老人扶養에 따른 家族負擔感에 관한 硏究

Abstract

영문초록 포함|This study deals with the family members' stress due to the support for the aged, while conducting survey on the relationship between the stress and filial piety in Korea. In the modern society characterized by rapid industrialization and urbanization, the life expentancy has increased remarkably due to the development of science and technology which made it possible for people to have balanced diet and better living conditions. So, in the advanced countries in particular, the ratio of the aged is increasing and leads aged society faster than ever. In this sense in Korea, too, industrialization and urbanization have operated to change the structure of society, especially, the family relationships which have been based on the strong tradition of filial piety for the family members. With the emergence of the nuclear family structure, the increasing number of the aged in urban life suffer difficulties such as economic, social, emotional and physical problems which force the aged dependent on the caregiver. The aged need help both by their family and the public welfare program. The advanced Western societies have developed a better program for the welfare of the aged. However, Korea still depends on the private family support for the aged while the consciousness of filial piety becomes weaker in modern society than in the pre-modern society. This study can be summarized into the following points: 1) In the industrialized society, daily life stress is the biggest reason for the stress among economic, physical and emotional cause. 2) With respect of age, people between 20 to 29 and 30 to 39 suffer from stress more than the other age people. For educational background, people with college education feel strong stress. Considering the duty of the caretaker in relationship with the aged, the daughter-in-law feels more stress, too. 3) Even in the nuclear family structure, the consciousness of filial piety still exist strongly. For this reason, filial piety can function in two opposite ways. First, one is to relieve the stress. The other is to be a main cause of the stress.