• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.65-71
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• 2022

Objective : This study was to examine the impact of adverse childhood experiences on social anxiety symptoms in young adults and verify the mediating effects of positive resources. Methods : Data from 1,317 young adults aged to 18 to 29 years who took part in the university-based cross-sectional survey were analyzed. All participants completed Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scale, Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SAD), and Positive Resources Test (POREST). Results : In young adults, 9.3% had severe social anxiety symptoms. Based on 10 ACE categories, 32.7% of participants reported one or more adverse childhood experience, and 4.5% reported four or more different forms of adverse childhood experiences. Young adults with higher social anxiety symptoms were likely to report more adverse childhood experiences, and less positive resources. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that positive resources moderated the association between adverse childhood experiences and social anxiety symptoms. Conclusion : Based on the results, professionals need to consider early detection of adverse childhood experiences and comorbid social anxiety symptoms. In addition, various positive psychological interventions for individuals with adverse childhood experiences are needed.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.4985-4989
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• 2016

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a novel class of non-protein coding RNAs that are involved in a wide variety of biological processes. There are limited data regarding the impact of lnc-LAMC2-1:1 rs2147578 as well as CASC8 rs10505477 T>C polymorphisms on cancer development. Here we examined for the first time whether rs2147578 and rs10505477 polymorphisms are associated with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in a total of 110 cases and 120 healthy controls. Genotyping was achieved by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. The rs2147578 variant increased the risk of ALL in codominant (OR=4.33, 95%CI=2.00-9.37, p<0.0001, CG vs CC, and OR=5.81, 95%CI=2.30-14.69, p=0.0002, GG vs CC), dominant (OR=4.63, 95%CI=2.18-9.86, p<0.0001, CG+GG vs CC), overdominant (OR=1.74, 95%CI=1.02-2.97, p=0.0444, CG vs CC+GG) and allele (OR=1.91, 95%CI=1.32-2.77, p=0.0008, G vs C) inheritance models tested. No significant association was found between the CASC8 rs10505477 T>C variant and risk of childhood ALL. In conclusion, the present study revealed that the lnc-LAMC2-1:1 rs2147578 polymorphism may be a risk factor for developing childhood ALL. Further studies with larger sample sizes with different ethnicities are now required to confirm our findings.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.65-83
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• 2017

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of teaching flow on the relationship between director's servant leadership and early childhood teachers'happiness. Methods: The subjects in this study were 241 early childhood teachers in Busan and South Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. Three different inventories were utilized. The Servant Leadership Scale, Teaching Flow Scale and Happiness Scale were used. As for data analysis, SPSS & AMOS 21.0 and PROCESS macro were utilized. Results: First, the director's servant leadership, teaching flow and happiness of the teachers were all above average, and there was a significant positive correlation between their total scores of servant leadership, teaching flow and happiness. Second, The teaching flow was found to have a partial mediation effect on the on the relationship between director's servant leadership and happiness of the early childhood teachers. Conclusion/Implications: These results indicate that effort to promote director's servant leadership and teaching flow is needed to promote early childhood teachers'happiness.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.43-55
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• 2011

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to describe population-based prevention strategies for childhood obesity and to discuss its application in a city in Korea. Methods: Literature review and empirical findings for ongoing programs were performed to develop population-based prevention strategies for childhood obesity with the framework and principles of WHO population-based prevention strategies for childhood obesity. Results: The developed framework had five key strategies (supportive policies, supportive environment, supportive program, strategic development & leadership, and monitoring & evaluation) under hierarchic objectives (long-term, middle-term and short-term) with the vision of healthy growth and development of all children and youth. Each strategy included evidence-based action plans with WHO principles. Conclusions: The developed strategies have advanced the existing strategies for childhood obesity prevention by providing the sustainable and systematic framework and action plans based on ecological approach. Further, the feasibility for operating the strategies needs to be verified.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.4733-4737
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• 2013

Purpose: Numerous observational epidemiological studies have evaluated associations between breastfeeding and the risk of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma; however, the existing results are inconsistent. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: Medical literature was searched in the Pubmed and Embase databases to identify all English-language relevant studies up to April 10, 2013. Reference lists were thereafter hand-searched for additional articles. Studies that reported relative risk ratios (RRs) or odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were included. This meta-analysis was conducted in accordance with the guidelines for the meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology. Results: We finally included 10 case-control studies in our meta-analysis, involving 1,618 childhood Hodgkin lymphoma cases and 8,181 controls. Overall, we did found a borderline significant association between breastfeeding and reduced risk of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma comparing ever breastfed children to never breastfed children (pooled OR =0.79; 95%CI, 0.58-1.08; P=0.13), with limited evidence for between-study heterogeneity (P =0.12, $I^2$ = 35.70%). Conclusion: There is limited evidence for an inverse association between breastfeeding and risk of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.209-213
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• 2005

Due to steady increase of childhood asthma, exposure to air toxics including PAHs have been thought as an etiology for the asthma. PAHs -involvement in airway inflammation, such as IgE production, is the potential mechanism of the PAHs-induced asthma. Cytochrome P450s (CYPs), particularly CYP1A1 is known enzyme to metabolite PAHs and to be induced by PAHs. The CYP1A1 expression has been emphasized as an biomarker for PAHs - exposure. The present study was performed to clarify the etiology of childhood asthma with PAHs-exposure using mRNA expression of CYP1A1 . The study Objects were Korean children who were asthma patients (cases) or other hospital controls (N=20; age,3 $\~$ 16; boys,56$\%$). As result, we detected expression of the CYP1A1 in all peripheral blood specimens which were collected from the subjects. Moreover, we found approx. 300 fold-higher expression of the CYP1A1 in the cases than that in the controls (p(<)0.01). When we considered age which was related to Asthma, the above significant trend was somewhat diluted, however, the relation between asthma and the Cypih i expression waL stronger than that between asthma and age (chi square,7.99 vs. 3.34). Therefore, our study supports that PAHs induce or worse childhood asthma and suggests application of expression of the CYP1A1 as an initiation or progress biomarker for PAHs - induced childhood asthma.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.649-664
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the emotional intelligence of preservice early childhood teachers on their self-concept and self-efficacy in an attempt to provide some information on the development of the emotional intelligence of preservice early childhood teachers. The subjects in this study were the freshmen, sophomores and juniors who were in the departments of early childhood education in private colleges and universities in Chungcheong, Kyonggi, Seoul, in Korea. After a survey was conducted, the following findings were given: First, the juniors had the best self-concept of the others, and the freshmen were ahead of the others in self-efficacy. The university students had a better self-concept than the college students. Second, emotional intelligence had a statistically significant positive correlation to self-concept and self-efficacy. Third, all the sub-factors of emotional intelligence exerted a statistically significant positive influence on self-concept. Among the sub-factors of emotional intelligence, emotional regulation and emotional utilization exerted a statistically significant positive influence on self-efficacy. The findings of the study illustrated that the preservice early childhood teachers had a better self-concept and a better self-efficacy when they were better at emotional intelligence.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권12spc호
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• pp.696-702
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• 2021

Informatization of early childhood education in the EU occurs in the context of the use of ICT as a means of sharing experiences, practices in the education and training of preschool children, communication, both at the national level and locally - within educational institutions, as a means of document management, search, data processing and information for the management of early childhood educational institutions, and planning activities for these institutions. This article aims to identify the features of the informatization of early childhood education in EU countries. Results. The countries of the EU have different levels of workload on the staff of early childhood education institutions, which is caused by different numbers of preschoolers and workforce. The greatest load on the staff in France due to a large number of preschoolers, which, despite the reduction, remained the highest among all the countries. By comparison, Poland's significant workload is mitigated by the size of its workforce. With almost equal numbers of staff in Poland and Germany, the countries differ significantly in the number of preschoolers. The countries also have different funding mechanisms for early childhood education, which determines the potential for digitalization. In France, total spending on early childhood education has grown the least (by 11 % between 2012 and 2018), in Poland by 51 %, in the Czech Republic by 44 %, and in Germany by 49%. In France, 100 % is funded by the government, in Poland 78 % is funded by the government, in the Czech Republic and Germany 87 % and 85 % respectively is funded by the government. The results of the survey of teachers' training in the use of ICTs and the level of specialists' readiness to use them in their studies indicate a mismatch between education and the practice of using technology. At the same time, given the high level of professional training of teachers in the use of technology in education, a low level of practice of ICT use in teaching preschool children was revealed. Teachers require professional development of ICT skills.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제46권10호
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• pp.972-976
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• 2003

목 적 : 소아 백혈병은 소아 악성종양 중 빈도가 가장 높으며 타 질환에 비하면 아직도 사망률이 높기 때문에 발생률에 대한 기초자료는 대단히 중요하다. 저자들은 1996년부터 2000년까지 5년 동안 부산지역에서 발생한 소아 백혈병 환자들에 대한 역학적 연구를 시도하였다. 방 법 : 해당기간 동안 부산시내 4개 대학병원과 11개 종합병원의 소아 입원 환자들 중에서 백혈병으로 최초 진단된 133명(남아 87명, 여아 46명)에 대하여 역학적인 조사를 하여 시행하였다. 결 과 : 1) 1996-2000년의 5년 동안 부산지역에서 발생한 소아 백혈병 환자수는 총 133명이며 연간 환자수는 20-33명의 범위였고 연평균 26.6명(남아 17.4명, 여아 9.2명)이었다. 남녀 성비를 보면 1.89 : 1로 남아가 훨씬 많았다. 2) 이 기간 동안 15세 이하의 부산시 소아인구 100,000명당 연령 및 성별 정정 연간 발생률을 보면 2.37-4.53의 범위로 평균 3.29이었으며 남아의 경우는 2.47-5.29의 범위로 평균 4.05이었고 여아는 0.76-3.36의 범위로 평균 2.43이었다. 3) 연령 특정 연간 발생률은 0-4세군이 3.78, 5-9세군이 3.08, 10-14세군이 3.08로 0-4세군에서 가장 높았다. 4) 소아 백혈병의 병형별 분포는 ALL이 71.4%, AML이 23.3%, CML이 4.5%이었고, 병형별 남녀 성비를 보면, ALL에서는 1.97 : 1로 남아가 거의 두 배나 많았고 AML에서는 1.21 : 1로 남아가 약간 많았다. CML은 6명 전원이 남아였다. 5) 연령군에 따른 소아 백혈병의 병형 분포를 보면, 급성 림프구성 백혈병은 5-9세 군에서, 급성 골수성 백혈병은 0-4세군과 10-14세군에서 공히 가장 많았다. 6) 백혈병의 병형별 남녀 성비를 보면, 급성 림프구성 백혈병은 1.97 : 1, 급성 골수성 백혈병은 1.2 : 1이었으며 만성 골수성 백혈병은 전원 남아였다. 결 론: 1996-2000년의 5년 동안 부산지역에서 발생한 소아 백혈병 환자들의 연령 및 성별 조정 연간 발생률은 평균 3.29였다. 저자들의 이와 같은 성적은, 이와 관련된 문헌들과 비교해 볼 때, 부산지역 소아 백혈병의 발생률이 1981년부터 지난 20년간 완만하게 증가되었음 시사하였다.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.159-169
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• 2003

연구목적: 본 연구의 목적은 소아암 환아 부모와 일반 부모 사이의 스트레스와 삶의 질을 비교하는 데 있다. 방 법: 스트레스 인자지각는 전반적인 스트레스평가 척도(global assessment of recent stress)를, 스트레스 반응(정신병리)은 간이정신진단척도(Symptom checklist-90-revised)를 이용하였다. 대응전략은 대응척도를 이용하였으며, 삶의 질은 스미스클라인비참 삶의 질 척도를 이용하였다. 결 과: 소아암 환아 부모군은 대인관계, 관계의 변화, 질병 및 상해, 경제적 문제, 비일상적인 사건 등과 관련한 스트레스인자 지각점수가 대조군보다 각각 유의하게 더 높았다. 대응전략에서는 소아암 환아 부모군이 대조군보다 자기 통제, 긍정적 재평가 점수가 각각 유의하게 더 높았다. 정신병리에서는 소아암 환아 부모군이 대조군보다 불안, 우울, 신체화, 공격성 점수가 각각 유의하게 더 높았다. 삶의 질 척도 점수는 소아암 환아 부모군이 대조군보다 유의하게 더 낮았다. 급성 백혈병 환아 부모 사이의 비교에서 대응전략에서는 ANLL 환아 부모가 ALL 환아 부모보다 거리감두기, 책임수용 점수가 각각 유의하게 더 높았다. 정신병리에서 ANLL 환아부모가 ALL 환아 부모보다 우울 점수가 유의하게 더 높았다. 결 론: 소아암 환아 부모들이 높은 스트레스 지각과 낮은 삶의 질을 보고하고 있으므로 이에 대한 스트레스 관리프로그램 등 정신사회적 개입이 필요하다.