Among the patients(N=377) who are registered in the department of family Medicine of Seoul National University Hospital investigators analysized the stress amount in terms of their recent experience of 98 kinds of life event and induced the 5 life events in the order of frequency, which are :
1. During period of formation, it is the most stressful event to plan about the future perspectives in men(57%), and to live separately from the family members(75%) and begin to have love affair in woman(75%).
2. During the period of expansion, moving is the most frequent event, and pregnancy and / or birth are next ones.
3. During the completion of expansion, the important examination of their children(38% in men, 41% in women) and marital discord(36% in men, 41% in women) were noticed.
4. During the completion of expansion, the important examination of their children, previously acknowledged, was more frequently issued(64% in men, 50% in women).
Other minors include engagement, marriage, leaving home, serving military of their children.
5. During the completion of contraction, there might be the increased chance of family dysfunction as the consequence of the impact of illness(31% in men, 56% in women).
