가족관계에 대한 청소년의 신념 : 현재와 10년 전의 비교 및 가족관계 신념검사의 개정

Abstract

The present study consists of three parts: Firstly, the Beliefs about Family Relationships Inventory was revised. Secondly, Korean adolescents' beliefs about family relationships were analyzed. Thirdly, the beliefs about family relationships of contemporary adolescents were compared with those of 1993. Adding new items on beliefs about divorce to the previous inventory resulted in a slightly different factor structure with higher internal consistency: Five factors such as 'authority', 'individuality', 'gender hierarchy', 'divorce' and 'emotional expression' were extracted. The meaning of the new five factors in comparison with the old ones of the previous inventory was discussed. It was found that contemporary middle and high school students had more traditional beliefs about gender hierarchy, divorce, and emotional expression than college students, and that male adolescents had more traditional beliefs about authority, individuality, gender hierarchy, and divorce than female adolescents. The results of t-test between the beliefs about family relationships of contemporary middle school students and those of 10 years ago showed that the former had less traditional beliefs about family cohesion, but more traditional beliefs about individuality than the latter. The implications of these results were discussed in relation to recent changes in the Korean society.