STUDIES OF THE TREND SOCIO-CULTURAL-FAMILIAL INFLUENCE IN THE KOREAN RURAL AREA(KIR-CHE DO)

We have researched 1,942 populations in Shin-Hyun Myun, Kirche-Myun and Chang-Sung Po Up, Kir-Che Do, applying Socio-Cultural-farailial attitudes Check list Composed of 21 items which were selected from the scales of Eysenck, Moreno, and F. S. Chapin after having proved the Significance of them and Maudesly Medical Questionaires of Eysenck which are Composed of 47 items. After the test material were used as the method of percentage and chi2. We only Chose the Significant ones from the Among the 690 rensident population, 117 persons or 16.96% were registered as neurotic and among the student group, the neurotic ones are 18.46% in high School, 18.37% in middle School. In general, the tendency of neurotics was higher among the fermale than male in its incidence, especially those tendency was conspicuous in student group. In resident group, the neurotic trends were higher among 40s and 50s than 10s or 30s in their age. The Analytic results of interelation between the above reserches and Socio-Cultural-Familial attitudes are as follow; 1) The more open-minded one’s attitude to-ward sexual morality, the higher percentage of neurotic trends were listed. 2) The lesser attitude of rootedness to one’s native villege, the higher neurotic trends were shown. 3) The more dissatisfied at one’s occupation, the more neurotic trends were noticed. 4) The neurotic trends were higher among those who were not conservatives than the attitude of conventionality 5) The more neurotic trends were shown among authoritative attitudes 6) The neurotic trends were more higher in the attitude of those Who wish to live in rural community than urban area. 7) The more favorable attitudes on the western society, the more neurotic trends. 8) In terras of language, higher neurotic trends were shown among those who hope to learn western language. 9) In the attitude toward religion, the neurotic trends were higher in the group of persons selecting the Christianity than the oriental ones. 10) In the attitude toward family the neurotic trends were considerably decreased among the group who primarily chose mother than any other members of family. To sum up above results, in view of double orientations at Socio-Cultural-familial attitudes, the neurotic trends were in general higher in the group who are progressive, civilized and cultivated than conservative, conventional and traditional trend in their attitudes.