego resilience of middle-aged women.
KEYWORDS
middle-aged women, ego resilience, optimism, family adaptability
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