• 한국노년학
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.635-652
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• 2019

A few studies have examined the relationship between living arrangements and mental health status among older Korean immigrants in the United States and older Koreans in South Korea. This study attempts to fill this gap by conducting a comparative study to understand the relationship between living arrangements and psychological distress. Survey data from older Koreans between the ages of 60 and 79 from the two countries (N= 480) was analyzed descriptively and in hierarchical multiple regressions. This study found that among older Korean immigrants in the United States 26.4 % of those living alone and 7.3 % of those living with a spouse only reported 'severe' psychological distress while their counterparts in South Korea 20.0 % of those living alone and 20.6 % of those living with a spouse only reported 'severe' psychological distress. The hierarchical multivariate analysis reveled that older Koreans living alone are not significant predictor of psychological distress in both countries. Interestingly, older Korean immigrants living with a spouse only and living with others are significant predictors of psychological distress. This study also contributes to the existing literature by searching for diverse conditions that lead to mental health problems among older Koreans in both countries.

• The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.427-446
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• 2009

This study examined the possible mediating effects of emotion-focused coping and perceived efficacy on the relation between evaluative concern perfectionism and psychological distress. A convenience sample of 241 university students (129 men and 112 women) was employed. Analyses of the structural model for the full sample yielded evidence of good fit. The results support the indirect pathways of evaluative concern perfectionism to psychological distress through emotion-focused coping and perceived efficacy. About 40% of variance in psychological distress was accounted for by evaluative concern perfectionism, emotion-focused coping and perceived efficacy. In addition, the fully mediated model produced good fit to the data across gender. However, there were no differences in structural paths as a function of gender. Implications for counseling practice and future research are discussed.

• RED RIBBON
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• s.16
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• pp.10-13
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• 1997

상담은 '심리적 고통으로부터 벗어나 마음의 평화를 얻고자 하는 인간의 기본적인 욕구를 해결해주는 것'이라고 한다. 따라서 에이즈 상담은 에이즈에 대한 막연한 두려움과 공포를 지닌 피상담자와 자신이 에이즈에 감염되었을 지도 모른다는 심리적 고통 속에 있는 피상담자에게 필요한 정보나 도움을 줌으로써 이들의 고통을 덜어주는 것이라 생각한다. 또한 상담과정을 통해서 정확한 정보를 주고 에이즈에 대한 전반적인 교육을 함으로써 에이즈 예방효과도 얻을 수 있는 것이 에이즈상담의 궁극적인 목적이라 할 수 있다. 이러한 목적을 실현시킬 수 있는 에이즈 상담요원 양성을 위해서는 어떤 요소가 고려되어야 하며, 피상담자가 상담하고자 하는 내용에 효과적으로 대응하기 이해서는 어떤 교육내용으로 구성되어야 하는가에 대해 관련 기관에서 실시했던 에이즈교육 및 전문상담과정 현황을 소개하고 끝으로 발표자가 생각하는 에이즈 상담교육 내용 안을 자료로 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korean Philosophical Society
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• v.146
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• pp.163-192
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• 2018

In the philosophy of Louis Labelle, the subject of "good and evil", which is rarely discussed in modern philosophy, emerges as a very important concept. In his reasoning, the notion of evil starts from a passive stipulation of the Scholastic philosophy of "the lack of being", but he defined the evil, which actually exists in the world with more positive sense as a willing force destroying "life and values". In his reasoning that defines "the presence of evil" as "le scandale du monde", all humans have the possibility of evil as an attitude of will, and the presence of evil in the world and in human society is inevitable. On the other hand, because the outcome of evil appears as physical and mental "pain", the human's attitude toward pain, which attempts to deny suffering, induces a moral will to overcome this evil. The moral anguish, which is the "internal suffering" that we have in front of the presence of evil, makes us conscious of becoming a "moral being", and people become self-satisfied here. Although painful, self-satisfaction and happiness about becoming a moral being is the only occasion and motive for man to overcome this by opposing the presence of evil. In other words, Lavelle's thoughts for good and evil are based on "moral psychologism", and the "coherence of psychological horizons and ethical horizons" between rejection of suffering and moral agony enables "ethical optimism" that man constantly overcomes evil and produces good. This is clearly an advanced modern application of scholasticism on the concept of evil.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.293-308
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• 2024

Background: Assessing the change in mental health status of quarantined patients in community treatment centers at the time of admission and discharge, and inferring the influencing factors. Methods: The study was conducted on a sample of 1,941 quarantined patients from three community treatment centers. Changes in anxiety, psychological distress, post-traumatic stress, depression, and self-harm ideation between admission and discharge were categorized as either "improved" or "worsened." Inference was performed to determine the probability of worsening in mental health status. Results: The mental health status of quarantined patients, such as anxiety and depression, was relatively higher than that of the general population. Anxiety (84.3% improved) and psychological distress (79.0% improved) were reduced during quarantine treatment. However, some patients continued to experience moderate to severe levels of anxiety (11.2%) and psychological distress (11.0%) at discharge. As for depression, the depression of moderate or higher level was increased at the time of discharge (28.7%→36.7%) compared to admission. The deterioration of anxiety and psychological distress was found to be the most significant factor influencing the worsening of depression at discharge (odds ratio [OR] for anxiety deterioration, 2.04; OR for psychological distress deterioration, 3.56). These effects were also observed similarly in post-traumatic stress and self-injury ideation. Conclusion: Improving anxiety and psychological distress among quarantined patients in community treatment centers can reduce the worsening of post-traumatic stress, depression, and self-injury ideation at the time of discharge. These findings provide evidence for the need for active mental health management from the initial stages of quarantine treatment.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.615-623
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to verify the effectiveness of the positive psychological group program for psychological and Affectivity well-being of self-support program participants. To this end, 30 participants in the self-support program were recruited from the B-Self-Sufficiency Center in Gyeonggi Province and divided into an experimental group and a control group, and the experimental group conducted a positive psychology program once a week for a total of 8 sessions. As a result of the study, first, the positive psychology program showed a significant difference in the psychological well-being of self-support program participants. Second, the positive psychology program improved positive emotions and reduced negative emotions, resulting in significant differences in Affectivity well-being. Third, the positive psychology program helped to reduce mental pain. Fourth, in the comparison between groups, there were significant differences in psychological and Affectivity well-being. Therefore, it was proved that the positive psychology program is effective in psychological and Affectivity well-being for self-support program participants.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.145-158
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• 2024

The aim was to evaluate the impact of nurse-led religious and spiritual interventions (RSI) on the psychological distress of hospice care patients. Pubmed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Embase, RISS, KISS, and ScienceOn were searched until December 2023. A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed on 10 studies involving a total of 597 hospice care patients. Overall, nurse-led RSI appeared to have beneficial effects in reducing anxiety (SMD = -1.09, 95% CI = -1.67 to -0.50) and depression (SMD = -1.12, 95% CI = -1.83 to -0.40). These findings suggest that, if applied appropriately, nurse-led RSI can be used as a method to alleviate psychological distress among hospice care patients.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.145-154
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• 2019

As the interest in the positive quality of life is increasing throughout the world, the number of people who are suffering from negative sentiments, such as depression, anxiety, or stress, is increasing, as well. Especially, the adolescence period is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood and accompanies significant changes in terms of the body and mind alike. The purpose of this study is to examine the negative sentiment of the juveniles, caused by the stress they experience in their social and personal domains and the distress tolerance that can protect the inner feelings of them at the same time, to understand how they are related to the subjective well-being of the juveniles. For this study, the researcher employed the data from 362 high school students from the high schools located in Seoul and Gyeonggi area, which were analyzed using the statistics suites SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 22.0. According to the findings of this study, first, the depression and anxiety of the adolescent population showed a significant relationship for each variable with regard to the distress tolerance and the subjective well-being. Especially, the negative correlation with the subjective well-being was highly significant. Second, the depression and anxiety of the juveniles turned out to influence the distress tolerance and subjective well-being of them in a negative manner. In both distress tolerance and subjective well-being, the influence of anxiety was higher than that of depression. Third, in the relationship between depression, anxiety, and subjective well-being, the distress tolerance turned out to have a mediating effect. Such results of this study provided the basic data for suggesting the strategies to promote the perceived psychological well-being and help the juveniles who are under stress.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.13-24
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• 2023

This study tested whether the evaluation of moral cleansing behavior following an immoral act depends on the resources available to the wrongdoer. To this end, resource availability was manipulated by the wrongdoer's characteristics (socioeconomic status vs. physical health condition) and type of moral cleansing (donation vs. volunteer work), and participants rated the pain of the moral cleansing behavior, hypocrisy, and forgivability. Study 1 presents a scenario where a wrongdoer, either high or low in socioeconomic status, conducts moral cleansing via donation or volunteer work. Participants judged donation by those high in socioeconomic status to be not so painful, hypocritical, and unforgivable. Study 2 described a scenario in which a wrongdoer, either physically strong or weak, performs an act of moral cleansing either by donation or volunteer work. Participants considered those sickly wrongdoers' volunteer work to be painful, less hypocritical, and (compared with other conditions) more forgivable. Mediation analyses showed that in both Studies 1 and 2, pain in moral cleansing influenced the hypocrisy judgment which, in turn, affected perceived forgivability. These results indicate that, even for the same expiatory behavior, moral judgment depends on the actor's available resources. That is, people believe that moral cleansing should involve pain; otherwise, the act is hypocritical and unforgivable.

• Bulletin of the Korean Institute for Industrial Safety
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.6-10
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• 2003

근골격계 질환은 더 이상 사업주와 노동자간에 상호 책임을 미루거나, 윤리적인 비난으로 에너지를 소비할 한가한 문제가 아니다. 이미 노사간에 노동시간과 노동강도(부담)의 문제로 발전하고 있어 생산현장의 근본적이며 구체적인 문제와 연결되어 있다. 우리사회에서 가장 중요한 직업과 건강의 문제, 생산과 건강문제가 되었다. 따라서 의학적 측면에서의 접근은 매우 제한된 역할밖에 할 수 없는 상황에 와 있으며, 지금까지 의학적 관리프로그램의 적용은 일정한 한계를 드러내고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 근골격계의 신체적 고통과 이와 관련된 심리적 고통을 당하고 있는 노동자들은 의학적 도움을 요청하고 있으며, 기업 또한 여러 가지 의학적 관리를 통해서 이 문제를 해결하고자하는 노력을 기울이고 있다. 이러한 상황에서 이 글에서는 사업장에서 근골격계 질환의 의학적 관리를 위한 방안들을 제시하고자 한다.(중략)