Lee, Jaerim

Associate Professor

AreaFamily Studies (Family Relations Lab)

OfficeBldg. 222, Rm. 411

Phone+82-2-880-6853

Emailjrlee@snu.ac.kr

Education

2009.

Ph.D., Family Social Science (Family Policy Minor), University of Minnesota

2001.

M.A., Child Development and Family Studies, Seoul National University

1998.

B.A., Consumer Sciences and Child Studies, Seoul National University

Research Areas

Emerging and young adulthood in the context of families and intimacy
Intergenerational relationships
Family diversity
Family life education (preventive intervention programs)
Family research using social big data

Recent Publications

Shin, H., Kim, N., & Lee, J. (2024). Pathways from subjective importance of emerging adults’ life domains to their intentions to cohabit and to remain single: Positive and negative attitudes toward marriage as mediators. Journal of Family Relations, 28(4), 47-64. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.28.4.47
Choi, B., & Lee, J. (2024). Lived experiences in the life-world of Korean emerging adults with foster care backgrounds: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Human Ecology Research, 62(2), 279-294. http://doi.org/10.6115/her.2024.019
Oh, S., & Lee, J. (2023). Parental financial assistance and psychological well-being among Korean emerging adults: Pressure from and fulfillment of parental career expectations as mediators. Emerging Adulthood, 11(5), 1119-1130. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231172550

Lee, J., Yoo, J., Chin, M., Son, S., Sung, M., & Chang, Y. E. (2023). Pathways from economic hardship to couple conflict by socioeconomic status during COVID-19 in Korea. Family Relations, 72(1), 60-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12771
Lee, J., & Lee, J. (2023). Virtual living room where the whole family gathers: Married Koreans’ lived experiences of family group chats. Journal of Family Relations, 28(3), 1-. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.28.3.1
Baek, Y., & Lee, J. (2023). A multilevel approach to sibling warmth and conflict among Korean young adults by gender: Roles of sibling and parent-child characteristics. Human Ecology Research, 61(3), 319-333. https://doi.org/10.6115/her.2023.021
Kim, S., & Lee, J. (2023). Korean young adult carers’ lived experiences of caregiving from developmental and family systems perspectives. Journal of Family Relations, 28(1), 3-32. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.28.1.3
Park, I.-S., Lee, J. (2023). Knowledge of children’s school experiences and work-child education conflict among employed mothers with early school-aged children: The moderating effect of parenting competence. Journal of Families and Better Life, 41(3), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.7466/JFBL.2023.41.3.17
Son, S., & Lee, J. (2023). What predicts participation intentions in couple relationship education and parenting education among Seoul citizens: An application of Andersen and Newman’s behavioral model. Families and Better Lives, 41(4), 37-51. https://doi.org/10.7466/JFBL.2023.41.4.37
Ko, K., Lee, S.-A., Lee, J. (2023). The integrative conceptual model: Ecological risk and protective factors for East Asian immigrant fathers’ psychological well-being in the United States. Family Science Review, 27(1).
http://doi.org/10.26536/KKBW3017
Shin, Y., Lee, J., & Yoo, J. (2022). Absolute and relative relationships with parents and parents-in-law and their associations with marital intimacy in Korea. Asian Women, 38(4), 113-141. https://doi.org/10.14431/aw.2022.12.38.4.113
Park, S., & Lee, J. (2022). A meta-analysis of factors related to marital intentions among never married young adults in Korea. Journal of Family Relations, 27(1), 107-137. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.27.1.107
Park, S., & Lee, J. (2022). Issues in conceptualization and measurement of attitudes toward marriage among Koreans. Journal of Families and Better Life, 40(1), 53-75. https://doi.org/10.7466/JFBL.2022.40.1.53
Park, J., Lee, J., Baek, Y., Kim, S., & Lee, J. (2022). Factors associated with participation intentions and actual participation in premarital education: Applying Andersen and Newman’s behavioral model. Journal of Family Relations, 27(2), 233-257. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.27.2.233
Park, I., & Lee, J. (2022). Profiles of work-family/parenting conflict and enrichment among Korean employed mothers of children in elementary school: Various antecedents and psychological outcomes. Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review, 26(2), 19-36. https://doi.org/10.22626/jkfrma.2022.26.2.002
Yu, K., & Lee, J. (2022). Developmental tasks during the childrearing stage and second birth intentions among Chinese married women: Parenting adaptation, division of childcare, and marital adjustment. Family and Environment Research, 60(1), 147-162. https://doi.org/10.6115/fer.2022.010
Kim, S., Park, H., Lee, J., Kim, Y., Lee, B., & Noh, S. (2022). Child care during elementary school breaks in South Korean dual-earner families: Profiles, antecedents, and parenting stress. The Korean Journal of the Human Development, 29(3), 113-132. http://dx.doi.org/10.15284/kjhd.2022.29.3.113
Kim, Y., Lee, K., & Lee, J. (2022). Trends and changes in Korean parents’ educational involvement from first to fourth grade. Journal of Family Policy, 2(1), 65-87. https://doi.org/10.52946/jfp.2022.2.1.65
Lee, J., Noh, S., & Park, J. (2021). Effectiveness of the Childhood Parenting Education Program at Seoul Healthy Family Support Centers: A case of online delivery during COVID-19. Journal of Family Relations, 26(3), 3-32.
Kim, H., & Lee, J. (2021). Coresidence between unmarried children in established adulthood and older parents in Korea: Relationship characteristics and associations with life satisfaction. Family and Environment Research, 59(3), 369-386.
Park, S., & Lee, J. (2021). COVID-19 and Korean family life on social media: A topic model approach. Journal of the Korea Contents Association, 21(3), 282-300.
Kim, Y., Lee, J., & Choi, J-A. (2021). Mothering and educational involvement during COVID-19: South Korean mothers’ lived experiences with their 4th graders. The Korean Journal of the Human Development, 28(3), 1-27.
Son, S., Sung, M., Yoo, J., Lee, J., Chang, Y., & Chin, M. (2021). Financial pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and family life and psychological well-being in Korea: Short-term longitudinal impacts and moderators. Journal of Family Relations, 26(1), 3-25.
Kim, E., & Lee, J. (2021). The multiple dimensions of family meals and their associations with family strengths from the perspective of Korean mothers with school-aged children. Family and Environment Research, 59(2), 169-183.
Kim, Y., Lee, J., & Choi, S. (2021). Family meals among mothers with school-aged children: Practices, perceptions, and practical suggestions. Journal of Family Policy, 1(1), 79-94.
Choi, J-A., Lee, J., & Kim, Y. (2021). Mothering practices and reconstruction of mother-child relationships in early puberty: Lived experiences of mothers with 4th graders. The Korean Journal of the Human Development, 28(4), 157-185.
Sung, M., & Lee, J. (2021). Principles for distribution and distributive justice of inheritance from surviving sons’ perspectives. Journal of Families and Better Lives, 39(3), 15-33.
Sung, M., & Lee, J. (2021). When a wife inherits her deceased husband’s property: Widows’ experiences of the inheritance process, family relationships, and attitudes toward inheritance. Journal of Family Relations, 26(1), 145-164.
Park, H., Lee, J., & Lee, K. (2021). Child care and grandparents: Topic modeling of online forum post. Journal of Families and Better Life, 39(2), 91-108.
Jang, Y., Lee, J., & Chung, G. H. (2021). Topic modeling of social big data related to international marriage and multiculturalism in Korea. Journal of Families and Better Life, 39(4), 83-99.
Lee, J., Lee, J., & Park, S. (2020). An ontology of intimate partnerships for social big data research. Journal of Families and Better Life, 38(4), 1-21.
Choi, H., Lee, J., & Chin, M. (2020). Intimate partnerships and family policy in Korean news articles and comments: A topic model analysis. Family and Culture, 32(4), 29-60.
Lee, J., Chin, M., & Sung, M. (2020). How has COVID-19 changed family life and well-being in Korea? Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 51(3-4), 301-313.
Chin, M., Sung, M., Son, S., Yoo, J., Lee, J., & Chang, Y. E. (2020). Changes in family life and relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associations with perceived stress. Family and Environment Research, 58(3), 447-461.
Lee, J., Park, J., Kim, H., Oh, S., & Kwon, S. (2020). Typology of young Korean adults’ relationships with their parents from an intergenerational solidarity lens. Family and Environment Research, 58(1), 43-60. doi: 10.6115/fer.2020.004
Ahn, S., Lee, K., Lee, J., & Kim, E. (2020). A semantic network analysis of parenting stress on social media. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 38(1), 61-77.
Lee, J., & Lee, J. (2019). Intergenerational ambivalence among young adults in Korea: Associations with dimensions of intergenerational solidarity. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 37(1), 1-21. doi: 10.7466/JKHMA.2019.37.1.1
Kwon, S., Park, J., & Lee, J. (2019). Typology of unmarried young Korean adults’ differentiation of self: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 37(3), 19-36. doi: 10.7466/JKHMA.2019.37.3.19
Kwon, S., & Lee, J. (2019). Dual-earner couples’ work arrangements and work-life balance in Korea: A person-centered approach. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 37(4), 1-25. doi: 10.7466/JKHMA.2019.37.4.1
Kwon, S., & Lee, J. (2019). Typology and changes of mothers’ educational involvement in Korea during the first two years of elementary school: A latent transition analysis. The Korean Journal of the Human Development, 26(4), 21-45. doi: 10.15284/kjhd.2019.26.4.21
Park, J., & Lee, J. (2019). Military personnel’s occupational characteristics and family life among military wives with preschool children: Underlying processes. Family and Environment Research, 57(1), 27-49. doi:10.6115/fer.2019.003
Kim, S., Sung, M., Seo, M., Lee, M., & Lee, J. (2019). Moving into a new era of the Korean Home Management Association: Recommendations from the Task Force. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 37(2), 1-16. doi: /10.7466/JKHMA.2019.37.2.1
Lee, J., & Solheim, C. A. (2018). Associations between familism and psychological adjustment among Korean emerging adults: Underlying processes. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 49(4), 409-435. doi: 10.3138/jcfs.49.4.409
Lee, J., & Kang, S. (2018). Perceived helicopter parenting and Korean emerging adults’ psychological adjustment: The mediational role of parent-child affection and pressure from parental career expectations. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 3672-3686.
Kwon, S., Park, J., & Lee, J. (2018). Research trends of parenting stress in Korean academic journals: A semantic network analysis. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 36(4), 57-72. doi: 10.7466/JKHMA.2018.36.4.57
Lee, J., & Lee, J. (2018). Psychometrics of a Korean intergenerational psychological ambivalence scale for young adult children. Journal of Family Relations, 23(3), 105-130. doi: 10.21321/jfr.23.3.105
Sung, M., Choi, S., Choi, Y., & Lee, J. (2018). Co-residence of divorced daughters and their parents: Borderline between overdependence and mutual dependence. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 36(2), 133-156. doi: 10.7466/JKHMA.2018.36.2.133
Oum, S., & Lee, J. (2018). Workaholism among Korean employees: Validation of the Workaholism Analysis Questionnaire and longitudinal associations with job insecurity and satisfaction with family relationships. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 36(1), 1-23. doi: 10.7466/JKHMA.2018.36.1.1
Park, J., Lee, J., & Lee, J. (2018). Couples relationship education program research in Korea: An analysis of program development in human ecology journals. Journal of Family Relations, 22(4), 81-105. doi: 10.21321/jfr.22.4.81
Lee, S., Lee, K., Lee, J., Kim, Y., & Yoo, Y. (2018). The association between mothers’ received social support and children’s school readiness: The mediating role of parenting competency. The Korean Journal of the Human Development, 25(3), 181-202.
Kang, S., & Lee, J. (2017). Validation of the Korean version of the Helicopter Parenting Scale for an expanded age range of young adults. Journal of Family Relations, 22(2), 3-25. doi: 10.21321/jfr.22.2.3
Lee, J. (2017). Inheritance in Korean families: Experiences of adult children heirs and changes in family relationships. Family and Culture, 29(1), 225-264.
Sung, M., Lee, J., Choi, Y., & Choi, S. (2017). Co-residence of older single mothers and ever-single daughters: Borderline between overdependence and mutual dependence. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 35(3), 81-98. doi: 10.7466/JKHMA.2017.35.3.81
Choi, H., Lee, K-Y., Lee, J., & Lee, S. (2017). Multiculutral mothers’ experiences of participation in their children’s elementary schools. The Korean Journal of the Human Development, 24(1), 159-181. doi: 10.15284/kjhd.2017.24.1.159
Kwon, S., Kang, S., Oum, S., Park, J., & Lee, J. (2017). Socioeconomic and intergenerational characteristics associated with marital intentions among Korean men and women in young adulthood. Journal of Family Relations, 21(4), 3-25. doi: 10.21321/jfr.21.4.3
Sung, M., Choi, Y., Choi, S., & Lee, J. (2017). Elderly parents-unmarried adult children relationships: Group differences by co-residency and economic dependency of adult children. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 35(1), 139-158. doi: 10.7466/JKHMA.2017.35.1.139
Choi, J-A., Cho, H. S., & Lee, J. (2016). Male adolescents’ lived experiences of father-son relationships. Family and Culture, 28(2), 64-110.
Sung, M., Choi, Y., & Lee, J. (2015). Childless married men who delay parenthood: Background of postponed parenthood, attitudes toward children, and perspectives on fertility policies. Family and Culture, 27(4), 1-33.
Chang, K-S., Chin, M., Sung, M., & Lee, J. (2015). Institutionalized familialism in South Korean society: Focusing on income security, education, and care. Family and Culture, 27(3), 1-38.
Kim, J., & Lee, J. (2015). Adult attachment styles across close relationships among Korean college students: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 33(4), 119-145.
Jang, E., & Lee, J. (2015). The role of differentiation of self and adult attachment across close relationships in the coping styles of Korean college students. Journal of Family Relations, 20(2), 27-53.
Nam, B-R., Lee, J., & Choi, S. (2015). Compensating for spouse’s and child’s contribution to assets and caregiving in inheritance cases: An analysis of precedents on “contribution-based portion.” Family and Culture, 27(2), 212-261.
Choi, J-A., & Lee, J. (2015). Beyond oedipal fathers: Revisiting fathers in psychoanalytic theory. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 34(2), 429-451.
Sung, M., Choi, Y., & Lee, J. (2015). Context of delayed parenthood among childless married women: Implications for fertility policies. Family and Culture, 27(1), 271-303.
Choi, Y. J., & Lee, J. (2014). Factors associated with instrumental support to adult children: Attitudes toward support and actual provision of support. Korean Journal of Home Management, 32(5), 87-105.
Chun, Y. J., & Lee, J. (2014). Parental career expectations, psychological separation from parents, and career decision-making self-efficacy among college students and unemployed college graduates. Korean Journal of Family Relations, 19(3), 119-146.
Kwon, S. H., & Lee, J. (2014). The relationship between maternal and paternal parenting styles and young adults’ career decision-making: The mediational roles of differentiation of self. Korean Journal of Home Management, 32(5), 41-61.
Son, S., & Lee, J. (2014). Intentions of employed mothers with young children to leave the labor force. Korean Journal of Home Management, 32(3), 157-177.
Choi, Y., Sung, M., & Lee, J. (2014). Portraits of childless couples in South Korea Ⅰ: Psychological well-being, couple relationships, and attitudes toward children by types of childlessness. Family and Culture, 26(1), 40-71.
Sung, M., Choi, Y., & Lee, J. (2014). Portraits of childless couples in South Korea Ⅱ: Factors predicting voluntary and involuntary childless married Koreans’ psychological well-being. Family and Culture, 26(1), 72-101.
Lee, J., & Bauer, J. W. (2013). Motivations for providing and utilizing child care by grandmothers for employed mothers in South Korea. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75, 381-402.
Sung, M., & Lee, J. (2013). Adult sibling and sibling-in-law relationships in South Korea: Continuity and change of Confucian family norms. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 44, 571-587.
Sung, M., Chin, M., Lee, J., & Lee, S. (2013). Ethnic variations in factorscontributing to the life satisfaction of migrant wives in South Korea. Family Relations, 62, 226-240.
Lee, J. (2013). Providing and utilizing child care by grandmothers in South Korea: Grandmothers’ and employed mothers’ relationship experiences. Korean Journal of Home Management, 31(2), 1-24.
Lee, J., & Son, S. H. (2013). Mothers` work-family conflict in dual-earner families with young children: The role of resources and perceptions related to work and child care. Korean Journal of Family Relations, 18(1), 93-114.
Lee, J., Kim, J., Cha, D., & Lee, H. (2013). Are parent education programs in South Korea really effective?: A meta-analytic study using journal articles. Korean Journal of Home Management, 31(3), 27-47.

Recent Grants

“Why Childcare is Less Stressful on Some Days than on Others?: A Daily Diary Approach to Place Experiences and Parenting Stress” / Principal Investigator / 2024-2027 / Korea Research Foundation
“2024 Seoul Family Survey” and “2023 Seoul Family Report” / Principal Investigator / 2023, 2024 / Seoul Family Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government
“Seodaemoon-gu Policy Development in Responses to Low Fertility” / Co-Investigator / 2024 / Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul
“Landscape and Intersection of Work and Love Among Korean Emerging and Young Adults” / Principal Investigator / 2022-2023 / Asan Foundation
“How has COVID-19 impacted the family life and relationships of Korean Americans with dependent children?” / Principal Investigator / 2021-2022 / Fubright Visting Scholarship, U.S. Department of State
“What do social big data tell us about marriage in Korea?: A text mining analysis” / Principal Investigator / 2019-2020 / Seoul National University
“At the Borderline between Overdependence and Mutual Dependence: Relationships between Parents and Adult Children through the Lens of Intergenerational Coresidence” / Co-Investigator / 2015-2017 / National Research Foundation of Korea
“Education Program for Single Parents with Early Adolescent Children” / Co-Investigator / 2015 / Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University / Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government
“Supporting Parental School Involvement in Multicultural Families” / Co-Investigator / 2016 / Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University / Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government
“A Panel Study of Korean Parents’ Educational Involvement From the Transition to Elementary School” / Co-Investigator / 2016-present / Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University / Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government
“Parents’ Experiences of School Involvement During the Transition to Elementary School” / Co-Investigator / 2018 / Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University / Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government
“Family Meals Parenting Education Program 2.0” / Principal Investigator / Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University / Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government
“Emerging and Young Adulthood in the Context of Korean Families” / Principal Investigator / 2015-2016 / New Faculty Research Support Program, Seoul National University
“The Integrated 5C Child and Family Professional Training Program: Competent, Cross-disciplinary, Creative, Collaborative, and Committed” / Co-Investigator / 2016-present / National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Education
“Staff Training Curriculum Design for Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Centers” / Co-Investigator / 2016 / Korean Institute for Healthy Family
“Care Policy and Service in Seoul: Suggestions for Improvement” / Co-Investigator / 2017-2018 / Seoul Healthy Family Support Center
“2018 Seoul Family Report” / Co-Investigator / 2018 / Seoul Healthy Family Support Center
“Vision and Strategies to Build a Community at Seoul National University” / Co-Investigator / 2018 / The Senate of Seoul National University
“A Basic Plan for Public After-School Care Services for Elementary School Children in Seoul” / Co-Investigator / 2018 / Seoul Metropolitan Government
“Policies and Services for One-Person Households in Seoul” / Principal Investigator / 2019 / Seoul Healthy Family Support Center
“2019 Seoul Family Report” / Co-Investigator / 2019 / Seoul Healthy Family Support Center
“A Paradigm Shift toward Childcare Friendly Culture: A Social Big Data Analysis” / Co-Investigator / 2019 / Korea Institute for Child Care and Education
“Marriage and Ever-Singlehood in Korea: Text Mining of Social Big Data” / Principal Investigator / 2019-2020 / Seoul National University Internal Research Grant
“2021 Effectiveness of Seoul Family School and Seoul Family Counseling Service” / Principal Investigator / 2020 / Seoul Healthy Family Support Center
“Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Mothers with Children in Elementary School” / Principal Investigator / 2020 / Center
for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University