Family Functioning, Mental Health and Dyadic Adjustment between Employed and Unemployed Mothers

Doh, Bok Num

doi:2004.13.4.392

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 13(4); 2004 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2004;13(4):392-400.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2004.13.4.392 Published online December 31, 2004.

Family Functioning, Mental Health and Dyadic Adjustment between Employed and Unemployed Mothers

Bok Num Doh

Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University

Correspondence: Bok Num Doh, Tel: +82-53-420-4925,4926, Fax: +82-53-420-2871,
Email: bndoh@knu.ac.kr

Received: 19 August 2004 • Accepted: 1 December 2004

Abstract

Purpose
This study was performed to compare the level of family functioning, mental health and dyadic adjustment between the employed and unemployed mothers and obtain correlations among above 3 variables.
Methods
The study was designed as a correlational survey research. The subjects were consisted of 79 employed and 80 unemployed women who had child 3-6 years children. Data were collected with self-reporting questionnaires translated into Korean from Feetham Family Functioning survey, Mental Health Inventory (Veit and Ware) and Spanier's Dyadic Adjustment Scale.
Results
There were no significant differences between the employed and unemployed mothers in the exiting and desired level of family functioning, mental health and dyadic adjustment. The unemployed mothers were significantly higher in the importance about family functioning than the employed mothers. There were significantly negative correlation between the existing family functioning and negative emotion(anxiety, depression, loss of cotrol) and positive correlation with positive emotion. There was significant positive correlation between the existing family functioning and dyadic adjustment. The level of dyadic adjustment was negatively correlated with the level of anxiety, depression and loss of behavior/emotional control and positively correlated with the level of pleasure emotion and emotional ties.
Conclusion
The level of family functioning, mental health and dyadic adjustment of the employed and unemployed mothers were same. The higher scores of family functioning and dyadic adjustment got, the level of mental health was.

Key Words: Family functional; Mental health; Dyadic adjustment