• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.1-21
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• 2002

The purposes of this study is to classify retiree's job, leisure, and family attitude; to identify the characteristics of each attitude types; and to examine the retirement adaptation level of each attitude type. The major findings of the study are as follows: First, four attitude types can be categorized: 'the job involved attitude type', 'the total positive attitude type', 'the leisure positive attitude type', and 'the total negative attitude type'. Second, the result of the discriminant analysis shows that 'the job-family experience before retirement and number of unmarried children' element was the most crucial in classifying the retiree's attitude. And 'the retirement reception and individual resource element' was in orders of discrimination power Third, 'the total positive attitude type' is the highest level of retirement adaptation.

• 한국노년학
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.959-979
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• 2016

This study was performed to explore the life experience as a teacher was dissolved in life aimed at elementary school female teachers. The selection of the four-year teaching career more than 35 years, from January to November 2015 and retired teacher retirement not more than three years to 2015, five people in the study participants were conducting research. Research method was approached narrative interview method of qualitative research, Sch?tze of biographical research methods utilized in exploring how narratives. Results from this study showed the biographical curve through the 'biographical statement', 'experience the life of a female teacher','difficulties experienced in the reality of female teachers', 'reward as a teacher', divided into the categories' 'post-retirement life adaptation types'. These findings are in accordance with the retirement teacher pointed out the lack of social adaptation programs, such as training or preparation for life after retirement, With the increasing need for pre-retirement training is to prepare for life after retirement were suggestions that the government offers programs and information about the life after retirement is necessary.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.626-638
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• 2021

This study is about a life history. Through investigating the life of retired teachers in preschool, elementary, and middle schools, authors wanted to explore the meaning of retirement and the process of adaptation to find out their personal and social needs in post-retirement life. Studies have shown that their experiences at childhood have greatly influenced the performance of one's profession, such as contributing to setting limits on behaviors of their students. In the period of interdependence, they have contributed to serving society and the nation beyond as a professional, and in the second half of his teaching career, they have learned that their painful experience was a resource and have realized that changing mind can make the world changed. Since teachers' behavior affects on many subjects unlike other jobs, rewards or satisfaction from the job was bigger than any other jobs. However, after retirement, they felt a sense of emptiness in life without any sense of belonging or accomplishment, while feeling happiness and infinite freedom in other hand. Thy still go forward for life challenging to new study.