Depressive Symptoms of Younger and Older Korean Married Women.

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      This article is based on a research conducted to investigate factors related to depressive symptoms among younger and older married Korean women. A primary objective was to determine the relative importance of five assessments of personal and family relationships for depressive symptoms. Societal changes in Korea reflected in shifts in the roles of men and women in their families formed a part of the background for this research. In Korea as in other countries the labor force participation of women has increased, and it has been suggested that attitudes toward the division of labor in the household and in the actual distribution of tasks have become less traditional. In Korea, the growing nuclear family system in contrast to the extended family pattern emphasizes that a husband-wife team runs the family with correspondingly enlarged roles for men in the household. Changes in Korean family values are demonstrated in the allocation of totes between husbands and wives, the distribution of authority, expectations of spouses, and ideal images of women.