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The Stress Types, Coping Styles, and Relationship Quality with Mothers-in-Law Perceived by Sons-in-Law

장모-사위 관계에서 사위가 지각하는 스트레스, 대처방법과 관계의 질

  • Oh, Hae-Jung (School of Human Counseling and Welfare, Inje University) ;
  • Park, Kyung-Rhan (School of Human Counseling and Welfare, Inje University)
  • 오혜정 (인제대학교 생활상담복지학부) ;
  • 박경란 (인제대학교 생활상담복지학부)
  • Received : 2011.09.28
  • Accepted : 2011.11.28
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of stress types and coping styles on the relationship quality with mothers-in-law perceived by sons-in-law. The data was collected from 300 sons-in-law aged 20~49 by using a survey questionnaire. The main results of this study were as follows: first, factor analysis yielded 4 types of coping(cognitive understanding coping, avoidant coping, direct behavior coping, and indirect behavior coping) and 7 types of stress(despising poor ability and condition, interference in daily life, son-in-law discrimination, wife discrimination, uncomfortable interaction, differences in lifestyle, and excessive demand). Second, the total stress perceived by sons-in-law in the relationship with their mothers-in-law was affected by avoidant coping and cognitive understanding coping. Finally, the relationship quality between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law was influenced by avoidant coping, uncomfortable interaction stress, direct behavior coping, differences in lifestyle stress, son-in-law discrimination stress, interference in daily life stress, frequency of meeting, cognitive understanding coping, indirect behavior coping, and age. Consequently, it was confirmed that sons-in-law's coping styles with stress from their mothers-in-law was more influential than the amount of stress perceived by sons-in-law on the relationship quality with their mothers-in-law. Especially, 'avoidant coping' among 4 styles of coping and 'uncomfortable interaction stress' among 7 types of stress influenced the relationship quality between mothers-in-law and sons-in-law the most.

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