The Effect of Bu-Ja-Yu-Chin-Sung-Cheong on the Ego-Identity of University Students
AUTHOR : 최명선,문은미
INFORMATION : page. 165~177 / 2009 Vol.16 No.1
ABSTRACT
This study examined the effect of Bu-Ja-Yu-Chin-Sung-Cheong upon the ego-identities of university students. Bu-Ja-Yu-Chin-Sung-Cheong (parent-child affective bonding) was first conceptualized by Sang-Jin Choi(2000) on the basis of Korean cultural characteristics. The participants were 538 undergraduate and graduate students. The instruments used for the study consisted of the Bu-Ja-Yu-Chin-Sung-Cheong Scale and Korean Versions of the Ego-Identity Scales. Correlations and multiple regressions were conducted for the purposes of data analysis. The results of the study were as follows. First, there were positively significant correlations between the Bu-Ja-Yu-Chin-Sung-Cheong and ego-identity. Additionally, higher levels of father\'s oneness presented higher levels of subjectivity, goal orientation, initiative, and intimacy. Second,female students\' higher level of father\'s oneness showed higher levels of subjectivity and intimacy, while higher levelsof father\'s sacrifice presented lower levels of intimacy. The results of the study should provide body of basic data for developing effective counseling modelsfor Korean adolescents from the Korean cultural point of view.