Corresponding Author:
Sungeun Yang ,Tel: +82-32-860-8117, Fax: +82-32-865-5228, Email: syang@inha.ac.kr
Received: September 14, 2011; Revised: November 4, 2011 Accepted: December 11, 2011.
ABSTRACT
This qualitative study attempts to analyze the separation experiences of wild geese families from a social exchange perspective. The participants of this study were 16 mothers who lived apart from their partners for the purpose of educating their offspring. To collect data, in-depth interviews were conducted with the mothers about the decisionmaking process and the separation experiences. The results showed that there was a unique educational factor in Korea that affected wild geese families’ decision on family separation. Geese families had to face psychological inconvenience caused by negative eyes from society. In addition, the fathers suffered loneliness and had difficulties in doing household chores, and the mothers experienced an overload of child parenting. On the other hand, emotional relationship between the husband and wife was enhanced, and the friendly relationship between a mother and her children was built. The biggest reward from the wild geese families turned out to be the educational achievement of their children.
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