부모자녀관계에서의 의존성 및 양가감정과 심리적 안녕감간의 관계 : 한국과 캐나다거주 한인 부모자녀관계 비교를 중심으로

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between the ambivalence of children and parents towards each other and the influence of the children’s dependence and ambivalence on the parents’ psychological well-being based on a sample of Korean parents and children living in Korea and Canada. Self-reported on-line and off-line survey data from 322 Korean parents and adult children living in Korea and off-line survey data from 60 Korean parents and adult children living in Canada were used for this study. The collected data were analyzed using the PASW 18.0 program and regression analyses were performed. The results showed that adult children living in Canada reported higher economic dependence and lower instrumental and emotional dependence on their parents than adult children living in Korea. Parents living in Canada reported higher psychological well-being than parents living in Korea. The children’s instrumental dependence and the ambivalence of parents towards their children influenced the ambivalence of adult children in Korea. The economic dependence of adult children living in Canada had a significant effect on their ambivalence towards their parents. The children’s emotional dependence and ambivalence towards their parents influenced the parents’ ambivalence in Korea. The children’s economic dependence and parents’ ambivalence towards their children had negative effects on the psychological well-being of parents living in Canada. The Korean parents’ psychological well-being was negatively influenced by their ambivalence towards their children. These results were discussed in terms of parent-child relationships in different cultures.