• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.5-39
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• 2011

The objective of this study is to survey Social Participation of the Elderly's quality of life according to their activity levels and examine the differences by their gender and age. The subjects of this study were elderly aged 60 or older who are living in the metropolitan area and those reportedly participating in various social activities at the time of the survey. A total of 586 cases were used for the analysis. Data were analyzed through multi group analysis using a structural equation model, and AMOS 7.0 was used in statistical processing. The results of this study showed that, first, the quality of life was significantly and positively affected by flow experiences in economic participation, social fellowship participation, and self development participation. Second, the results of multi group analysis on the relations between the social participation level and the quality of life according to gender demonstrated that the there were gender differences on the full path model, and that there were significant differences in relationships between the volume of social fellowship participation and the quality of life between men and women. Third, a similar finding was found for the age group that the paths between flow experiences in economic participation and the quality of life significantly differed by age groups. Based on these findings, implications for theory and practice were discussed.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.243-250
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• 2022

This study attempted to explore the essential meaning of emotional experiences of bereavement of with the mother, the main caregiver of adult women. For this purpose, three adult women who had experienced bereavement with their mother were subjected to an in-depth interview method about their life experiences and their meanings. The collected data were analyzed by applying Colaizzi Phenomenological research method. As a method of deriving the research results, four categories of "Bereavement Experience," "Emotional Experience," "Relationship Experience," "Growth Experience," were derived by conducting a study on the essence of the emotional experience experienced by an adult women who loss her mother and the effect on the life of herself and her family became. This study is meaningful in that it contributed to recovery and growth by healing with positive life changes according to the passage of time and the will to overcome despite the trauma of suffering and loss due to the death of the mother, the attachment target.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.85-96
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was to compare health behaviors, DM management and HRQoL among Diabetic patients according to education experience. Methods: Data were obtained from Community health Survey(CHS) of 2015. The participants were 22,937 diabetic patients who had education experience or not. Data were analyzed on complex sample anaysis using SPSS 24 program. Results: The education experience group showed higher percentages of health behaviors and DM Management and higher HRQoL. The significant negative factors influencing HRQoL were Bed ridden experience, higher subjective stress, depression expereince, age, low education and positive factors were good subjective health status, walking, mod-exercise, drinking, employment, spouse, good subjective happiness. Conclusion: These results show that education experience is a way to help diabetic patients' health behavior, DM management, HRQoL.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.161-199
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• 1997

Unexceedingly rapid industrialization in Korea produced not only the improvement of living standards but many side effects including safety problems. This study, utilizing the survey data on 800 respondents on the quality of life and psycho-physical safety, reveals several findings as follows: 1) safety is one of the key dimensions of quality of life, 2) people usually take an equilibrium between risk and safety, although the equilibrium point differs by culture, social system, and other demographic traits, 3) accidents can be classified into three different types, demanding a different approach on the cause process, and solution in safety-related accidents. Major findings of this study implies that for the improvement of the quality of life, we should prescribe different policy measures according to the three different types of accidents.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.535-544
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• 2022

This study identified the relationship between deliberate rumination of adults who experienced traumas and post-traumatic growth, and examined the mediating model of meaning of life moderated by trauma intensity on deliberate rumination and post-traumatic growth. Participants were 318 male and female adults who experienced traumas. The moderated mediating effect was analysed with PROCESS Macro 3.5 Model 7. Results revealed that deliberate rumination of adults who experienced traumas was positively correlated with trauma intensity, meaning of life, and post-traumatic growth, while meaning of life was positively correlated with post-traumatic growth. In a moderated mediating model for post-traumatic growth, there was significant interaction effect of deliberate rumination and trauma intensity; conditionally indirect effect of deliberate rumination was only significant for whose trauma intensity were high. These findings suggest that adults who did deliberate rumination are more likely to experience post-traumatic growth with finding meaning of life. And, the moderating effect suggests that this influence is only with higher levels of trauma intensity. In conclusion, deliberate rumination of severe traumatic event may lead to post-traumatic growth, and it can be helpful to experience the meaning of life in the process.

• Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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• v.70
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• pp.207-238
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• 2022

Faith education focuses on 'changing the direction of life' that pursues the life of Christ. This is possible only when the message of the Bible is embodied in life, not by accumulating biblical knowledge. Today, however, faith education does not allow biblical messages to be embodied in life. This is the result of focusing on knowing the Bible itself, instead of guiding the faith education to meet the Bible and the experience of human life. Church education emphasized the inner faith of individuals rather than changes in life and practice, preparing for the afterlife, and mostly for the training and quantitative growth of the church. As a result, in the COVID-19 era, Protestants showed an immature appearance that only cared about the safety of the church, and social trust in Protestants was lost. Therefore, faith education should educate what life of the Bible and the experiences of the learner will meet and respond to God in order for the Bible's message to be realized in life. I tried to find out how to prepare for this faith education in detail. So I would like to look at "The preparation process for religious classes related to experience" compiled by the German Protestant Lutheran Bavarian Presbyterian Church and present tasks for application to the Korean Church. Preparation for experience-related religious classes consists of five courses. It is a personal meeting, a theological orientation, a pedagogical orientation, a pedagogical decision, and a summary of the progress plan. The main purpose of this process is to learn how biblical believers interpreted their experiences in life from the perspective of faith and tried to overcome the problem. Faith education related to experience deals with the essence of faith education, not one of the Bible teaching methods. Although the field of education is in the social change of expanding from the real world to the virtual world, the essential nature of faith education cannot change. Therefore, research and application of faith education related to experience in Korean churches will help the biblical message to be embodied in Christian life.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.636-652
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to have an in-depth understanding of the structure and essence of the living experiences of unmarried mothers institutionalized after childbirth through phenomenological research. Methods: The data were collected through in-depth interview with 9 unmarried mothers from October 1, 2016 to February 2017 and this is qualitative research using Colazzi's phenomenological research method. Results: The living experiences of unmarried mothers institutionalized after childbirth had 15 themes in 4 theme clusters: 'childbirth and parenting,' 'living in women's refuge,' 'becoming independent as proud mother,' and 'disentangled thread.' Conclusion: After childbirth, unmarried mothers experienced psychological pressure from the need to cope with lonely and wearing reality by themselves but struggled to overcome the reality together with their child. Unmarried mothers hoped to live the life they chose proudly and happily together with their child. It is therefore necessary to give residential and environmental support to unmarried mothers in pursuit of their stable living and to change the awareness in the whole society with the aim of removing negative social attitude and discrimination, accepting differences, and living together.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.9
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• pp.321-333
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• 2017

This study was a qualitative study using Colaizzi's phenomenological study method to understand the experience of reconstructing life through hemodialysis in chronic renal failure patients and to clarify the meaning of their vivid experience. The participants were eight chronic renal failure patients receiving hemodialysis. Data were collected through individual in - depth interviews with participants. The five categories that were found in the study were 'The beginning of unexpected difficulties', 'Burden of survival brought on by hemodialysis', 'The driving force of recovery', 'Choices and concentration of today in order', ' Every day life which must be woven sincerely'. The results of this study will help clinicians better understand the physical and mental suffering experienced by patients with chronic renal failure receiving hemodialysis and how they are constantly trying to adapt to a changed lifestyle. Also it might provide basic data for the development of efficient nursing intervention for the health management of hemodialysis patients.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.177-186
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effect of organizational citizenship behavior in relation between incivility and professional quality of life. The data collected from June 8, 2018 to June 29, 2018, and the questionnaire from 250 nurses at 3 general hospital in D city. The data were analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation, hierarchical analysis and Sobel test. Organizational citizenship behavior showed perfect mediating effect in the relationship between incivility experienced by nurses and compassion satisfaction, and partial mediating effect in the relationship between incivility experienced by nurses and burnout. The results indicate that it is necessary to develop strategies and applications to enhance organizational citizenship behavior for improved professional quality of life of a nurses who experience incivility.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.281-294
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• 2000

지난 몇 십 년간 한국사회는 급격한 도시화와 시-공간 압축을 겪었다. 이러한 변화는 한편으로는 정체성 혼란을 심화시켰으며, 다른 한편으로는 여가시간의 증대를 초래하고 있다. 이 정체성 혼돈과 여가의 증대 경향이 대중들로 하여금 ‘삶의 질’요구를 제기하게 하였다. 이 논문에서는‘삶의 질’향상이 자연과 장소에 대한 문화적 감수성 회복을 통하여 이루어질수 있다고 주장한다. 여기서 문화적 감수성이란 자연과 장소에 대한 심미를 의미한다. 16세기의 위대한 유학자 퇴계 이황의 경관독해처럼, 유교적 자연미는 숭고미가 아니라 자연합일 감성이다. 유학자들은 이러한 자연에 자신을 합일(정체화)하는 감성을 가지는 것을 최선의 일상적 실천으로 삼았다. 생생불식하는 자연의 모습을 ‘천지의 마음’으로 보고, 그것을 체득하는 것에 자기수양의 궁극적 목적을 두었기 때문이다. 퇴계는 자연합일이 아니라 거주 과정에서 형성된 인간-자연 간이 감성적 연계에 관한 것이다. ‘삶의 질’추구는 인간과 자연생태계 간의 심각한 단절을 극복하기 위한 참된 거주경험에 대한 욕구이다. 우리는 유학자의 ‘자연합일’감성으로부터 진정한 거주경험을 배울 수 있다.