• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.347-357
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between nurses' spirituality and attitude toward terminal and to provide basic data for enhancement of the quality of terminal care in geriatric hospitals. Data analysis was done with SPSS/WIN 18.0 program and included t-test, ANOVA, scheffe test, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient. Results: The subjects' spirituality was significantly correlated with attitude toward terminal care in geriatric hospital. Conclusion: This study suggests the need for nursing education program and development of a variety of intervention strategies to help them to achieve a positive attitude toward terminal care in terms of geriatric hospital by familiarizing themselves with the concept of spirituality.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.308-317
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting suicidal ideation in psychiatric inpatients. A total of 186 psychiatric inpatients participated in the study. Data were analyzed by frequencies, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and hierarchical multiple regression with SPSS WIN 18.0. Suicidal ideation showed significant differences according to marital status, diagnosis, and previous suicide attempt history. There were significant correlations among depression, self-esteem, spirituality and suicidal ideation. Depression and spirituality were identified as predictors affecting suicidal ideation. The regression model explained 52.4% of suicidal ideation. As a result, intervention program for decreasing depression and improving spirituality is essential to decrease suicidal ideation in psychiatric inpatients.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.294-303
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects end-of-life care education using self-reflection diary on spirituality, death orientation, and attitudes toward nursing care of the dying patients in nursing students. This study adopted nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design and the subjects consisted of 69 in the experimental group and 68 in the control group. The education was performed for 100 minutes a session, once a week for 12 weeks. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire consisting of general characteristics, spirituality, death orientation, and attitudes toward nursing care of the dying patients. Collected data was analyzed for frequency, percentage, ${\chi}^2$ test, Fisher's exact test and t-test using SPSS/WIN 21.0 computed program. There were statistically significant differences in spirituality and attitudes toward nursing care of the dying patients between the experimental group and the control group. Regarding death orientation, our result showed no significant differences between two groups. These findings suggest that end-of-life care education using self-reflection diary was effective in enhancing the spirituality and attitudes toward nursing care of the dying patients in nursing students.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.253-263
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was conducted to analyze the association between spirituality and stress of mental health social workers, which could be used in development of a program to help them manage stress and offer spiritual support. Methods: Participants were 154 mental health social workers in Korea. Data were collected from November 1 through November 30, 2011. The study employed the Korean version of the Spirituality Scale and Psychosocial Well-being Index-Short Form (PWI-SF). Data were analyzed using SPSS/Windows 17.0. Results: The mean score for the Spirituality Scale was 3.63 and for PWI-SF 18.78. Spirituality scores showed a significant difference among participants by age, education, religion and marital status. Psychosocial stress scores also significantly differed by marital status. Spirituality scores were negatively correlated with psychosocial stress scores (r=-0.548, P<0.001). Conclusion: In this study, a significant negative association was found between spirituality and stress in mental health social workers in Korea. A follow-up study with a larger sample of participants is needed to confirm these findings.

• 한국노년학
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.125-149
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyse the mediating effects of spirituality on the relationship between functional capacity and depression among the elderly. The conceptual framework was based on the integrated theory by Brief et al.(1993) to life satisfaction. The sample was collected through convenience sampling of 413 elderly persons who were 65 years of age or older drawn from senior welfare centers, community senior centers, and religious institutions in Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province. Data analysis was performed using Structural Equation Modeling(SEM). The main findings of the present study are as following: First, spirituality had the mediated effects on which depression and IADL influenced life satisfaction. Particularly, existential spirituality on life satisfaction had larger effect size than religious spirituality. Second, the results showed that religious spirituality had positive effects on existential spirituality. These findings demonstrate that the development and implementation of programs geared for fostering religious spirituality and existential spirituality of senior citizens are needed to improve life satisfaction in the field of social welfare. To this end, the foundation of spiritual practice in the field of social work with older people should be constructed through a spirituality-related system and professional training.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.587-592
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to grasp the mediating effect of workplace spirituality on the relationship between emotional labor and life satisfaction of art psychology counselors. The subjects of the study included 196 art psychological counselors in Sokcho city. As an analysis method, the SPSS program was used to perform frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis for the causal relationships between variables and the verification of the mediating effect. First, for the relationship between the emotional labor of art psychology counselors and their overall life satisfaction, both the surface behavior and inner behavior factors, which are sub-factors of emotional labor, have partial mediating effects on overall life satisfaction. Second, in the relationship between the emotional labor of art psychology counselors and their subjective life satisfaction, the inner behavioral factor, which is a sub-factor of emotional labor, has a partial mediating effect in relation to workplace spirituality. This means that workplace spirituality plays a mediating role in the relationship between emotional labor and life satisfaction of art psychology counselors. This study is considered as basic data for preparing plans for improving the life satisfaction of artistic psychological counselors.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.453-459
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• 2021

This study examined the relationship between spirituality, social support, and interpersonal relationships in the workplace of art psychotherapists.The subjects were 114 art psychotherapists in the city of U. Frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were performed using the SPSS 22.0 program. First, regarding the effects of work spirituality of art psychotherapists on interpersonal relationships, the sub-factors of workplace spirituality (vocational consciousness, inner consciousness, and empathy consciousness) had a positive effect on interpersonal relationships. On the other hand, community consciousness and transcendence consciousness, which are sub-factors of workplace spirituality, do not appear to have a significant effect on interpersonal relationships. Second, regarding the effects of social support of art psychotherapists on interpersonal relations, the sub-factors of social support, such as evaluative support and material support, had a positive effect on interpersonal relationships. On the other hand, emotional support and informational support did not significantly affect interpersonal relationships. This means that higher vocational consciousness, inner consciousness, empathy consciousness, evaluative support, and material support factors of an artistic psychotherapist are conducive to better interpersonal relationships. This study provides basic data for preparing a plan to promote positive interpersonal relations among art psychotherapists.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.361-369
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of spirituality and stress of clinical practice and to identify the relationship of variables among nursing students. Data were collected from 203 nursing students using self-report questionnaire composed of demographic characteristics and two scales including spirituality and stress of clinical practice. Data were analyzed by frequencies, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients using the SPSS program. The mean score for spirituality and stress of clinical practice were above medium level, with the value of 3.18 and 3.42 out of 5 respectively. There were significant mean differences in spirituality according to religion and satisfaction on major while those in stress of clinical practice according to sex and satisfaction on major. Significant negative correlation between spirituality and stress of clinical practice was found. In conclusion, to reduce clinical stress in nursing students, it is necessary to develop and apply educational program for spiritual improvement.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.65-76
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• 2008

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a spirituality/hope promoting program on fighting spirit, helplessness, anxiety, and self-care behaviors. Methods: A nonequivalent control group pretest- posttest design was used. Study subjects were 22 cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy for the experimental group and 31 for the control group. The experimental group received a 4-week intervention, 30-50 minutes a day weekly. Variables were measured at baseline, 4 and 8 weeks later. Fighting spirit and helplessness were measured by MAC(Mental Adjustment to Cancer) and anxiety was measured by Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale. Self-care behaviors scale developed by Oh et al.,(1997) was used. Results: The experimental group revealed significantly more fighting spirit(t=-4.10, p=.000). more self-care behaviors(t=-5.91, p=.000). and less helplessness(t=3.94, p=.000). No difference, however, was found in anxiety between the two groups(t=.24, p=.861). Conclusion: These results suggested positive effects of a spirituality/hope intervention program. Helplessness decreased mainly through an increase in fighting spirit. Self-care behaviors increased mainly through an decrease in helplessness and increase in fighting spirit.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.59-68
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of spirituality of nursing college student on spiritual wellbeing. We collected data by conducting structural survey to 148 freshmen from 2 nursing college from October to December, 2014. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS 18 program by mean, SD, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple regressions. As for the correlation between subdivisions of spirituality and spiritual wellbeing, the result showed statistically significant positive relationship in all of the subdivisions. As for the multiple regression analysis result, the variables influencing religious wellbeing such as religious status, daily devotion, and inner resource of spirituality had 65.1% of explanation power, while the variables influencing existential wellbeing such as meaning of life, inner resource had 59.3% of explanation power. We expect this study will provide with base data to develop the improvement program of spiritual wellbeing considering the quality of nursing college student.