• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.257-264
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• 2020

The purpose of the study is to identify the grit and career preparation behaviors of healthcare major college students and to analyze factors associated with their academic achievements. A structured questionnaire survey was carried on 241 students at an university in D-city. The scores for grit, career preparation behavior, and academic achievements were 3.32, 2.87, and 3.44, respectively. The study results show statistical differences among academic achievements, motivation to choose major, and satisfaction with major and university. The strong and positive effects of grit and career preparation on academic achievements were found. The satisfaction with major(β=.279 p<.001) and grit (β=.224 p=.001) explained 23% of academic achievements. The results suggest various intervention programs based on multiple factors associated with grit and major satisfaction in order to enhance academic achievements.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.325-335
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• 2018

This study is a qualitative study applying phenomenological methodology to understand the experiences of childrens with precocious puberty and to describe the whole meaning. Participants were randomly selected from six childrens who had been diagnosed with precocious puberty. From October 12, 2016 to November 18, 2016, data were collected through in-depth interviews with individuals and group interviews. The method proposed by Colaizzi (1978) was used to guide the process of data analysis. Four theme clusters were derived from interview data : the treatment chosen by the mother, uncomfortable treatment, illness not understood well, and don't want to get treatment again. we identified the various emotional and psychological difficulties experienced by childrens with precocious puberty. Future research should develop a nursing intervention program to reduce the burden of the children and accept the treatment as a positive emotion.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.279-287
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• 2020

For effective clinical practice education, this study was conducted to find out the effects of learning practical subjects on the core competency and satisfaction level of clinical practice on nursing students. The research subjects were divided into groups that conducted four core nursing education classes eight hours a day for two weeks, and groups that received traditional lecture-oriented education, and a questionnaire was prepared and reported by themselves after 15 weeks of clinical practice. The collected data was analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, chi-square test, and t-test using the SPSS 21.0 program. The findings supported the hypotheses in critical thinking propensity and clinical practice satisfaction, and the hypotheses in leadership, problem-solving and communication skills were rejected. The results of this study confirmed that practical training for strengthening core practical skills has a positive effect on the critical thinking tendency and clinical practice satisfaction of nursing students. Therefore, it can be used as an effective practical training arbitration in nursing education.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.217-223
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• 2019

The relationship between balance and ankle muscle characteristics (strength and flexibility) may be important to identify those at an increased risk of falling and to develop fall-prevention training programs. The association between ankle muscle characteristics (strength and flexibility) and balance has not previously been studied. The purpose of this study assessed the relationship between ankle muscle characteristics and balance. Sixteen healthy participants volunteered to participate in the study. Dynamic balance measured using Y-balance kit. Ankle muscle characteristics (strength and flexibility) measured using hand-held dynamometer and goniometry. The results indicated a positive correlation between ankle invertor muscle strength and Y-balance test performance. Clinicians should consider ankle muscle strength during therapeutic interventions to improve dynamic balance.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.469-477
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• 2021

This purpose of this study was to survey pregnancy stress, self-esteem and depression in pregnant women and to identify factors influencing depression. Data were collected 154 pregnant women. Data were analyzed using ANOVA, t-test, Scheffe's test, Stepwise Regression Analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficient. There was statistically significant difference in pregnancy stress on variable such as planned pregnancy. There were statistically significant difference in self-esteem on variables such as religion, occupation, gestational age. There was statistically significant difference in depression on variables such as planned pregnancy. Pregnancy stress was positively correlated with depression. depression was negatively correlated with self-esteem. Self-esteem was negatively correlated with pregnancy stress. Factor influencing depression were self-esteem, planned pregnancy, pregnancy stress, which explained 30.2%. Findings provide useful information for further studies in antenatal care of pregnant women. Therefore, to promote emotional support of pregnant women, it is necessary to standardized antenatal education program.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.319-328
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• 2019

This study investigated the needs assessment of health education for adults with lately visual impairments. Focus group interview was conducted two times with 10 participants(4~6 participants/each). Most subjects addressed to have interest in social support group; health promotion behavior including exercise and having a positive mind; taking the medicine/supplements. Preferred contents of health education for adults with lately visual impairments were overcoming the depression, various exercise, maintaining of the healthy vascular, overcoming the insomnia, joint health, and diet which was different according to subject's health status. Also, care giver education was needed to help the subject to be independent on the activity daily living. These findings will be used to develop the design of health education programs for adults with visual impairments.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.147-156
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• 2019

This study was conducted to understand the relationship among self-efficacy, career identity and professional self-concept of nursing students. Data were collected from 175 nursing students in the 3rd and 4th grades of the nursing students by questionnaire method. The analysis method was stepwise multiple regression. It revealed professional self-concept was statistically significant according to gender, health status, interpersonal relationships, satisfaction on university life, satisfaction on major and perceptive academic achievements and self-efficacy, career identity and satisfaction on major to be significant predictors of professional self-concept. These variables accounted for 56.4% of professional self-concept. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the professional self-concept of nursing students by implementing a gradual intervention program that can improve the self-efficacy, career identity and satisfaction on major from the freshman period.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.347-353
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• 2019

This study was a descriptive research to investigate the difference of obesity, smoking, drinking affected allergy disease in Korean adolescents using the raw data of $6^{th}$ Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey(2015). Study data on 535 Korean adolescents classified 12 to 18 years and Rao-Scott Chi-square test and logistic regression were used for analysis. The results of the study showed that the prevalence of asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis were 5.4%, 15.5%, 22.8% and not shown differences according obesity, smoking, drinking. But, the risk factor of asthma was related obesity, atopic dermatitis was related smoking. Based of this study's findings, It is necessary to develop the Heath Promotion Intervention Program according of obesity, drinking, smoking for the quality of life in adolescents diagnosed Allergy disease.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.467-475
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship andropause symptoms, stress, self-esteem and quality of life among middle-aged men. The data were collected from Jun to August 2017. The subjects were 40 to 60 year old males residing in Y city and 198 questionnaires were analyzed. A menopausal man's quality of life was significantly different according to final education, monthly income, exercise status, the scores of quality of life was negatively correlated with those of andropause symptoms and stress, but positively correlated with those of self-esteem. The result of adding six variables that have significantly different quality of life, factors influencing quality of life are self-esteem, stress, andropause symptoms, monthly income and analysis result, explaining 52.3% of the variance. Therefor, The results of this study through repeated research in the future, it will contribute to the development and application of a nursing arbitration program to improve the quality of life for men in menopause.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.393-400
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of metacognition and self-leadership on social responsibility in nursing students and verify the mediating effects of self-leadership on the relationships between metacognition and social responsibility. The subjects of this study consisted of 131 nursing students. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires. The results were as follows: There was a significant correlation with metacognition, self-leadership and social responsibility. Metacognition and self-leadership had a positive effect on social responsibility. Self-leadership had a partial mediating effect in the relationship between metacognition and social responsibility. Conclusively, this results indicate a need to develop programs that effectively promote the self-leadership and maximize metacogniton to increase social responsibility in nursing students.