• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.1-22
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• 2014

This study was focused on investigating the factors of the psychological adaptation of grandmothers raising their grandchildren. The Double ABCX family stress model provided the theoretical basis for this study, and the major factors examined in the study included a pile-up of stressors, family resources and social support, appraisal of situation(redefinition of nurturing), and adaptation(depressive mood and happiness). Data were collected by personal interview with 213 grandmothers raising their grandchildren utilizing the questionnaire survey method. Structural equation modeling analyses were performed and the results showed that a pile-up of stressors, the family resources(i.e., contact and emotional solidarity with grandchildren's parents), and the redefinition of nurturing had significant influences on the psychological adaptation of grandmothers raising their grandchildren. It was also found that social support had indirect influence on grandmothers' psychological adaptation. The redefinition of nurturing had the greatest effect on the participants' psychological adaptation, followed by a pile-up stressor, and then the family resources.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Life Science Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.28.2-28.2
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• 2006

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.178-190
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• 2007

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the constituents and structure of adaptation experiences in their everyday life among senior patients of a nursing home in order to provide nursing intervention data for the satisfaction and the improvement of life of senior patients by appreciating the nature of their adaptational experience. Methods: The participants were five female and one male senior patients who were 65-years old or older and admitted at a nursing home in a metropolitan city. The interview data were analyzed by the Giorgi's phenomenological analysis method. Results: As the results of analysis, the following three constituents have been found out: retrospective focus based on the meaning of admission, expanding a view and facing up to the reality, reconstructing views about the meaning of life and the world. Conclusion: With the increasing number of senior in facilities, nurses not only play a key role in caring for seniors but also in managing their maladaptation. Thus, it is considered that the results obtained from the this study provide valuable information for both the senior patients and their families as well as for the nurses, by presenting the data about senior patients' adaptational experiences of nursing home admission.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.99-109
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• 2022

The purpose of this paper is to verify the mediating effect of peer relations and self-esteem in the relationship between the effects of deficiency of children using local children's centers on school life adaptation. The survey subjects were selected from 424 students in the first year of middle school who were used the local children's center, and analyzed using data from the 4th of the local children's center. Summarizing the analysis results, peer relationships were found to have a complete mediating effect in the relationship between deficiency and school life adaptation. Second, it was verified that self-esteem has a partial mediating effect in the relationship between deficiency and school life adaptation. Children using local children's centers experience deficiencies in various areas of society, but as can be seen from the results of this study, it was suggested that they can help adapt to school life by promoting self-esteem and peer relationships. Therefore, we would like to propose the development of programs and practical implications for promoting children's adaptation to school life, and the expansion of the field of children's research using local children's centers.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.335-345
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• 2017

This is an empirical study with the purpose of analyzing the effects of interpersonal relationship skills and social support on adaptation to college life targeting freshmen. For the objective and questions of this study, 268 freshmen of D University located in Gyeonggi-do were selected and a survey was carried out. The collected survey data were analyzed using factor analysis, reliability analysis, frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis with the SPSS program. The results of this study are as follows. First, there was a significant positive correlation among interpersonal relations, social support and adaptation to college life. Second, the factors, forming initial relationships, claiming rights, mental support and dealing with interpersonal conflicts in interpersonal relations, had a significant effect on adaptation to college life. Third, in the area of social support, family support, friend support and instructor support had a significantly positive effect on adaptation to college life. This indicates that interpersonal relations and social support by family, friends and instructors play an important role in adapting to the new environment of college, so it is necessary to develop and adopt various programs that foster interpersonal relation ability for college students to adapt smoothly to college life.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.135-145
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of attachment relationship with parents of college students majoring in beauty and to study how it affects their adaptation to college life. For college students majoring in beauty, a total of 223 copies were empirically analyzed as the final sample. SPSS ver. 21.0 program was used for analysis, and frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability verification, descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were conducted. Results First, as a result of analyzing the effect of parental attachment on the emotional instability of college life adjustment, it was found that avoidant attachment had a statistically significant effect. Second, as a result of analyzing the effect of parental attachment on the negative relationship of adaptation to college life, it was found that avoidant attachment had a statistically significant effect. Third, as a result of analyzing the effect of parental attachment on the positive relationship of college life adjustment, it was found that trusting attachment and avoidant attachment had statistically significant effects. Through this study, it is hoped that discussions on parental attachment and college life adaptation of beauty major college students will be actively conducted.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.349-361
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• 2021

This study was conducted to investigate the dietary adaptation and use of the university foodservice (UF) in Korea according to the residence period of foreign students. The average length of residence in Korea of t he subjects was 8.2 months. The period of residence was divided into quartiles: 1-4 months in the first quartile (average 2.2 months), 5-7 months in the second quartile (average 6.3 months), 8 months in the third quartile, and 9-66 months in the fourth quartile (average 18.3 months). The regularity of meals tended to be the highest in the 1st quartile and lowest in the 2nd quartile and then increased in the 3rd and 4th quartiles. The frequency of consumption of delivery food and convenience store food was lowest in the first quartile and highest in the second quartile and then decreased with the period of residence. The frequency of night eating increased according to the period of residence after the second quartile. The degree of adaptation to Korean foods was highest in the first quartile. The use of the university cafeteria was significantly higher in the 1st and 4th quartiles than in the 2nd and 3rd quartiles (p<0.05, p<0.01, respectively). The satisfaction with the UF decreased as the residence period increased. Based on these results, since international students are very positive and try to adapt to the dietary life in Korea in their early years of studying in Korea, it would be desirable to intensively support them to adjust to their dietary life at this time. In addition, since it takes about 18 months or more to assimilate the Korean food culture and show positive changes, it is necessary to continuously operate the Korean food culture adaptation program for international students over this period.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.213-221
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to find methods to prevent and improve smart device over-dependence problems by analyzing differences in school life adaptation and academic performance according to children's dependence on smart devices. For this, the data of fifth grade elementary school students in the 12th year were extracted and utilized from Panel Survey of Korean Children. The data were analyzed using non-hierarchical cluster(K-means) analysis, T-test, one-way ANOVA, and Scheffé tests. The results of this study are as follows. First, It has been shown that dependence on smart devices, school adaptation and academic performance have a negative correlation. Second, students in potential and high-risk groups who are highly dependent on smart devices have significantly lower school adaptation compared to those in the safety group. Third, high-risk students showed significantly lower academic performance compared to those in the potential risk group and general group. Based on these findings, it was suggested that for elementary school students who rely on smart devices, various learning support and national efforts such as counseling for school life adaptation are needed.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.1071-1074
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• 2004

The effect of preadaptation at low temperature on cryoprotection was studied for Lactobacillus paraplantarum C7, a bacteriocin producer isolated from kimchi. L paraplantarum C7 cells in their log growth phase were incubated at $15^\circ{C}$, $10^\circ{C}$, or $5^\circ{C}$ for 2, 4, and 6 h, respectively, before being frozen at $-70^\circ{C}$. After 24 h of freezing, viable cells were counted after brief thawing. The freezing-thawing cycles were repeated three more times. Cells preadapted at $10^\circ{C}$ or $5^\circ{C}$ before freezing survived better than control cells, but preadaptation at $15^\circ{C}$ did not confer cryoprotection. Chloramphenicol addition did not destroy the cryoprotection, indicating that protein synthesis was not required for the development of cryoprotection. SDS-PAGE showed induction of a 6.5-kDa protein, a major cold-shock protein, in preadapted cells.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.99-108
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• 2012

Purpose: The study was done to identify factors influencing the quality of life of elderly in non-paid or paid assisted living facilities. Methods: Data were collected by questionnaires from 634 elderly in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Measures were self-esteem, activities of daily living, depression, family support, health status, facility adaptation, care facility's quality, and quality of life. Data were analyzed using $x^2$-test, independent t-test, ANCOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 15.0 version. Results: The significant factors influencing quality of life of elderly in non-paid assisted living facilities were care facility's quality, depression, self-esteem, family support, education, and activity of daily living, which explained about 40.4% of the variance. The significant factors influencing quality of life of elderly in paid assisted living facilities were activity of daily living, depression, family support, education, care facility's quality, and facility adaptation, which explained about 83.9% of the variance. Conclusion: The results suggest that type of assisted living facilities in developing nursing interventions to improve quality of life of elderly should be considered.