2020, Vol.16, No.6

Crisisonomy 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.64

pISSN : 2466-1198 / eISSN : 2466-1201
https://journal.kci.go.kr/cemtp

This study conducted a content analysis of infertility studies that have been done in South Korea with the purpose of finding the characteristics and trends of the existing studies. A total of 100 academic journals and master’s and doctoral theses published from 1988 to February 2020 was reviewed in terms of the basics, subject, topic, and method of the study. It is found that infertility studies have been consistently conducted and rapidly increased since 2010. The largest number of infertility studies was published in the field of nursing and a majority of the study subjects were infertile women who accounted for 88% of those studied. The topics were mostly related to psychology and adaptability, and 64% of the total studies examined used quantitative approach as their primary method of study. The analytic results of this study have been interpreted and discussed in terms of the policy implications that they imply in South Korea and the potential direction for future studies on infertility and infertility counseling.

This study aims to identify the impact of gender equality and work-family balance on attitude toward the necessity of having children. The survey data were collected from 800 adults aged 19 years and older living in the D region of Busan, Korea, and analyzed using SPSS 25.0 statistical package for descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test and multiple regression. The results showed that a high perception of gender equality was significantly associated with a positive attitude toward the necessity of having children. However, those experiencing more difficulties with work-family balance felt more burden of child rearing and had a negative perception toward the necessity of having children. On the other hand, the perception of utilizing work-family balance policy did not have a significant effect on the necessity of having children. Based on these findings, this study suggested the importance of work-family balance based on the perception of gender equality as a way to overcome the low fertility and provided implications for population and family welfare policies.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how depression and the presence of meaning in life affect warning symptoms of relapse in alcoholics. The data were collected from 270 alcoholic inpatients who were treated in an alcohol hospital located in a metropolitan city of South Korea over three months between November 2019 and January 2020 and analyzed by descriptive statistical analysis, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, hierarchical regression and structural equation. Bootstrapping was performed to confirm the significance of indirect effects of mediating parameters. The results of this study showed significant correlations among depression, the presence of meaning in life, and warning symptoms of relapse in alcoholics. The presence of meaning in life showed a significantly negative correlation with depression and warning symptoms of relapse in alcoholics, and partially mediated the relationship between depression and warning of relapse in alcoholics. The findings suggested further research studies to prevent relapse in alcoholics.