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Faculty

Lee, Jaerim 

Professor

+82-2-880-6853
jrlee@snu.ac.kr
Building 222, Room 411
SpecializationFamily Studies (Family Relations Lab)

Education

2009.

Ph.D. in Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota (Minor in Family Policy)

2003.

Ph.D. Candidate in Child Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University

2001.

M.A. in Child Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University

1998.

B.A. in Consumer and Child Studies, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University

Primary Positions

2015 – Present.

Professor, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University

2023 – 2025

  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University
  • 2022 – 2023.
  • Department Chair, Department of Child Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University
  • 2021 – 2022.
  • Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Department of Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University, USA
  • 2013 – 2015.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Consumer and Family Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University
  • 2011 – 2013.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Housing Studies, Yeungnam University
  • 2010 – 2011.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University

Adjunct Positions

Adjunct Professor.

  • Integrated Major in Applied Data Science, Seoul National University (2024 – Present)
  • Adjunct Professor.

Integrated Major in Regional Studies & Spatial Analytics, Seoul National University (2023 – Present)

  • Adjunct Professor.
  • Collaborative Major in Home Economics Education, Seoul National University (2015 – Present)
  • Adjunct Researcher.
  • Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University (2015 – Present)

Research Areas

  • Emerging and young adults in the context of families: Intimate partnerships, parenthood and parenting, parent-child relationships
  • Family life education: Preventive intervention programs and technology-based approaches
  • Family diversity
  • Family research using social big data

Journal Articles

  • * student or advisee author, ** corresponding author
    • Lee, J.*, Lee, J.**, & Lee, J. H.* (2025). Saying no to marriage: A topic modeling approach to Korean social big data on “bi-hon.” Family Relationshttps://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70030 (SSCI)
    • Lee, J., Park, J.*, & Son, S.** (2025). Latent profiles of Koreans’ attitudes toward alternatives to traditional marital formation. Journal of Marriage and Family, 87(4),  1387−1406. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13098 (SSCI)
    • Park, J.*, & Lee, J.** (2025). Videoconferencing delivery of the Seoul Premarital Education Program during COVID−19: A quasi−experimental study using inverse probability of treatment weighting. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-024-01761-z (SSCI)
    • Ozbay, Y., Milevsky, A., Aydogan, D.**, & Lee, J. (2025). Sibling relationship characteristics in married young adults: A cross−cultural study of Türkiye, Israel, South Korea, and the United States. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 42(7), 1703−1727. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251332700 (SSCI)
    • Yoo, H.*, & Lee, J. (2025). Potential applications of metaverse, VR, AI chatbots, and AI speakers in technology-based family life education. Journal of Family Policy, 5(1), 61−91. https://doi.org/10.52946/jfp.2025.5.1.61
    • Shin, H.*, Lee, J. */**, & Lee, J. (2025). Intentions to have an additional child among employed mothers in Seoul: Associations with subjective and objective community characteristics. Journal of Family Relations, 30(2), 129−151. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.30.2.129
    • Lee, G.*, & Lee, J.** (2024). Relationship education for Korean emerging adults: Conceptualization and needs analysis of educational topics. Journal of Families and Better Life, 42(3), 91−117. https://doi.org/10.7466/JFBL.2024.42.3.91
    • Choi, B.*, & Lee, J.** (2024). Research trends on the experiences of young adults aging out of the child welfare system in Korea. Journal of Family Policy, 4(2), 27−51. https://doi.org/10.52946/jfp.2024.4.2.27
    • 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− Human Ecology Research, 62(2), 279−294. http://doi.org/10.6115/her.2024.019
    • 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(2), 60−76. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12771 (SSCI)
    • 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 (SSCI)
    • 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), 153−185. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.28.3.153
    • 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.−*, & 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. Journal of Families and Better Lives, 41(4), 37−51. https://doi.org/10.7466/JFBL.2023.41.4.37
    • Ko, K.**, Lee, S.−, & 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 closeness in Korea. Asian Women, 40(1), 113−141. https://doi.org/10.14431/aw.2022.12.38.4.113 (SSCI)
    • 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.-S.*, & 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. Korean Journal of 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− Journal of Family Relations, 26(3), 3−32. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.26.3.3
    • 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−**(2021). Mothering and educational involvement during COVID−19: South Korean mothers’ lived experiences with their 4th graders. Korean Journal of 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−, Lee, J., & Kim, Y.**(2021). Mothering practices and reconstruction of mother−child relationships in early puberty: Lived experiences of mothers with 4th graders. Korean Journal of 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.
    • 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.
    • 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.21321/jfr.26.1.145
    • 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. https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.51.3−4.006 (SSCI)
    • 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.6115/fer.2020.032
    • 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. https://doi.org/10.7466/JFBL.2020.38.4.1
    • 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., 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.7466/JKHMA.2020.38.1.61
    • 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. Korean Journal of Human Development, 26(4), 21−45. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.49.4.409 (SSCI)
    • 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1193-2 (SSCI)
    • 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. https://doi.org/10.21321/jfr.23.3.105
    • 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. https://doi.org/10.7466/JKHMA.2018.36.4.57
    • 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. Korean Journal of 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.7466/JKHMA.2017.35.3.81
    • 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.7466/JKHMA.2017.35.1.139
    • Choi, H., Lee, K.−**, Lee, J., & Lee, S.* (2017). Multiculutral mothers’ experiences of participation in their children’s elementary schools. Korean Journal of Human Development, 24(1), 159−181. https://doi.org/10.15284/kjhd.2017.24.1.159
    • Choi, J.−*, Cho, H. S., & Lee, J.** (2016). Male adolescents’ lived experiences of father−son relationships. Family and Culture, 28(2), 64−110.
    • 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.−*, 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Chang, K.−, 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.
    • Choi, J.−*, & Lee, J.** (2015). Beyond Oedipal fathers: Revisiting fathers in psychoanalytic theory. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 34(2), 429−451.
    • 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. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 32(5), 41−61.
    • Chun, Y. J.*, & Lee, J.** (2014). Parental career expectations, psychological separation from parents, and career decision−making self−efficacy among young adults: A comparison between college students and college graduates. Journal of Family Relations, 19(3), 119−146.
    • Choi, Y. J.*, & Lee, J.** (2014). Factors associated with instrumental support to adult children: Attitudes toward support and actual provision of support. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 32(5), 87−105.
    • Son, S., & Lee, J.** (2014). Intentions of employed mothers with young children to leave the labor force. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 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− 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12014 (SSCI)
    • 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. (SSCI)
    • Lee, J., & Son, S.** (2013). Mothers’ work−family conflict in dual−earner families with young children: The role of resources and perceptions related to work and child care. 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. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 31(3), 27−47.
    • Lee, J. (2013). Providing and utilizing child care by grandmothers in South Korea: Grandmothers’ and employed mothers’ relationship experiences. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 31(2), 1−24.
    • Sung, M., Chin, M.**, Lee, J., & Lee, S. (2013). Ethnic variations in factors contributing to the life satisfaction of migrant wives in South Korea. Family Relations, 62, 226−240. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741−3729.2012.00753.x
    • Sung, M., Chin, M., Lee, J., & Choi, S.**(2012). Certified Healthy Family Specialists’ job and working conditions from the insiders’ perspective. Korean Journal of Human Ecology, 21(3), 453−468.
    • Lee, J., Kim, J.*/**, Lee, Y.*, & Chin, Y. (2012). A meta−analytic study of associations between father involvement and children’s developmental characteristics. Journal of Family Relations, 17(1), 151−173.
    • Chin, M., Lee, J.**, Lee, S., Son, S., & Sung, M. (2012). Family policy in South Korea: Development, current status, and challenges. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21, 53−64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826−011−9480−1 (SSCI)
    • Lee, C− S., Lee, J., & August, G. J. (2011). Financial stress, parental depressive symptoms, parenting practices, and children’s externalizing problem behaviors: Underlying processes. Family Relations, 60, 476−490. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741−3729.2011.00656.x (SSCI)
    • Lee, J., Katras, M. J., & Bauer, J. W. (2010). Values underlying rural low−income mothers’voices about welfare and welfare reform: An inductive analysis. International Journal of Human Ecology, 11(2), 63−75.
    • Lee, J., & Bauer, J. W. (2010). Profiles of grandmothers providing child care to their grandchildren in South Korea. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 41, 455−475. (SSCI)
    • Gudmunson, C. G., Son, S., Lee, J., & Bauer, J. W. (2010). EITC participation and association with financial distress among rural low−income families. Family Relations, 59, 369−382. (SSCI)
    • Sano, Y., Katras, M. J., Lee, J., Bauer, J. W., & Berry, A. A. (2010). Working towards sustained employment: A closer look on intermittent employment of rural low−income mothers. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 91, 342−349. (SSCI)
    • Lee, J., Katras, M. J., & Bauer, J. W. (2009). Children’s birthday celebrations from the lived experiences of low−income rural mothers. Journal of Family Issues, 30, 532−553. (SSCI)
    • Berry, A. A., Katras, M. J., Sano, Y., Lee, J., & Bauer, J. W. (2008). Job volatility of rural, low−income mothers: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 29, 5−22.
    • Kim, H. S., & Lee, J. (2004). The meaning of mate selection and marital life among men and women born between 1965 and 1969: A qualitative study. Family and Culture, 16(2), 3−54.
    • Ok, S. W., Lee, K. H., Lee, J., & Sung, M. (2003). Mother−child relationship improvement program for poor female−headed families. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 21(3), 103−115.
    • Ok, S. W., Sung, M., & Lee, J. (2003). Life course of poor female household heads: A qualitative analysis. Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association, 41(2), 65−92.
    • Ok, S. W., Sung, M., Lee, J., & Lee, K. H. (2002). Mother−child relationship of poor female heads of households: A Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Family Relations, 7(3), 55−78.
    • Lee, J., Ok, S. W., & Lee, K. H. (2002). Development and evaluation of a program for understanding gender differences in dating relationships. Journal of Korean Home Management Association, 20(5), 37−49.
    • Ok, S. W., Sung, M., Bae, H. B., & Lee, J. (2002). Qualitative study on the coping strategies of poor female household heads. Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association, 40(6), 223−243.
    • Lee, J., & Ok, S. W. (2001). Family life events, social support, support from children, and life satisfaction among low−income female householders. Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association, 39(5), 49−64.

Books, Book Chapters, and Encyclopedia Entries

  • Lee, J., Lee, J., Lee, K., & Min, J. (2023). Marriages and families: Changes and choices in intimate relationships. Shinjeong.
  • Lee, J. (2022). Composition and characteristics of dual−earner households. In Statistics Korea. Korean Social Trends 2022 (pp. 84−93). Statistics Korea.
  • Chin, M., Koh, S., Kwon, S., Nam, Y., Bae, H., Sung, M., Lee, K., Lee, S., Lee, J., Jang, M., Jang, J., Cha, S., Choi, S., & Huh, S. (2022). Family and care. Hawoo.
  • Ki, P., Sung, M., & Lee, J. (2020). Family life education. KNOU Press.
  • Lee, J., & Son, S. (2018). Family life education in Korea. In M. Roblia, & A. Taylor (Eds.), Global perspectives on family life education (pp. 17−31). Springer.
  • Lee, J., & Chin, M. (2017). Family and marriage. In B. S. Turner (Ed.), The WileyBlackwell encyclopedia of social theory. Wiley−Blackwell.
  • Jang, J., Lee, S., Sung, M., & Lee, J. (2016). Family relationships and communication in South Korea. In G. Jian & G. Ray (Eds.), Relationships & communication in East Asian cultures: China, Japan, and South Korea (pp. 165−196). Kendall Hunt.
  • Han, Y., & Lee, J. (2016). Korea, South. In C. Shehan (Ed.), The Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of family studies (pp. 1836−1839). Wiley−Blackwell.
  • Lee, J. (2015). Revisiting young adults’ instrumental dependence on their parents. In Y. Choi, Koh, H. Kwon, Y. Nam, H. Bae, M. Sung, M. Song, H. Yang, K. Lee, S. Lee, J. Lee, Y. Jang, C. Chung, E. Cho, M. Chi, & S. Choi. (Eds.), Speaking about Korean families: Phenomena and issues (pp. 379−403). Hawoo.
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Grants and Research Projects

  • Principal Investigator, 2025 Seoul Family Survey, Seoul Family Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2025)
  • Co-Investigator, Balanced Regional Growth and Resilience Cluster, Institute for Future Strategy, Seoul National University (2025 – Present)
  • Principal Investigator, Why Childcare is Less Stressful on Some Days than on Others?: A Daily Diary Approach to Place Experiences and Parenting Stress. Korea Research Foundation, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2024 – 2027)
  • Principal Investigator, 2024 Seoul Family Survey, Seoul Family Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2024)
  • Co-Investigator, Seodaemoon-gu Policy Development in Responses to Low Fertility, Seodaemoon-gu Government, Seoul (2024)
  • Co-Investigator, Interdisciplinary Educational Initiatives for Regional Resilience: Toward a New Renaissance Era, Brain Korea 21 FOUR, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea (2024 – 2027)
  • Co-Investigator, Perceptions of Marriage, Childbirth, and Parenting and Future Plans among Seoul National University Students, Diversity Council, Seoul National University (2024 – 2025)
  • Co-Investigator, Inno-Edu 2031: Educational Innovation for the Department of Child Development and Families, Seoul National University (2024 – 2025)
  • Principal Investigator, 2023 Seoul Family Report, Seoul Family Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2023)
  • Principal Investigator, Landscape and Intersection of Work and Love Among Korean Emerging and Young Adults, Asan Foundation (2022 – 2023)
  • Co-Investigator, 2022 Seoul Family Report, Seoul Healthy Family Support Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2022)
  • Co-Investigator, 2021 Seoul Family Report, Seoul Healthy Family Support Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2021)
  • Principal Investigator, 2020 Effectiveness of Seoul Family Services, Seoul Healthy Family Support Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2020)
  • Principal Investigator, Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Mothers with Children in Elementary School. Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2020)
  • Co-Investigator, RIHE HELP Project for Better Quality of Life: The RIHE HELP Archive, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University (2020 – 2021)
  • Principal Investigator, Marriage and Ever-Singlehood in Korea: Text Mining of Social Big Data, Seoul National University (2019)
  • Co-Investigator, A Study on a Paradigm Shift Towards a Culture that Respects Parenting and Raising Positive Awareness on Parenting Culture: A Social Big Data Analysis, Korea Institute for Child Care and Education (2019)
  • Principal Investigator, Family Meals Parenting Education Program 2.0. Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2019)
  • Principal Investigator, Policies and Services for One-Person Households in Seoul, Seoul Healthy Family Support Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2019)
  • Co-Investigator, 2019 Seoul Family Report, Seoul Healthy Family Support Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2019)
  • Co-Investigator, 2018 Seoul Family Report, Seoul Healthy Family Support Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2018)
  • Co-Investigator, A Basic Plan for Public After-School Care Services for Elementary School Children in Seoul, Seoul Metropolitan Government (2018)
  • Co-Investigator, Vision and Strategies to Build a Community at Seoul National University, The Senate of Seoul National University (2018)
  • Co-Investigator, Parents’ Experiences of School Involvement During the Transition to Elementary School, Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea (2018)
  • Co-Investigator, Care Policy and Service in Seoul: Suggestions for Improvement, Seoul Healthy Family Support Center and Seoul Metropolitan Government (2017 – 2021)
  • Co-Investigator, A Panel Study of Korean Parents’ Educational Involvement From the Transition to Elementary School, Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2016 – 2020)
  • Co-Investigator, The Integrated 5C Child and Family Professional Training Program: Competent, Cross?disciplinary, Creative, Collaborative, and Committed, National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2016 – 2020)
  • Co-Investigator, Staff Training Curriculum Design for Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Centers, Korean Institute for Healthy Family (2016)
  • Principal Investigator, Emerging and Young Adulthood in the Context of Korean Families. New Faculty Research Support Program, Seoul National University (2015 – 2016)
  • Co-Investigator, At the Borderline Between Overdependence and Mutual Dependence: Relationships Between Parents and Adult Children Through the Lens of Intergenerational Coresidence, National Research Foundation of Korea (2015 – 2017)
  • Co-Investigator, Supporting Parental School Involvement in Multicultural Families, Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2015 – 2016)
  • Co-Investigator, Education Program for Single Parents with Early Adolescent Children, Center for Family-School Partnership Policy Research at Seoul National University, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2015)
  • Principal Investigator, Inheritance of Financial Assets: Korean Heirs’ Lived Experiences and Reconstruction of Family Relationships. National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2014 – 2015)
  • Co-Investigator, Family Conflicts and Policy Responses: Relational Conflicts and Functional Conflicts, Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs (2014)
  • Co-Investigator, Understanding Institutionalized Familialism: Identification and Implications in the Era of Low Fertility and Aging in Korea, Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs (2013)
  • Co-Investigator, Portraits of Childless Couples in South Korea, National Research Foundation of Korea (2012 – 2014)
  • Principal Investigator, Cultural Values, Sense of Self, and Social Relationships among College Students in Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S., Yeungnam University Research Grant (2011 – 2012)
  • Co-Investigator, Translational Research and Analysis for Family Policy, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Republic of Korea Government (2011)
  • Principal Investigator, Providing and Utilizing Grandmaternal Child Care in South Korea: Grandmothers’ and Employed Mothers’ Lived Experiences, National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea Government (2010 – 2011)