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An Investigation on the Future Recognition of Career Counselors and their Future Competency and Future Adaptability change by using the Future Workshop (미래워크숍을 활용한 진로직업상담가의 미래인식과 미래역량 및 미래적응력 변화 탐색)

  • Yeom, In-Sook;Lim, Geum-Hui
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.17 no.11
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    • pp.557-567
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    • 2019
  • This investigation was conducted to derive future recognition and future competency of career counselors using future workshops and to verify the effectiveness of improving future adaptability. For this purpose, the future workshop was conducted for 25 career counselors and the data written and the discussion contents of the future workshop were analyzed. For analysis, word frequency analysis and corresponding sample T-verification were conducted, and the main words were derived through consensus. The results, First, the keywords of future recognition showed high frequency of robot, artificial intelligence, leisure, education, convenience, and the disabled. Second, the future labor sites projected the most changes due to high technology. Third, at the career counseling site, professional career counselors and robot counselors related to the fourth industrial revolution are expected to appear. Fourth, future competencies of career counselors were derived from information processing ability, professional counseling ability, communication ability, and ethical consciousness. Finally, it was confirmed that the future adaptability of career counselors increases after participating in future workshops, and the future competencies derived from this study are expected to be used for job training of career counselors.

The Education/training Background as a Variable Related Ethical Behaviors of Child Counselors (아동상담자의 윤리적 실천행동 관련변인으로서 교육훈련배경)

  • Yoo, Jaeryoung;Kim, Kwangwoong
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.133-153
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    • 2008
  • This study examined education and training as variables related to ethical behaviors of child counselors. The four sub-variables of this study included main educational/training background (academic career, major in last degree, and treatment modality), source of education in ethics, experience of educational psychoanalysis, and experience of supervision. The 136 child counselors participating in this study were administered the Inventory for Ethical Behaviors of Child Counselors (Yoo & Kim, 2(06). Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, Cronbach's a, t-test, one way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. Results showed that main educational/training background (academic career, major in last degree, and treatment modality), experience of educational psychoanalysis, and experience of supervision were significant variables related to ethical behaviors of child counselors.

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The Relationship among Calling of the University Career Center Counselor, Client Perception of Counselor, and Working Alliance (대학취업센터 상담자의 소명, 내담자의 상담자 지각, 작업동맹 간의 관계)

  • Jeong, Ji-ae;Kang, Hye-young
    • Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2016
  • This study was conducted on the counselors who work in university job centers and visiting students to analyze the relationship among counselors' calling, visitors' perception of counselors and work alliance perceived by the visitors and counselors. The data were collected from 110 counselors who are in charge of career counseling in university job centers and 208 visitors to the center, on which multiple regression analysis was performed. The results of this study are as follows. First, counselors' calling had positive effect on work alliance perceived by counselors (${\beta}=.48$, p < .01) with explanatory power of 25%. Counselors' calling had positive effect on work alliance perceived by visitors (${\beta}=.21$, p < .01) with explanatory power of 7%. Second, counselors' calling had positive effect on visitors' perception of counselors (${\beta}=.21$, p < .01) with explanatory power of 8%. Through these results, this study found out that counselors with high level of calling tend to form great work alliance while visitors tend to perceive that counselors with high level of calling are professional, trustworthy and likable.

The Story of Two Women's Career Transition as a Counselor (두 여성의 상담자로의 진로전환 경험이야기)

  • Choi, Jae-Hyuk;Kim, Myong-Hwa
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.514-526
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    • 2017
  • This study examined the experiences and meanings of career transition becoming a counselor by examining the experiences of career transition process before two women became counselors through the narrative inquiry method. To do this, two counselors with career counseling qualifications and two or more career transition experiences were selected as research participants. The results are as follows. First, they had several career experiences without having the opportunity to think about their interests or aptitudes. Second, it was an experience that career transition adapts itself. Third, as they went through various occupations, they gradually went to the work and study they wanted. Fourth, They were satisfied with the profession of the counselor they had chosen, and they were inspecting themselves as a counselor. In this study, it is meaningful to accept the career transition as a part of life and to confirm the meaning of career transition experience as a counselor walking the path of counseling specialist.

Effects of Personal Character Variables on Burnout of Child Counselors (아동상담자의 의욕상실에 대한 상담자 개인적 특성의 영향)

  • Park, Hui Hyun;Kim, Kwang Woong
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.29-51
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    • 2006
  • The 191 subjects of this study were counselors working with children under 18 years of age. The instrument was validated in an antecedent study and used after testing for reliability. Data were analyzed by Cronbach' a, quantification methods I, and multi-regression analysis. Results showed demographic variables at 5% of ad-$R^2$ over total burnout. Hobbies, counseling career, religion, and major field of study were significant. Marital status and caseload affected 'doubt about job.' Counseling field, qualifications and academic career affected 'negative personal relationship' and 'symptoms of somatization.' Psychological variables were 48% of ad-$R^2$ over total burnout. Self-esteem, type AB, self-insight and empathy ability for countertransference management ability were significant. Lower self-esteem, stronger type A personality, higher self-insight and lower empathy ability, produced higher degree of burnout.

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The Effect of Career Identity and Krumboltz's Task Approach Skills on Career Maturity, Career Barriers, and Career Aspiration (진로정체감과 Krumboltz의 과제접근기술이 진로성숙도, 진로장벽, 진로포부에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Mi;Bae, Young-Kwang;Min, Yi-Seul;Jang, Sung-Hwa
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.14 no.11
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    • pp.497-508
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    • 2014
  • The current study examined the relationships between task-approach skills of optimism, bearability, intolerance of uncertainty, career identity, career maturity, career barriers, and career aspiration. Data was collected from two-hundred sixty nine college students who matriculated in colleges located in Seoul, Gyeoungi and Chungchung provinces in Korea. The correlation analysis and multiple linear regression were carried out to explore the relationship among the variables mentioned above. The results of this study were as follows: First, career identity was positively correlated with career maturity, aspiration and negatively with career barrier. optimism was negatively correlated with career barrier. in addition, intolerance of uncertanity was positively correlated with career maturity. and negatively with career barriers. Second, multiple linear regression revealed that career identity, optimism and lacking intolerance of uncertanity significantly influenced career maturity, career identity, optimism and intolerance of uncertanity significantly influnced career barriers. In addition, only optimism influnced career aspiration. These findings implied that career counselors need to assist clients developing optimism, flexibility, bearability and counselors should be aware of the effect of task-approach skills on career, barriers, and aspiration. Further discussions regarding results are included.

A Study on the Job Stress and Job Satisfaction of Rehabilitation-Counselors in Sheltered Workshop (장애인보호작업장 종사자의 직무스트레스와 직무만족의 관계연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Ok;Na, Woon Hwan;Kim, Jimin
    • 재활복지
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.249-274
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of the present study was to provide fundamental information to improve job satisfaction of rehabilitation-counselors and the service in sheltered workshop. The researcher conducted the nationwide survey of rehabilitation-counselors in sheltered workshop. The results of this study were summarized as follows. First, job stress of rehabilitationcounselors in sheltered workshop was in low level, but job satisfaction was relatively in high level. The factor of conflict in their role and over-roaded role reached serious level. And the promotion and salary of a job made their job satisfaction lower. Second, there was significant correlation between job stress and their career. Third, job satisfaction according to general characteristics of rehabilitation-counselors differed from their age. Fourth, there was significant correlation between job stress and job satisfaction. It showed that the higher job stress, the lower job satisfaction. Therefore, policy improvement was needed to enhance job satisfaction. In addition, continuous research and individual efforts were needed to lower the level of job stress for rehabilitation counselors in sheltered workshop.

Mediating Effect of Self-Soothing Ability in Relationship of Youth Counselors' Job Environment Stress and Psychological Burnout (자기위로능력이 청소년상담사의 직무환경 스트레스와 심리적 소진의 관계에 미치는 매개 효과)

  • Lee, Young-Ae;Byun, Sang-Hae
    • 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.

Development and Validation of the Vicarious Trauma Scale for Sexual Violence Counselor (성폭력 상담자 대리외상 척도 개발 및 타당화)

  • Heo, Chan-hee;Lee, Jee-yon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.393-405
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a scale of vicarious trauma for sexual violence counselors. To this end, the concept of composition and preliminary questions of the vicarious trauma of sexual violence counselors were selected through the analysis of a content of individual interviews of sexual violence counselors and the precedent theory. Then, preliminary scale was developed after expert's evaluation of the validity of the contents. Next, as a result of a confirmatory factor analysis on the preliminary scale of 349 sexual violence counselors with experience in consulting sexual violence clients, it is confirmed that the conformity of five-factor structure was found to be favorable. As a result of convergent and discriminative validity analysis, it was confirmed that the developed scale is a reasonable tool for measuring vicarious trauma of sexual violence counselors by showing proper correlation with Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, Counselor Burnout Inventory and Inventory of Countertransference Behavior. Furthermore, as a result of correlation analysis between professional identity and Belief in a Just World, it confirmed that it has predictive validity of the scale by indicating a high negative correlation. Furthermore, the relationship between the scale of vicarious trauma of sexual violence counselors and career background was analyzed. Finally, based on the results of this study, the significance and limitations of this study and the direction of future research were discussed.

Current Status and Challenges of Career Education & Guidance Teacher System in Korea (진로 진학 상담 교사 제도의 현황과 과제)

  • Yoon Ok Han
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.149-158
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the current status of the career guidance counselor system and to explore the challenges of the career guidance counselor system in the future. The results of the study are as follows: First, in the case of the career counseling teacher system, ① The qualifications for career counseling teachers are through regular education and training according to the law. ② After acquiring the qualifications for career advancement counseling, receiving an appointment to become a subject teacher for 'career advancement counseling' is subject to another selection criteria. ③ At least one career counseling teacher must be assigned to each school. ④ The common job of secondary career counseling teachers suggested by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education consists of 15 items, focusing on the task of overseeing school career education as the head of the career counseling department. are presenting ⑤ The Ministry of Education is using a career guidance model as a guideline for career guidance to be referenced when providing career guidance in secondary schools. Second, the task of the career counseling teacher system is to examine the theoretical basis of the career guidance model presented in the ① Career Guidance Guidelines. ② It is necessary to transform former teachers into career teachers. ③ It is necessary to expand the number of career guidance counselors currently assigned to middle and high schools. ④ It is necessary to expand subject-integrated career education.