The effects of middle-aged married women\'s sexuality and work on their levels of psychological happiness
AUTHOR : 남순현
INFORMATION : page. 197~222 / 2009 Vol.16 No.1
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect of middle-aged married women\'s sexuality and work according to the change of middle-age development in terms of their psychological happiness in contemporary unstable families. The research was based on a survey of 374 middle-aged married women (166 housewives, and 206 career women) conducted from January 15th to February 22nd, 2008. Firstly, the results of a multiple regression analysis to examine the impact of middle-aged housewife’s sexuality on levels of psychological happiness, traditional sexual attitudes, rational sexual attitudes, controlling types of sexual coping behavior, and sexual satisfaction were found to have significant effects upon levels of psychological happiness. As middle-aged career women, sexual knowledge, traditional and rational sexual attitudes, and the expressive type of sexual coping behavior had significant effects on levels of psychological happiness. Second, the results of examining the effects of middle-aged married women\'s work upon their levels of psychological happiness, both housewives and career women\'s work commitment was found to have a significant effect on work satisfaction and work satisfaction had a significant effect on psychological happiness. Finally, the study examined the effect of middle-aged married women\'s sexuality and work upon their levels of psychological happiness. As a result, the group which had higher levels of sexual satisfaction and higher levels of work satisfaction than lower sexual satisfaction and lower work satisfaction levels presented higher levels of psychological happiness. Moreover, middle-aged married women who showed lower sexual satisfaction and higher work satisfaction levels than higher sexual satisfaction and lower work satisfaction levels presented higher levels of psychological happiness. Thus this study suggested that in contemporary society, one’s job will become an important factor for middle-aged married women.