• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.247-254
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose was to investigate the influences of mentoring program on adjustment to college life and self-esteem of nursing college students. Method: Thirty-one nursing college students took part in the study. Mentoring program was carried out for 4 hours a week for 16 weeks. Result: Mentoring program showed significant change on the adjustment to college life and self esteem. Conclusion: It is promising that mentoring program can be effective one to increase the adjustment to college life, and improve the self-esteem of nursing college students.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.34-45
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate the major selection motivation, academic stress, self-efficacy and college life adjustment and identify influencing factors of college life adjustment in the crisis situation of COVID-19. 243 nursing students were selected from 2 regions through convenience sampling. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS for Windows Ver. 22.0. The higher the major selection motivation and self-efficacy, the higher the college life adjustment. The lower the academic stress, the higher the college life adjustment. The factors influencing college life adjustment were self-efficacy, major selection motivation, monthly allowance, and the explanatory power of these variables for college life adjustment was 65.6%. Therefore, in order to improve the nursing students' college life adjustment, it is necessary to develop and apply college life adjustment program to increase self-efficacy.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.33-42
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• 2013

Purpose: The study identified the impact of health status, health promoting behaviors, and social problem ability on college adjustment among nursing students. Method: The subjects consisted of 208 nursing students. Data collected from October to November 2011 were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression. Result: The mean scores of health status ($3.20{\pm}.56$), social problem ability ($3.20{\pm}.43$), and college adjustment ($2.95{\pm}.57$) were above the average. But health promoting behaviors ($2.31{\pm}.39$) was the average. Health status was significantly different according to grade, dwelling, and academic achievement. Health promoting behaviors was significantly different according to gender. College adjustment was significantly different according to gender, grade, religion, dwelling, reason of nursing department application, and academic achievement. But social problem ability was not significantly different according to general characteristics. Significant correlations were found among health status, health promoting behaviors, social problem ability and college adjustment. Health promoting behaviors, social problem ability, academic achievement, and gender were influencing factors of college adjustment (47.3%). Conclusion: These findings indicate that it is considered to gender, academic achievement, health promoting behaviors, and social problem ability to improve college adjustment of nursing students. Will also reflect the need to develop programs to promote desirable college adjustment among nursing students.

• Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.48-62
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the mediating effects of social support and self-efficacy between academic stress and college adjustment in physical therapy students. Design: Survey. Methods: 75 subjects were surveyed about the level of academic, Academic Stress, College Adjustment, Social Support, Self-Efficacy, and self-control. To confirm the cognitive function on brain activity were evaluated. Results: First, College students have higher academic stress and lower college adjustment. Higher social support and self-efficacy have lower academic stress and better college adjustment. Second, students with high academic stress need constant attention to increase their social support and programs to reduce academic stress. Third, students with high academic stress, low social support, and low self-efficacy can increase their cognitive strength through the brain wave thereby reducing the academic stress they are currently feeling. Conclusion: In order to improve the College Adjustment, it is considered that it is important to increase the cognitive function through brain train along with the development of a student management program that can reduce academic stress and increase social support and self-efficacy.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.1576-1583
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• 2014

This study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and adjustment of college life as well as the effect of emotional intelligence on adjustment of college life in first year nursing college students. The participants were 104 first year nursing college students. Data was collected from June 11 to 13, 2012 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression. The mean scores for emotional intelligence 3.59 and adjustment of college life 3.01 were above average. A significant and positive correlation was found between emotional intelligence and adjustment of college life. The emotional intelligence predicted adjustment of college life. The strongest predictor on adjustment of college life was emotional recognition and next predictors were in order of empathy and emotional expression among the sub-factors of emotional intelligence. The results of this study suggest that it needs to develop the program for improving the emotional intelligence for better adjustment of college life in college nursing students.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.342-351
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relations of loneliness and YouTube addiction on college life adjustment of college students in the distance education during COVID-19 environment. In order to accomplish this purpose, this study built a research model that viewed how loneliness and YouTube addiction work together to explain college life adjustment such as social adjustment, academic adjustment. This study was conducted an online survey and applied 95 survey data to the final analysis. Structural equation model was used to analyze the data. The results of this study are summarized as followings. First, loneliness has negative effects on both social adjustment and academic adjustment. Second, YouTube addiction has a negative effect on social adjustment. In conclusion, loneliness and YouTube addiction are the significant predictor for the college life adjustment. Implications for practice are discussed.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.919-929
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• 2016

The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of college life adjustment on emotional intelligence in dental hygiene students. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 550 dental hygiene students in Daegu from May to June, 2016. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of the subjects, emotional intelligence scale, and student adaptation to college questionnaire using Likert 5 point scale. Data were analyzed by t-test, one way ANOVA, post hoc $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test, Pearson's correlation test, and multiple regression test. Results: The mean scores of emotional intelligence 3.40 points and college life adjustment 3.14 points were above average. Every sub-field of emotional intelligence had static correlation, and there was a close correlation between college life adjustment and every specific field. The academic adjustment (r=0.515) and institutional adjustment (r=0.458) showed strong correlation with the emotional intelligence. The higher the emotional intelligence score was, the higher the college life adjustment was. Variables having statistically significant influence on college life adjustment included economic status, major satisfaction, self-emotional, use of emotional and emotional control (37.7%, p<0.001). Conclusions: Emotional intelligence played a significant role in dental hygiene students to adapt well with the demands of college life. The college should provide the efficient programs in the curriculum that helps enhance emotional intelligence of the students.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.580-590
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of parental attachment on anxiety of Chinese students in Korea as well as the role of the mediating in the adjustment of college life. This study investigates the Chinese students in Seoul in 4-year colleges. And through SPSS 18.0 this study has done. The results as follows: first, the age, education background, the communication between college students and their parents, the sense of trust, academic adjustment, social adjustment, personal emotional adjustment, college environment adjustment and anxiety were negatively correlated. And alienation is positively correlated with anxiety. Second, the factor analysis of parents attachment in this study, the trust and the adjustment of college life have an impact on academic adjustment and personal emotional adjustment, and the academic adjustment and the personal emotional adjustment also has a certain impact on anxiety. Third, the results indicate that the mediating effect of college life adjustment is statistically significant on the relationship of cognized parental attachment and anxiety. At the same time, it is also proved that in the relationship between parental attachment and anxiety, the adjustment of college life has been the role of the intermediary.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.549-557
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of self-directed learning ability and creativity on college adjustment in nursing students. Method: Data were collected by questionnaires from 148 nursing students in October, 2010. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. Results: A positive correlation was found for college adjustment with self-directed learning ability and creativity. Self-directed learning ability and major satisfaction were significant predictors of college adjustment. The model explained 44.1% of the valuables. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that self-directed learning be considered when developing strategies to increase college adjustment in nursing students.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.253-263
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• 2019

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to identify the self-efficacy, major satisfaction, and degree of adjustment to college life of nursing students and the relationships among the foregoing. Methods : This study was conducted with 319 nursing students in B city from May to June 2019. The collected data were analyzed with frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's test, and Pearson Correlation Coefficient using the SPSS /WIN 22.0 program. Results : The self-efficacy score of nursing college students was shown to be 2.95±0.32 points, major satisfaction score was shown to be 3.83±0.55 points, and college adjustment score was shown to be 3.52±0.55 points. The degrees of adjustment to college life were significantly different according to general characteristics of nursing students as follows; grade (F=6.614, p=.000), health condition (F=13.384, p=.000), club activities (t=4.557, p=.000), happiness index (F=32.094, p=.000), part-time job (t=2.781, p=.006), and motive of major selection (F=7.300, p=.000). The adjustment to college life of nursing students showed a weak negative correlation with self-efficacy (r=-.196, p<.001) and a strong positive correlation with major satisfaction (r=.782, p<.001). Major satisfaction and self-efficacy showed a weak negative correlation (r=-.185, p<.001). Conclusion : Through the results of this study, it can be seen that repetitive studies are necessary in relation to the self-efficacy, major satisfaction, and college adjustment of nursing students, and that interest in effort for the development of programs that can improve nursing students' major satisfaction and college adjustment are necessary.