• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.546-558
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to objectively analyze the influence of the communication style of adolescent counselors on the emotional stability and satisfaction of counseling adolescents. To this end, 180 adolescents under the age of 19 were collected for about two months from May to July, 2020, and analyzed according to the procedure. The analysis results of the research hypothesis 1 set in this study,'The counselor's communication style perceived by a youth client will affect the client's emotional stability' is as follows. First, the controlled and professional communication styles of adolescent counselors positively influence the tension and anxiety of adolescent clients. In addition, the counselor's controlled and professional communication style positively affects the anxiety and fear of adolescent clients. And counselors's cooperative communication style positively affects the client's satisfaction and serenity. Finally, the counselor's communication style does not affect the teen client's optimism. Research hypothesis 2 set up in this study The analysis result of'the counselor's communication style perceived by the youth client will affect the counselor's counseling satisfaction', and all sub-factors of cooperative, controlled, and professional style It was found to have a positive effect on counseling satisfaction.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.31-41
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• 2008

Approximately 95.6% of Korean young people use internet and 82.5% among them experienced online games. 47% of internet users is aim to access online games. Even more 10.6% of students suffer from online game addiction. Even though they are aware of online game addiction problem, most of students and their parents is unable to receive proper help from counselors by lack of professional counselors for game addiction. Moreover, most of the on-site counselors for game addiction needs professional training courses and want to participates in that courses. To solve the problem, this paper found out the needs of them through the survey of students, parents, and on-site counselor's needs and will propose new training curriculum for professional counselors. The results of this study would be available to train professionals for game addiction counseling and could help students who suffer from game addiction. Ultimately korean young people will play online games healthy.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.79-85
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• 2023

This study investigates how experiences of domestic violence from fathers during childhood and adolescence have influenced the formation of one counselor's identity and the outcomes in their life. The research aims to explore how studying the life of this counselor can provide positive effects to other clients who have experienced domestic violence. The research methodology involves in-depth interviews and observations of the participants to understand the subjects, adopting a qualitative research approach based on counseling content. The research findings demonstrate that experiences of domestic violence during childhood and adolescence have had a significant impact on shaping an individual's identity and that through 'overcoming,' one can reconstruct a negative life of 'violence' into a positive life as a 'counselor.' Furthermore, these experiences have provided an opportunity for the individual to perceive themselves more objectively and to find meaning in personal growth and maturity throughout their life journey.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.197-209
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of child rearing in the life of school counselors and what this experience signified to them based on the narrative, a qualitative research method. For this study, two women who have at least eight year long experience, who work as school counselors and who have the experience of rearing their children during adolescence were selected as research subjects. They were subjected to interview and the following research results were drawn out. School counselors' child rearing experience was composed by focusing on the time, society and place, which are referred to as the Three-dimensional narrative investigation space. School counselors "discerned" that the experience of getting reared by original family exerts effect on children. After counseling study, they wished to "become a sufficiently good rearer" who strives to cultivate ideal parent-child relations by understanding their children after undergoing the phase of "self-reflection and apology" for discipline and forced attitude. Moreover, they were transforming into "genuine counselor" through experience based insight, and this in turn includes the meaning of "I, who function intactly."

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.238-249
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• 2015

This study was carried out to analyze the mediating effect of self-soothing ability in the relationship of job environment stress and psychological burnout of youth counselors. To achieve the study purpose, a survey was executed on 150 counselors who gathered for a academic meeting held at Korea National University of Education with the theme of youth counseling on May 5, 2015. The participants included nation-wide counselors working at public agencies, schools, university and colleges, and private counseling offices. Analysis was executed for 113 questionnaires found valid with SPSS v.20, and study findings are as follows: first, career and working conditions youth counselors showed no difference in job environment stress between groups; second, 'lack of challenge' and 'role ambiguity' were found to affect psychological burnout; third, 'resilience' and 'self-disclosure' were found to affect psychological burnout; fourth, self-soothing ability was shown to have a mediating effect in the relationship between job environment stress and psychological burnout of youth counselors. This result will contribute to helping develop programs to cope with stress faced by both experienced youth counselors and counselors in general.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.418-425
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the communication ability scale of the members in the youth counseling organization. The subjects were 131 counselors, social workers, and managers working in youth counseling and welfare centers and exploratory factor analysis and correlation Analysis was performed by using SPSS 12.0 and Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using the AMOS 20.0 program for Scale Validation. As the result, it was to validate and consist of 2 factors as 8 official communication questions and 8 informal communication questions. The reliability of the total 14 questions was secured through internal consistency. In order to confirm the validity of this scale, It analyzed the correlation with another interpersonal communication ability scale. It is expected that the developed scale in the research will help to carry out research related to communication in children and adolescents related counseling institutions.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.139-159
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• 2010

The aim of this study was to explore the current status, and public policy issues related to child counselors, with a special focus on training programs and integrating such training into the national qualification system in Korea. The number of children manifesting various social and emotional developmental problems have increased recently. Thus, there is a clear and growing need for suitably qualified specialists to help them and their parents. Child counselors (CCs) are qualified specialists in child counseling and therapy. However, there are no national qualifications or training systems for CCs in Korea. Therefore, in this study, we proposed a Korean national qualification and training system of CCs by comparing the Korean Youth counselor's qualification, training and in-service training system, and with those of both Germany and the USA. In addition, this study suggested the inclusion of a practicum component and a suitable in-service training system for Korean CCs.

• Korean Journal of School Psychology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.357-377
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• 2020

This study was intended to develop and investigate reliability and validity of a scale that can measure linkage capability of community resources of counselors. This study prepared a preliminary question consisting of a total of 42 questions in 5 areas. Then, the content validity and facial validity were verified by the counseling experts with a first-degree qualification as a counselor in Korean Counselling Psychological Association, and a total of 20 final questions of 4 areas. The final questions were conducted on psychological counselors(N=306) to investigate reliability and validity. As a result of conducting an exploratory factor analysis, validity of the two-factor structure have been verified. And In the confirmatory factor analysis, two factors were shown to be appropriate. The two-factors were named 'The collection and utilization of information' and 'Association with the Organization of Information'. Also, the scale of final selection of questions were found to have a good degree of concurrent validity, interitem consistency and test-retest reliability. The implications of the present study is significant in that it is a measure of community resources linkage capability scale of counselors. In addition, this scale is expected to be useful in Wee Class, Wee Center, Youth Counseling Welfare Center, and other counseling sites.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.303-311
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• 2011

This study aimed to identify success factors of smoking cessation for 6 months in Adolescent smokers. Data were collected from January to December, 2008. The 925 adolescent smokers were registered smoking cessation clinic at public health center in Incheon. Data(demographic, smoking, smoking cessation) were analyzed by logistic regression. Major factors are attempting to quit smoking(no trial, OR=9.48), alcohol drinking(yes, OR=4.61), information source for registration(family, friends's ask, OR=3.94), cessation methods(cognitive+behavior+ nicotine alternative therapy, OR=2.45), gender(male, OR=1.78), grade in school(high schooler, OR=1.65), expiration CO concentration (OR=0.95), and nicotine dependency(OR=0.76). Therefore, smoking cessation policy for adolescence should be emphasized on smoking prevention as well as smoking cessation. We have to help the adolescent to succeed in smoking cessation when they attempt to quit smoking at first time. Female student smokers and middle school smokers should be given advice for smoking cessation motives and more times of counselling for smoking cessation. If adolescent smokers have high expiration CO concentration and high nicotine dependency, they should not only take cognitive-behavior therapy but also nicotine alternative therapy.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.487-494
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to construct a personality strength-based group counseling program that can have a positive effect on the happiness of pop culture and arts people and to verify its effectiveness. To this end, 16 artists from entertainment agencies and art high schools in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do were recruited and assigned to experimental and control groups, and pre- and post-examinations were conducted on both groups as personality strengths and happiness tests. In order to verify the effectiveness of the program, the experimental group conducted a total of eight personality strength programs once a week and 60 minutes per session, and the control group was ignored. As a result of the study, the personality strength and happiness of the group participating in the program were significantly improved compared to the control group, showing that training to strengthen personality strength can lead a happier life by promoting the happiness of youth pop culture artists. This is meaningful in that it has created a starting point for managing the mental health of pop culture subjects.