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AUTOR(ES) R. Lee , J. Shim , J. Kim
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Soonchunhyang University, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, USA, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
ANO 2017
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Journal of Family Issues
ISSN 0192-513X
E-ISSN 1552-5481
EDITORA Annual Reviews (United States)
DOI 10.1177/0192513x16653432
CITAÇÕES 1
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 2201fa1cd05a8e6aa75f7bf72542947b

Resumo

Experiencing material hardship may bring various negative consequences for married couples and family members. However, little is known about this topic in Korea. Using a nationally representative sample from the Korean Welfare Panel Study, we examined how material hardship was associated with marital well-being among low-income families in Korea, separately for husbands (i.e., male household heads) and wives. Overall, we found experiencing any material hardship was associated with lower levels of satisfaction of both family life and spousal relationship, consistently for husbands and wives. We also found depression and self-esteem partially mediated the associations in both groups. Furthermore, among individual items of material hardship, experiencing food hardship was associated with lower levels of satisfaction of family life for both husbands and wives, whereas experiencing problems with credit was associated with lower levels of satisfaction of both family life and spousal relationship for wives but not for husbands.

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