• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.380-390
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• 2022

This research is to find out what kinds of function imaginary companions do to the characters in a picture book featuring imaginary companions. To this end, a total of 26 picture books featuring imaginary companions published in Korea were analyzed using content analysis to assess the function of imaginary companions in the relationship between the main character and imaginary companions. As a result of the study, the imaginary companions were found to play the function of playmates (77%), care givers and/or advisers (42%), companions (42%), other egos (38%), those who get wish realized (23%), those who sharing emotion (23%), and emotion controllers (19%). In the picture book, the imaginary companion was performing various functions according to the situation and needs of the characters. Mostly two to three (2~3) kinds of functions were performed in the each analyzed picture book, and as a result of analyzing trends out of 26 picture books, it showed that there are three types of trends in relationship, which was horizontal, vertical and other egos. The imginary companions depicted in the picture books were not only being who helps realize whishes, take care of main characters, and control their emotions, but also appeared to share hearts, project other ego and be a good friend with an equal level of relationship that plays together always.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.149-166
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• 2001

This study examined differences in function, structure, and satisfaction of adolescent friendships by differing patterns of internet usage and of real life versus internet friendships. Subjects were 396 male and female 10th grade students. Data were collected with structured questionnaires and analyzed by SPSS. Findings were that the internet functioned as a major field of interpersonal relationships for Korean adolescents. Among 3 types of internet usage patterns, pursuit of interpersonal relationship, constituted most of the functioning and the most intimate friendships and game pleasure had the fewest and least intimate friendships both in real life and on the internet. Subjects addicted to the internet had the most functioning friendships and the highest level of intimacy in friendships. As the level of internet addiction increased, the level of satisfaction in friendships in real life decreased while the level of satisfaction of friendships through the internet increased.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.135-157
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• 2004

This study was motivated from the proposition that readiness for self-sufficiency is important for future independent life of poor adolescents. This study focused on analyzing the effect of empowerment as a mediator as well as analyzing the effects of predictive factors of readiness for their self-sufficiency. For conducting this study, a survey method was used on 240 poor adolescents residing in Seoul. This study used path analysis method for analyzing mediator effect of empowerment. In the results, Statistically significant variables that had effect on readiness for self sufficiency through empowerment(intrapersonal, interpersonal, sociopolitical) were family relations and peer relations. Participation in social organization variable had a positive influence on readiness for self-sufficiency through interpersonal empowerment and sociopolitacal empowerment. Problematic variable had a negative influence on readiness for self-sufficiency through interpersonal empowerment. Such results provided knowledge foundations for diverse social work approaches related to promoting empowerment. Specifically, this study shows that diverse social services are necessary for promoting poor adolescents readiness and social work interventions are necessary for strengthening adolescents empowerment.

• The Korean Journal of Elementary Counseling
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.123-139
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of a conflict resolution program on conflict resolution strategies and friendship quality of children. The subjects of this study were higher-grader students of elementary school. Out of the students, 18 were into the experimental group, while the rest were into the control-group. The experimental design was the pretest-posttest control group design, and the 50-minutes conflict resolution program was treated for the experimental group twice per week (a total of 11 sessions). The scale of conflict resolution strategies presented by Ha Ji Wean (2005) and the scale of friendship quality of children presented by Rhee Un Hai and Koh Yun Joo (1999) were used as the measurement tools in this study. In order to supply the limitations of quantitative data, the journals of group participation of each session and the participation reports after the completion of the program were qualitatively analyzed. The results of hypotheses verification were as follows; First, conflict resolution strategies conflict was significant difference in enhancement of the compromising-integrating strategy and the obliging strategy, and reduction of the dominating strategy. Second, friendship quality was significant difference in enhancement of the friendship positive function, and friendship satisfaction, and in reduction of the friendship negative aspect, The results of the study confirmed that the conflict resolution program affected both conflict resolution strategies and the friendship quality of children.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.1466-1469
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• 2011

최근 1년 사이에 급격하게 증가한 스마트폰의 보급률과 그 기반의 서비스 중 많은 인기를 끌고 있는 분야의 하나가 소셜네트워크서비스(SNS)이다. 본 논문에서는 사용자들의 생각을 자유롭게 등록하고 의견을 나누는 토론을 바탕으로 서로 공감하는 의견을 많이 내주는 사람들 사이에 관계를 형성할 수 있도록 해주는 모바일 SNS 시스템에 대해 논하고자 한다. 토론 커뮤니티 기능, 친구 관리 기능, 개인 마이크로 블로그 기능, 메시지함 기능, 친구 분석 및 추천, 토론 의견 알림 서비스를 서버와 스마트폰 기반으로 시스템이 구성되어 있다. 본 모바일 SNS는 안드로이드 플랫폼을 기반으로 제공되는 프레임워크의 장점들을 이용하여 각 기능들을 제공하도록 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2012.06d
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• pp.392-394
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• 2012

최근 소셜 네트워킹 관련 서비스의 다양화와 지속적인 사용자 증가로 인해, 기존의 서버 중앙화 방식은 사용자 증가에 따른 유지비용 부담과 프라이버시 측면에서도 보안 위험성을 안고 있다. 본 논문은 위 문제의 해결 방안으로 소셜 네트워킹의 특징인 인맥으로 구조화된 p2p 시스템을 제안한다. 우리는 p2p의 기본기능인 룩업(lookup) 프로토콜을 기존의 방식과는 다르게 데이터 맵핑 범위를 친구관계로 연관된 그룹 내로 한정시키는 방식을 사용한다. 이를 통해 자신과 실제로 관련 있는 친구들에게만 저장함으로 보안성을 향상시켰으며 p2p의 장점을 얻을 수 있었다. 마지막으로 성능 분석을 통하여 p2p기반의 소셜 네트워킹 서비스의 실제 구현 가능성을 평가한 결과, 사용자당 친구 수가 시스템 성능의 변수임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.11-22
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• 1999

This study focused on the relationship of social skills and social support from family and friends to adjustment between children and adolescents. Subjects were enrolled in the fifth, sixth, 1st, & 2nd grades of elementary and junior high schools. The instruments were Teenage Inventory of Social Skills, Perceived Social Support from Family & Friends, Child Depression Inventory, and Antisocial Behavior Scale. Results indicated that there were positive relations between social skills and social support from family and friends. The more social support from family children and adolescents had, the less depression and antisocial behavior they reported. For depression, children and adolescents showed a significant sex difference. In the case of antisocial behavior, only adolescents revealed a significant sex difference. Depression was explained by social support from family most for both children and adolescents. Antisocial behavior was explained by social skills most especially for children. The results discussed in the context of the effects of social skills and social support on emotional and behavioral adjustments.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.319-329
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of adolescent's family function, impulsive behavior, stress on the bullying types. Method: Data were collected from 627 adolescents and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression with the SPSS 18.0. Results: The bullying types (injurer and victim) correlates with family function, impulsive behavior and stress. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed emotional reactivity, non-planning impulsiveness, friends related stress, experience of drinking (yes), experience of parent depression problem (yes), explained 34.1% of the total variance in bully injurer. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed communication, motor impulsiveness, friends related stress, gender (male), grade (junior high school), explained 30.9% of the total variance in bully victim. Conclusion: The results of this study are expected to be used as basic data in providing a better understanding of adolescents' bullying, in preventing bullying and in developing an intervention program.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.429-439
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• 2018

The objective of the study was to analyze difference in cognitive function according to social isolation level in elderly Korean. The author classified the social isolation into the structural isolation and contact isolation. Structural isolation corresponded to the no spouse or no children and the contact isolation corresponded to the absence of contact with children, friends or social association. Author conducted multivariate regression analysis with the elderly people aged 65 years or older from the 5th wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing data. Number of sample was 3,971. It was confirmed that the level of cognitive function was lower according to level of social isolation. It was also confirmed that friends/neighborhood isolation, and social activity isolation showed significant relationships with cognitive functions. Based on the results, author suggested that to protect the elderly from negative effects of social isolation, we needed the policy to promote elderly's the participation in social activity. The study to analyze the factors related to social isolation was also needed.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.633-644
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• 2014

In this research, focusing on the public data access function and the communication function of SNS's, an educational program was implemented for the PC and mobile environments. The program offers functionality to share short messages with friends so that problems can be solved while communicating these messages back and forth. With each visiting page, a method for communication was provided, and each room had a announcements page, Q&A section, discussion forum, and file sharing space to facilitate more communication, and by adding the 'search for friends', and 'recommended friends' functionality, it was possible to study with friends and other unknown people using the program. The applications of the educational program were proposed through the analysis of survey results of elementary and high school students of the program.