Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회지)

The Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회)
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The Efficiency of the Interspouse Communication and the Level of Stress Recognition

부부간의 의사소통 효육성과 스트레스 인지수준

  • Kim, Jin-Hee (Dept. of Home Management, Graduate School of Chonman National Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Kyeong-Shin (Dept. of Home Management, Chonnam National Univ.)
  • 김진희 (전남대학교 대학원 가정관리학과) ;
  • 김경신 (전남대학교 가정대학 가정관리학과)
  • Published : 1998.08.01
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Abstract

The purposes of this research were to find out general trends of the efficiency of the interspouse communication and the level of stress recognition, to estimate the differences of the efficiency of communication and the level of stress recognition according to socio-demographic, communication variables, and to analyze correlations between stress recognition and communication efficiency. The subjects of this study were 220 couples in Kwang-ju. The major results were as follow; 1) The level of wives' stress recognition was higher than husbands' and the level of interspouse communication efficiency was median. 2) Communication efficiency showed significant differences according to number of children, the duration of marriage in wives. The level of stress recognition showed significant differences according to the hours they spend in daily communication, the typeds of communication, the satisfaction of communication in both groups of husbands and wives. 3) Marital communication efficiency was negatively correlated with the level of stress recognition in couples.

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