Gender Differences in the Affecting Factors of Children's Beliefs Relative to Parental Divorce in Divorced Families |
Sung Hee Shin1, Sook Lee2 |
1Post-doctoral Fellow, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL USA 2Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Dankook Univenity |
이가정 아동의 성별에 따른 부모이혼신념 영향요인 |
신성희1, 이 숙2 |
1미국 일리노이 주립대학교 시카고 간호대학 박사후과정 2단국대학교 의과대학 간호학과 부교수 |
Correspondence:
Sook Lee, Tel: 82-41-550-388, Fax: 82-41-550-3905, Email: sooklee@dku.edu |
Received: 22 May 2009 • Revised: 16 September 2009 |
Abstract |
Purpose This study aimed at comparing the level of children's beliefs about parental divorce, environmental change after parental divorce, and social support as well as identifying the gender differences in affecting factors of children's beliefs about parental divorce.
Methods Data was collected from 219(M=100, F = 119) children in Seoul, Korea, using Beliefs about Parental Divorce Scale, Environmental Change after Parental Divorce Scale, and Social Support Scale.
Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Chi-square, t-test, and multiple regression analysis.
Results The level of children's beliefs about parental divorce, environmental change after parental divorce and social support was significantly different between gender. Factors affecting children's beliefs about parental divorce were statistically different according to gender. For boys, changes in daily life alone significantly explained their beliefs about parental divorce (R2 = .180, p< .001). For girls, family support, change of daily life, friends' support, and economic change significantly explained their beliefs about parental divorce (R2 = .464, p < .001).
Conclusion Nurses working with children in divorced families should indude the affecting factors in beliefs about parental divorce by children's gender in their nursing plan. |
Key Words:
Divorce; Social support; Family; Gender; Children |
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