• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05b
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• pp.904-906
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• 2011

2008년 9월부터 2009년 3월까지 6개월간 일개 도의 7개 시군에 주민등록을 갖고 있는 만 19세 이상의 성인 1,400명을 조사대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 지역사회 주민의 자살행동 평생유병률을 구하고, 자살생각만 하는 집단과 자살생각 및 자살계획을 갖는 집단의 위험요인을 비교하였다. 조사대상자의 자살생각률은 15.9%, 자살계획은 4.3%, 자살시도율은 1.8%이었으며, 자살생각자 중 27.0%가 자살계획을, 자살 계획자 중 42%가 자살시도를 하였다. 전체 독립변수간의 영향을 보정한 상태에서 다변량분석을 한 결과 우울증, 스트레스, 연령, 삶의 질, 사회적 갈등, 직업이 전체 자살생각에 영향을 주며, 자살생각만에는 우울, 스트레스, 삶의 질이 중요한 요인으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 자살행동을 효과적으로 예방 관리하기 위하여 우울증, 스트레스, 연령, 삶의 질, 사회적 갈등, 실직 상태에 놓인 사람들을 우선적으로 관리할 필요성이 있다.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.327-336
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• 2009

최근 인류의 삶의 질 향상에 따라 건강하고, 쾌적하고, 편안한 삶을 살기 위한 많은 노력이 진행되고 있다. 센서는 이러한 삶의 질 향상을 위해서 필수불가결한 요소 중 하나이며, 고성능의 지능화된 센서가 요구되고 있어, 앞으로 이에 대한 수요는 더욱 증대될 것으로 생각된다. 최근의 센서 연구 개발 방향은 센서에 기능을 부여하는 기능성 재료가 중요한 요소로 더욱 부각되고 있으며, 특히, 다양한 성분과 형태로 존재하는 나노 기능 재료는 기존의 벌크 재료와는 차별화된 독특한 물리, 화학, 기계, 광학적 특성을 갖고 있어 더욱 주목받고 있다. 최근 기존의 나노 입자 연구에서 더욱 발전하여 서로 적용하기 위한 나노선이나 CNT를 포함한 나노튜브, 나노 복합재료 등의 연구가 매우 활발하다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 나노 재료를 이용한 가스 센서, 수질 센서, 바이오 센서, 광 센서 그리고 물리 센서 등 최신 나노 센서 연구개발 동향을 살펴보았으며, 미래 센서기술 발전방향 중 하나로서 나노 재료에 의한 센서의 고기능화 및 극소형화가 매우 중요한 부분으로 활용될 것으로 예측되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.112-124
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• 2019

This study investigated the effects of perceived ageism on appearance related quality of life through appearance satisfaction among older Korean women. Testing the proposed model showed associations among variables and the mediating effects of appearance satisfaction in the relationship between perceived ageism and appearance related psychological and social quality of life. Structural equation modeling analyses upheld the proposed model for 221 women aged 60 and over. The results revealed that older women's perception of ageism negatively influenced appearance satisfaction that subsequently affected perceived levels of both psychological and social quality of life in a negative direction. The direct effects of perceived ageism on both psychological and social quality of life were not found; however, the indirect effects of perceived ageism on these two variables through appearance satisfaction were found significant and negative. This indicated a fully mediating effect of appearance satisfaction in the relationships. The results of this study highlight that perceptions of ageism and its association with body image should be considered to understand the overall quality of life among older women.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.22 no.1 s.103
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• pp.119-129
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• 2007

평균 수명 연장과 건강한 삶을 오래 유지하고자 하는 안락한 삶에 대한 욕구는 필연적으로 고도화된 의료 서비스 발전을 야기시켰다. 아울러 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 기술의 발전과 IT-BT-NT를 포함한 기술간 컨버전스 경향은 유비쿼터스 헬스케어(이하 u-헬스케어)의 실현을 가속화하고 있다. u-헬스케어 서비스가 고도화될수록 지능화된 의료센서나 기기에 의한 개인 생체 정보 및 주변 환경 정보에 관한 모니터링이 가능해지고유무선 네트워크를 통한 건강 정보의 공유가 확대될 것이다. 이와 같이 u-헬스케어는 개인 건강/의료 정보를 포함한 극히 개인적인 정보를 주로 다루고 있고 유무선 네트워크와 절대적으로 밀접한 연관을 맺고 있으며, 의료 정보 권한과 관련된 다양한 이해 당사자가 존재할 수 있다는 점에서 보안 및 프라이버시 측면에서 다양한 취약점과 위협이 존재할 수 있다. 따라서 본 고에서는 u-헬스케어의 특성에 근거한 보안 이슈 및 요구사항을 분석하고 이와 관련한 합리적인 기술적 대안들을 검토해 본다.

• Perspectives in Nursing Science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.102-110
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: The participants were 133 elderly people dwelling in a community. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and Stepwise multiple regression with SPSS. Results: The predictors of quality of life in the elderly were depression, physical symptoms, and social support. Depression and physical symptoms had a significant negative correlation with HRQoL and social support had a significant positive correlation with HRQoL. Among them, depression was shown as the most significant predictor of HRQoL in the elderly ($R^2$=.573, p<.001). Conclusion: These results indicate that strategies to relieve depression should be integrated in interventions to improve the QoL of older adults dwelling in a community residence.

• Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.31-41
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• 2021

This study was conducted to determine how the family relationships of the middle-aged affect their life satisfaction and how family support services regulate the association between the two factors. A total of 8,695 middle-aged residents(aged 50 to 64 years) were chosen from among resident-respondents of the needs survey administered to establish the 4th local social security plan in Gyeonggi-do. The moderating effect of family support services on the relation between family relationship difficulties and life satisfaction was investigated. The analysis showed that the life satisfaction experienced by the middle-aged is slightly higher than the middle level. The lower the difficulty in family relationships, the higher the use of family support services, the more women than men, and the better the economy, the higher the life satisfaction of middle-aged. As a moderating variable, family support services significantly moderate the effects of family relationship difficulties experienced by the middle-aged on life satisfaction. The results are meaningful in that they comprehensively shed light on the difficulties that confront family relationships and the relationship structure of family support services, thereby contributing to the search for life satisfaction among the middle-aged in Gyeonggi-do.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.231-247
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• 2019

This research aims to examine whether depression has mediating effects in the effects of socioeconomic deprivation, especially of lower variables of socioeconomic deprivation on life satisfaction of the elderly. For this purpose, the 12th year(2017) data of the Korea Welfare Panel Study were used. The mediated effect analysis method of Baron and Kenny(1986) were used, and mediating effect of depression was validated through Sobel Test. The results of this research are as follows. Firstly, the lower variables of socioeconomic deprivation of the elderly -deprivation of housing, deprivation of dietary life, social deprivation, deprivation of employment, and deprivation of healthcare- had partial mediating effects of depression in life satisfaction. It was verified that as the elderly experienced deprivation of housing, deprivation of dietary life, social deprivation, deprivation of employment and deprivation of healthcare, depression increased and life satisfaction was lowered. Therefore, it was suggested that to enhance the living satisfactions of the elderly, policies and services reflecting the personal characteristics of socioeconomic deprivation and depression must be made, and that criteria to identify the multidimensional poverty and deprivation experienced in everyday life must be prepared in addition to poverty focusing on income.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.546-562
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• 2014

This research attempts to investigate the geographical approaches on healing, which have been neglected in geography relatively, comprehensively and to examine the meaning of healing in daily life from the viewpoint of the managers of psychological counselling caf$\acute{e}$s. According to the results of this research, exposed healing spaces such as mental clinics or counselling centers are regarded as cultural stigmatic spaces; besides, psychological counselling caf$\acute{e}$s decrease psychological distance or resistance and people calling for healing can access these healing spaces easily. Second, healing spaces from a perspective of modern people mean geographical boundaries as refuges for a brief time; accordingly, the users' activities in psychological counselling caf$\acute{e}$s as instant or unexpected healing spaces in daily life are interpreted as special experiences without any emotional burdens. And these psychological counselling caf$\acute{e}$s are regarded as the spaces where can experience healing repeatedly and continuously. Third, psychological counselling caf$\acute{e}$s were changed into general caf$\acute{e}$s as open spaces; therefore, they can penetrate deeper into daily life rather than others.

• Korean Journal of Family Social Work
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• no.56
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• pp.69-104
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• 2017

This research aims to understand in depth and contextually of the grandchildren 's growth with their grandparents. The data were collected through in-depth interviews with observation and documents and analyzed using life history approach. The life history method was based on Mandelbaum(1973)'s framework including 'life dimensions', 'turning points', and 'adaptations'. After the analysis, central themes in each domain emerge as follows; 'social prejudice', 'growing poverty', 'a painstaking smile', 'more polite and honest', and 'being alone' in life dimensions, 'parentless children', 'a painful memory, outcast', and 'going to college' in turning points, and 'a willing person, parents', 'a blessed person', 'self-reliance and scale of economic life', and 'diligence and inborn cheerfulness' in adaptations, respectively. Based on these results, several intervention strategies and implications for healthy growth of grandchildren.

• 한국노년학
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.1015-1033
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine the meaning and essence of the life of elderly men living alone in public rental housing. Among the phenomenological study methods, the present study used the analysis method proposed by Giorgi(2009). The study participants included 10 elderly men living alone in public rental housing who were recruited through network sampling. The research data were collected through in-depth interviews conducted twice for each person. The results showed that living alone as an elderly man is likened to standing against cold wind out in the wilderness of the world, with living alone deemed a power game between life and death. For the participants, public rental housing is a fence that separates them from the world-the final station of a wandering life. For common people, public rental housing is a stable fence, but for the participants, it is the location of a double-edged solitary life out in the wilderness where the instincts for survival and death play a tug of war. Based on the study findings, the researcher discussed and provided suggestions for psychological housing stability, the disparagement of the elderly in mass media, and countermeasures against psychological isolation.