• Informatization Policy
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.82-98
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• 2018

Internet overdependence has become a public health concern in Korea. It is well known that family and community level efforts could alleviate possible harms from Internet use. However, little research exists regarding smartphone overdependence. This study examines factors affecting smartphone overdependence and, specifically, help-seeking for smartphone overdependence among Korean adolescents. The study is based on parental mediation theory and uses a help-seeking framework. The results indicate that preventative education provided by school and community increases the levels of awareness of both the possible harms from smartphone use and the option of accessing the mental health service, while it was not effective in preventing smartphone overdependence. Parental mediation was a protective factor for smartphone overdependence but was negatively associated with the intention to use the mental health service. In sum, behavioral problems related to smartphone use require multidimensional preventative efforts from both the family and the community. It is suggested that effective preventive education methods are developed for parents and adolescents.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.492-503
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of elementary school students' interpersonal stress and attitudes toward help on happiness. The subjects were 171 elementary school students. Data were analyzed using ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis. The results of the study are as follows. First, there was a significant negative correlation between interpersonal stress and happiness. Attitudes toward help had a significant positive correlation with happiness. Second, parents and peer relationship stress had significant negative influence on happiness. Third, help seeking attitude toward parents and teacher among the sub-factors of help seeking attitude had a significant positive influence on happiness. Fourth, the relationship between parental stress and happiness showed a significant mediating effect on parents and teacher attitude toward help. The relationship between teacher stress and happiness showed a significant mediating effect on teacher attitude toward help. The relationship between peer relationship stress and happiness had no mediating effect of attitude toward help. Based on these results, we discussed the importance of attitude toward help in the relationship between stress and elementary school students' happiness.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.77-87
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• 2017

This study analyzed the data from Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine factors associated with help-seeking among Korean adults with suicidal ideation. The results from binary logistic regression analysis showed that being currently married, low family income, and absence of diagnosed clinical depression were negatively associated with seeking help. Gender, age, education, the PHQ total score, and health insurance did not significantly change the probability of seeking help. The future suicide help-seeking intervention should focus on those who are less likely to seek help.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.11
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• pp.748-760
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• 2021

The purpose of the study is to examine the mediating effects of ambivalence over emotional expression and psychological flexibility on the relationship between employees' beliefs about emotional expression and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. The subjects of this study were 346 employees(male: 176, female:170) over the age of 19. Questionnaires including beliefs about emotional expression, ambivalence over emotional expression, psychological flexibility, attitude toward seeking professional psychological help were conducted and the collected data were analyzed by using SPSS and Macro. A summary of the results as follows. First, in the results of the correlation analysis on the primary factors had a significant correlation. Second, psychological flexibility had a mediating effect in the relationship between beliefs about emotional expression and attitude toward seeking psychological help while mediating effect of ambivalence over emotional expression was not significant. Lastly, the sequential mediating effect of ambivalence over emotional expression and psychological flexibility between beliefs about emotional expression and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help was significant.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.67 no.2
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• pp.85-112
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• 2015

This study examined the relationship structure among personal and social cognitive factors contributing to professional help-seeking decisions to relieve distress of those in low-income, then suggested an appropriate model to inform knowledge for better social work practice. Using data of a purposive sampling from 331 low-income people, covariance structural analyses were conducted in two stages of model exploration, one for TPB model and another for its extended model including the level of distress, family support, and willingness. As results, in the path analyses with the observed variables of the basic components of the TPB, subjective norm showed the strongest effect on the intention, following by attitudes towards help-seeking, then behavioral control the least; in turn both the intention, positively, and behavioral control, negatively, contributed to help-seeking decisions. In the second stage of the path analyses with the extended model of the TPB, each of distress and family support demonstrated direct positive effect on each of attitudes, subjective norm, and behavioral control; each of the attitudes, subjective norm, and behavioral control showed positive effect on both intention and willingness; in turn, while intention showed strong positive effect on help-seeking decisions, willingness had no significant effect and behavioral control had negative effect on decisions. There were significant indirect effects of behavioral control on intention through willingness and of willingness on decisions through intention. These results suggested that the TPB model is useful for modeling help-seeking decisions through personal and social cognitions, especially the significance of subjective norm implied the importance of social cognition for the people in low-income with distress. Further, it was implied that the extended model needs to address particularity of those people in low-income and the mechanism shown by behavioral control and willingness implied the importance of practicing respect for the client's autonomy and will for self-support in social work practice.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.10
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• pp.258-269
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to explore relations between college students' dating violence perception and professional help-seeking attitudes and other factors that affect professional help-seeking attitude and their effect size. 508 students from a college in Chungcheong region responed to self-report questionnaires. Data were analyzed by Partial correlation coefficients and regression analysis using the SPSS 22.0 program. As a resullt, self-disclosure and anticipated utility on self-disclosure had positively effect on professional help-seeking attitudes. In contrast, violence perception, perceived social support, risk on self-disclosure and barriers to seeking help had negative effect on professional help-seeking attitudes. The total effect size was 46.1%, and the effect size of anticipated utility on self-disclosure was the largest, followed by risk on self-disclosure and barriers to seeking help. This study contributed to the broading of dating violence research topics and provided the directions to the endavour to increase the use of professional services among college students

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.671-681
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of help-seeking and concealment in the relationship between perfectionism, depression, and anxiety. The participants were 252 university students, and analyses were conducted using PASW 18.0 and Amos 8.0. Help-seeking was confirmed to be a mediating variable between self-oriented perfectionism, depression, and anxiety. That is, self-oriented perfectionism had an effect on depression and anxiety through help-seeking. Also, concealment was a partially mediating variable between socially prescribed perfectionism, depression, and anxiety. The need to develop counseling and education approaches as a special intervention is discussed. The approaches are meant to reduce socially prescribed perfectionism and concealment. Limitations and implications for further study are suggested.

• Proceedings of The Korean Society of Health Promotion Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.95-95
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• 2009

목적 : 고등학교에 재학중인 청소년을 대상으로 한 우울증 인식개선 프로그램이 우울증 관련 지식과 전문적 도움추구 태도에 긍정적인 변화를 가져오는지 평가하고자 연구를 수행하였다. 방법 : 서울시태 2개 고등학교 12개 학급을 선정하여 무작위로 중재군과 대조군에 각 6개 학급씩을 할당하였다. 중재군에는 학급단위로 1회 50분간 3회의 교육을 주 1회 실시하였다. 교육프로그램의 효과평가를 위해 중재군은 사전, 프로그램 수행 직후, 중재 2개월 후 추적조사를 실시하였고, 대조군은 사전 및 추적조사를 실시하였다. 우울증에 대한 지식 및 전문적 도움추구 태도의 변화를 분석하였다. 결과 : 교육프로그램 수행 직후 중재군에서 우울증에 대한 지식총점이 유의하게 높아졌고, 우울증을 경험하는 친구에 대한 반응 및 전문적 도움추구 태도가 긍정적으로 변화하였다(p<.05). 추적조사에서는 우울증에 대한 지식총점의 경우에서만 두 군 간에 차이가 유지되었다(p<.05). 결론 : 우리나라 고등학생을 대상으로 한 학교기반의 우울증 인식개선 프로그램은 대상자의 지식과 태도에 긍정적인 변화를 가져왔다. 보다 지속적인 효과를 기대하기 위해서는 반복적인 교육이 요구된다.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.251-261
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to find out how much psychosocial factors affecting the intention to use mental health services and the characteristics of respondents in college students. Specifically, the influence of the level of knowledge about mental health, subjective norms, attitudes for seeking help, and social psychological stress levels on the respondents'intention to seek help is examined. As a result of the study, it was found that the subjective norms, social and psychological stress levels, and mental health students'intention to use mental health services were influenced by factors. It was found that subjective norms, psychosocial stress level, and attitude toward using mental health service were factors that influence the intention to use mental health service. The influence of these factors on help seeking intention was in the order of psychosocial stress level, help seeking attitude, and subjective norm. The study provided implications that were helpful in message development when executing mental health promotion and awareness campaigns by identifying predictive factors of the intention to use mental health services of college students.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.268-280
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• 2017

This study was conducted to analyze the moderating effect of self-expression and attitude toward help on the relation between interpersonal relationship and bullied experience among adolescents. Participants were 316 junior and highschool students in Seoul and Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do during May-June, 2014. As a result of analyses, first, the interpersonal relationship and self-expression had significant negative impact on bullied experience. Second, there was no significant correlation between attitude toward help and bullied experience. Third, self-expression had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between interpersonal relationship and bullied experience. Specifically, high self-expression weakened the negative influence of interpersonal relationship on bullied experience. Fourth, there was no significant moderating effect of attitude toward help on the relation between interpersonal relationship and bullied experience. Based on these results, we discussed the importance of self-expression for prevention of bullying among adolescents.