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Author: Emily Feng Publisher: ISBN: 9781124852102 Category : Gratitude Languages : en Pages : 110
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Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of spiritual well-being, gratitude, and loneliness on marital satisfaction among Korean American pastors and spouses. Although prior research has studied Korean American pastors and spouses' marital satisfaction, there is a paucity in research examining how the spiritual well-being, loneliness, and gratitude may influence marital satisfaction. The present study was conducted with 51 pastors and spouses who volunteered to participate in the survey. Results indicated that spiritual well-being and gratitude were positively correlated. Moreover, loneliness was negatively correlated with spiritual well-being and gratitude. However, spiritual well-being, gratitude, and loneliness did not predict marital satisfaction. Lastly, there were no gender differences among spiritual well-being, loneliness, and gratitude. The results challenge the traditional Korean American Christian stigma that marital dissatisfaction indicates spiritual weakness. Implications, limitations, and recommendation for future research are discussed.
Author: Emily Feng Publisher: ISBN: 9781124852102 Category : Gratitude Languages : en Pages : 110
Book Description
Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of spiritual well-being, gratitude, and loneliness on marital satisfaction among Korean American pastors and spouses. Although prior research has studied Korean American pastors and spouses' marital satisfaction, there is a paucity in research examining how the spiritual well-being, loneliness, and gratitude may influence marital satisfaction. The present study was conducted with 51 pastors and spouses who volunteered to participate in the survey. Results indicated that spiritual well-being and gratitude were positively correlated. Moreover, loneliness was negatively correlated with spiritual well-being and gratitude. However, spiritual well-being, gratitude, and loneliness did not predict marital satisfaction. Lastly, there were no gender differences among spiritual well-being, loneliness, and gratitude. The results challenge the traditional Korean American Christian stigma that marital dissatisfaction indicates spiritual weakness. Implications, limitations, and recommendation for future research are discussed.
Author: Samuel Yoon Publisher: ISBN: 9781124852829 Category : Job satisfaction Languages : en Pages : 134
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Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the variables that contribute to marital satisfaction among Korean American pastors and spouses in California. These variables include self-esteem, attachment, job satisfaction, and spiritual well-being. This study also address how attachment, self-esteem, job satisfaction, and spiritual well-being impact each other for both the pastors and spouses. There were 51 married participants who completed the survey with 22 identifiable married couples. The web-based surveys were based off previously used instruments with high reliability and validity. The key findings in this study suggested that self-esteem and spiritual well-being play an important role for both Korean American pastor and spouse's attachment styles and job satisfaction. Implications for Korean American pastors and mental health professions are discussed.
Author: Heung Ki Lee Publisher: ISBN: Category : Church work with married people Languages : en Pages : 348
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"This project is a survey-based research project on the relationship between satisfaction with family life and one's Christian life. The researcher's ministry setting is a church in which more than 90% of the congregation consists of families established through international marriages. During his 10 years of immigrant-focused ministry, the researcher has discovered that families established through international marriage suffer from conflicts that arise through cultural and emotional differences, language barriers, attitudes toward child education, expression of affection and so forth. Couples of international marriages experience a lack of conversation and an inability to communicate deeply, due to the language barrier. There are also misunderstandings in expressing affection, due to cultural differences. Difficulties and conflicts exist because of differing economic views, differing attitudes about child education, personal differences, and so forth. Such family problems affect the Christian life negatively. Therefore, the researcher began the research in order to study the problems in detail and learn how to most effectively address the issues. The purpose of the research is to study how the satisfaction level of family life affects Christian life and to find out how best to address the situation. The research is important in that it can help family ministries, help develop an effective marriage therapy and recovery program, provide information for those who are planning on participating in an international marriage, prevent divorce, and facilitate church growth as a result. The research examined the level of marital satisfaction and one's Christian life based on conversation, the level of marital satisfaction and one's Christian life based on ways of expressing affection, the level of marital satisfaction and one's Christian life based on differing attitudes about child education, the level of marital satisfaction and one's Christian life based on financial issue and the level of marital satisfaction and one's Christian life based on personal differences. As for research methods, surveys were conducted to determine the relationship between the satisfaction level with family life and one's Christian life. Additionally, a frequency analysis and cross analysis were conducted. The researcher conducted surveys among six churches, excluding the researcher's church. The researcher sent 200 copies of the surveys, and 113 completed copies of the survey (55.6%) were collected. Among them, six copies were discarded for being inappropriate for the research. For the analysis of the surveys, 107 copies were cross-analyzed. The results of the research revealed that the satisfaction level with family life affects one's Christian life. In other words, when the husband and wife had satisfactory conversations, their attitudes towards offering were positive. When sexual satisfaction was low, the husband and wife seemed to serve less. In addition, satisfaction with finances was related to tithing. Satisfaction in child education was related to prayer life, and satisfaction in expressing affection had positive influences on prayer, offering, witnessing, serving and so forth. The results of the research indicate that immigrant churches need to provide internationally married couples with regular family seminars and language education for cultural adaptation. In addition, the researcher realized that the education of proper biblical values in regards to marriage, regular visitations and counseling ministry are necessary"--Abstract.
Author: Sangkyu Hyun Publisher: ISBN: 9781109830033 Category : Marital quality Languages : en Pages : 153
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Procedure. The combined scales of KMSS and LMI were mailed to the 350 selected Korean-American Baptist pastors and wives. Eighty-five pastors and seventy-nine wives returned their questionnaires. A total of four responses were invalid and thus omitted for data analysis. Eighty-three responses of pastors and seventy-seven responses from wives were used for the statistical analysis. Demographic information included birth place, marriage type, duration of living in the United States, length of marriage, number of children, age, employment status, and level of education.
Author: Chul Woo Son Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 172524876X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 246
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The concept of self-sacrifice is highly important to Korean Americans. With hierarchy of age, social status, and gender-defined roles taking primacy over equality and justice, self-sacrifice becomes instrumental in maintaining family and social relationships. Unfortunately, in family relationships, sacrifice has more to do with submission and endurance than it does with sacrificial service that is redemptive and mutually beneficial. When self-sacrifice carries hidden motives--coercive responsibility, obligation, shame, guilt, or one's reputation--that "self-sacrifice" is not self-giving, neither serving nor being of mutual benefit. In this context, it is important to explore the attitudes and motives of self-sacrifice in Korean American families. In unlocking and exploring the dynamics of the theology and practice of self-sacrifice for Korean Americans, this book explores cultural virtues, marital relationships, gender inequality, domestic violence, and their theological implications. The author introduces a new approach and model with a proposal for a healthier and a more judicious understanding of self-sacrifice for Korean American family relationships. The element of "equal regard" as pertaining to self-sacrifice offers Korean Americans a refreshing hope in the perspective of familial relationships and a liberating casting-off of culturally and religiously imposed burdens. The Korean American family ought to be grounded on a love ethic of equal regard and place its value on mutuality, self-sacrifice, and individual fulfillment. When this is done, sacrificial love can be understood as justly appropriated for both husbands and wives, males and females, and parents and children. Thus, Christian teaching and theology may deliver a more transparent message of true agape and its liberating effects for the marginalized, especially women and children.
Author: Gu-Hwa Hong Yi Publisher: ISBN: 9781109997590 Category : Korean Americans Languages : en Pages : 67
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Historically, the Korean ethnic church has served not only as a religious center but also a social cultural center, providing spiritual fellowship as well as ethnic fellowship and social services (Hurh, 1998). Thus, Korean American Christians may experience religious support as well as ethnic support in their churches with close community ties due to their common language and country of origin, and such support may enhance their psychological functioning. This study examined the effects of ethnic social support, religious support, and gratitude on psychological functioning among Korean-speaking Christians in America. Both God Support and Religious Institution Support were related positively to life satisfaction and negatively to depression. Moreover, Religious Institution Support's effect on life satisfaction remained even after controlling for ethnic social support. Additionally, experiencing both God Support and Religious Institution Support was linked to more life satisfaction, but experiencing only one or the other was not. General ethnic social support showed a significant unique effect on depression. Gratitude was related to better psychological functioning and mediated the relationship between God Support and psychological functioning. Findings support the important role of religious support in the lives of Korean Christians.
Author: Dae Woon Cho Publisher: ISBN: Category : Marriage Languages : en Pages : 130
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The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of religious commitment, spirituality and adult attachment style on marital satisfaction among South Korean Christian couples living in South Korea. Three hundred sixty nine South Korean Christian couples from nine Presbyterian churches in Seoul, Dejeon, Daegu, Gumi, and Busan participated in this research. The current study evaluated the psychometric utility of the Spiritual Assessment Scale (SAS) and investigated the relationships among religiosity (religious commitment and spirituality), attachment style (anxious and avoidant attachment) and marital satisfaction. For the psychometric evaluation of the SAS, Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted for the population and led to poor findings. Simple regression analysis and multiple regression analysis were then conducted to investigate the relationships between the remaining predictor variables (religious commitment and attachment style) and criterion variable (marital satisfaction). According to the analyses, religious commitment and attachment style are predictive of marital satisfaction.
Author: Emily Feng
Author: Emily Feng
Author: Samuel Yoon
Author: Heung Ki Lee
Author: Sangkyu Hyun
Author: Chul Woo Son
Author: Hyo Shick Pai
Author: Gu-Hwa Hong Yi
Author: Choul-chung James Ahn
Author: Dae Woon Cho
Author: Song Ju Ahn