The Paradox of Keeping Children: Legislating Single Parents and Unwed Mothers in Neoliberal South Korea

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleana Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Single Parents ◽  
Unwed Mothers

The Social Exclusion of Child-Rearing Unwed Mothers in South Korea

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Boon Young Han ◽  
Min Ok Yang ◽  
Ryan Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Unwed Mothers ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals The Mental Health Status and Intellectual Ability of Unwed Mothers Dwelling in Korea Shelter Homes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suyeon Jo ◽  
Soowon Park ◽  
Jung Hae Youn ◽  
Bo Kyung Sohn ◽  
Hyo Jung Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Intellectual Ability ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Unwed Mothers ◽  
Unwed Mother

Although the number of unwed mothers have mental health problems and intellectual disability, little research have focused on their mental and cognitive status. Since there has been public stigma of unwed mother in South Korea, they tend to conceal their status and less likely to seek psychiatric and psychological help. In this context, this study aims to assess current status of their mental health and intellectual characteristics. A total 48 unwed mothers from two shelter homes in South Korea were agreed to participate in the study. To compare mental health and intellectual abilities of unwed mothers with the general women population, reference data from national studies was used. Unwed mothers were more likely to have mood disorder, post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), alcohol and nicotine use disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than the general women population. Among 48 participants, 20 (41.7%) were lower than 70 Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and the mean of IQ (78.31) was significantly lower than normalized IQ mean of general women population. In logistic regression analysis, psychiatric disorders were associated intellectual disability. This study confirmed that unwed mothers dwelling in Korean shelter homes have more experience of mental disorders and lower intellectual ability than general women population.

Living Arrangements of Single Parents and Their Children in South Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 89-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunjoon Park ◽  
Jaesung Choi ◽  
Hyejeong Jo
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Single Parents

The Social Exclusion of Child-Rearing Unwed Mothers in South Korea

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Boon Young Han ◽  
Min Ok Yang ◽  
Ryan Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Unwed Mothers ◽  
The Social

The Evolution of the South Korea–United States Alliance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uk Heo ◽  
Terence Roehrig
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Korea ◽  
The South

Single Parents and Their Children

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Risman ◽  
K. Park
Keyword(s):  
Single Parents
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