• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.10
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• pp.301-308
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between personality, stress and college adjustment of nursing college students and to identify the factors influencing college adjustment. The data collected from December 14, 2017 to December 19, 2017, and the questionnaire from 193 nursing students in D City. The data were analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA and Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation and multiple regression analysis. The mean scores of major satisfaction, was $6.32{\pm}2.03$, personality was $3.76{\pm}.43$, stress was $1.57{\pm}.37$, and college adjustment was $3.30{\pm}.65$. There were positive correlations between college adjustment and major satisfaction(r = .41, p <.001), as well as between personality (r = .60, p <.001). The significant factors influencing the college adjustment were number of consultation, major satisfaction and personality, which explained 49% of the variance in the college adjustment. Based on these findings, programs that develop personality are necessary for college nursing students in order to promote college adjustment.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.321-329
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of positive psychological capital and resilience on adjustment of college life and to suggest strategies for improving the adjustment of college life of nursing students. Data were collected from September 10 to September 30, 2020 using a structural questionnaire, which was completed by 197 nursing students in G city. The data was analyzed using SPSS/WIN (Version 22.0). The factors affecting the adjustment of college life of nursing students included positive psychological capital (ß=.36, p<.001), subjective health status (ß=.22, p<.001), resilience (ß=.21, p=.024), and major satisfaction (ß=.11, p=.047). These factors accounted for 47.0% of the adjustment of college life (p<.001). It is important to find ways to improve the level of positive psychological capital of nursing students and there is a need to include education programs or practical interventions to strengthen positive psychological capital.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.317-330
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• 2021

This study aims to derive the main factors for predicting student departure of university freshmen and provide the basis for establishing policies to prevent student departure at the institutional level. For this purpose, a random forest model is developed with the data observed for 2 years at a four-year private university in Seoul. In the prediction model, 6 variables of school adjustment factors and 12 variables of institution satisfaction factors are applied. The top 6 variables presenting the highest MDA turn out to be emotional stability, financial conditions, assurance in the choice of major, satisfaction with the choice of university, educational method(systematic teaching method), educational method(effectiveness of major education). Based on the results of this study, it is suggested the necessity of institutional design supporting freshmen to adapt to university life and stably continue their studies.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.11
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• pp.95-101
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• 2020

This study was conducted to identify the convergence relation of critical thinking disposition, problem-solving ability and college life adaptation and to find out the factors that influence college life adaptation. The survey was collected on 172 2nd and 3rd grade students majoring in dental laboratory technology from three-year colleges in Chungbuk and Jeonbuk. The analysis results showed that the critical thinking disposition was 3.50, problem-solving ability of the study subjects was 3.55 and college life adaptation was 3.27. The most influential factor in college life adaptation was critical thinking disposition followed by major satisfaction and college satisfaction in that order. In order to improve the level of college life adaptation of dental laboratory technology students, it is necessary to reform the educational environment and develop a variety of educational program to increase critical thinking, major satisfaction and college satisfaction.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.331-341
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• 2020

This study is a descriptive research study aimed at confirming the mediating effect of empathy ability in the relationship between interpersonal ability and adjustment to college life for freshman in nursing college. The study subjects were 179 freshman from the nursing department of four universities. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from June 11 to June 18, 2018. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that the interpersonal ability and empathy ability of the nursing college freshman were factors influencing the adjustment to college life, and that the empathy ability had a partial mediating effect in the relationship between the interpersonal ability and the adjustment to college life. These results suggest that it is necessary to develop and apply curriculum and extra-curricular programs that can enhance students' empathy ability as a way to improve the adjustment to college life in the freshman. Therefore, repeated studies including various variables related to college life adjustmente of freshmen in nursing colleges are needed in the future.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.253-262
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• 2018

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of self-leadership, emotional intelligence, and academic self-efficacy on adjustment to college life among nursing college students. The subjects included 207 nursing college students in C City. Collected data were analyzed based on descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. Self-leadership, emotional intelligence, and academic self-efficacy had significant effects on student adjustment to college life with an explanatory power of 26.2%. Moreover, relationships between student's general characteristics and adjustment to college life revealed differences in self-leadership according to grades and marks, in emotional intelligence according to the grades and hours on the internet, in academic self-efficacy according to hours on the internet, and in adjustment to college life according to grades. Adjustment to college life was highly positively correlated with self-leadership and emotional intelligence. In short, the findings demonstrate that self-leadership and emotional intelligence had important effects on adjustment to college life among nursing college students and reveal a need to reinforce the development of programs designed to improve self-leadership and emotional intelligence to facilitate adjustment to college life.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.135-145
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of attachment relationship with parents of college students majoring in beauty and to study how it affects their adaptation to college life. For college students majoring in beauty, a total of 223 copies were empirically analyzed as the final sample. SPSS ver. 21.0 program was used for analysis, and frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability verification, descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were conducted. Results First, as a result of analyzing the effect of parental attachment on the emotional instability of college life adjustment, it was found that avoidant attachment had a statistically significant effect. Second, as a result of analyzing the effect of parental attachment on the negative relationship of adaptation to college life, it was found that avoidant attachment had a statistically significant effect. Third, as a result of analyzing the effect of parental attachment on the positive relationship of college life adjustment, it was found that trusting attachment and avoidant attachment had statistically significant effects. Through this study, it is hoped that discussions on parental attachment and college life adaptation of beauty major college students will be actively conducted.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.68-77
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• 2017

This study investigated the relationships among major satisfaction, nursing professionalism, and college life adaptation of the nursing students in order to present basic data to assist in adaption of college life. The study subjects were 553 nursing students from two universities in K and P cities by self-report questionnaire survey. Data were collected between November 7 and November 25, 2016. The data were analyzed through frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and hierarchical regression using SPSS 21.0 program. As a result, major satisfaction, nursing professionalism, and college life adaptation averaged 3.86(out of 5), 3.97(5), and 3.34(5) respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between major satisfaction and nursing professionalism, college life adaptation on nursing students. In addition, nursing professionalism had moderating(F=8.460, p=.004) and partial mediating (${\beta}=.21$, p<.001) effects between major satisfaction and college life adaptation among nursing students. In conclusion, nursing professionalism is a very important factor in the effects of major satisfaction of nursing students on college life adaptation. Therefore, in order to promote college life adaptation of nursing students, and increase their major satisfaction, it is necessary to develop and apply an educational program that can establish the right nursing professionalism.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.127-136
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• 2024

This study was conducted to examine the self-efficacy and rejection sensitivity of nursing college students and their college life adjustment, as well as to identify the impact of self-efficacy and rejection sensitivity on college life adjustment. An online survey via URL was conducted on 154 enrolled students from nursing colleges nationwide. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 23.0 statistical software for descriptive statistics, independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression analysis. The results of the study showed that the self-efficacy of the subjects was 3.80±0.63 points, rejection sensitivity was 2.67±0.83 points, and college life adjustment was 3.58±0.54 points. The factor influencing the college life adjustment among nursing college students was self-efficacy (β=.42, p<.001), while rejection sensitivity showed a significant negative correlation with adaptation to university life (r=-0.24, p=.003), but it was not a significant influencing factor. Therefore, it is necessary to develop and utilize various teaching methods and programs for psychological and social support to enhance self-efficacy in order to improve the adjustment of nursing college students to college life.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.180-186
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of college adjustment and social support on career development for college students majoring in health or social welfare. For this purpose, a survey was conducted in the Gyeongsangnam-do area. There was a total of 203 study participants. Data were collected with a set of questionnaires and analyzed by a multiple regression analysis. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, the mean of main variables are as follow; career development was 3.54, college adjustment was 3.07, social support was 3.59. Second, by using a multiple regression, college adjustment and social support had a positive effect on career development. In other words, higher the college adjustment and higher the social support, the higher the career development. Third, academic adjustment among the sub-areas of college adjustment and friend support among the sub-areas of social support had a significant effect on career development level. Based on these results, implications for research and practice were discussed.