• 감성과학
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.125-136
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• 2018

Although atypical sensory processing is a core feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there is considerable heterogeneity among ASD individuals in the modality and symptoms of atypical sensory processing. The present study examined visual processing of children with ASD, focusing on the complexity and orientation of visual information. Age- and -IQ-matched Korean children (14 ASD and 14 typically-developing (TD) children) received an orientation discrimination task involving static spatial gratings varied in complexity (simple versus complex) and orientation (horizontal versus vertical). The results revealed that ASD children had difficulty perceiving complex information regardless of orientation, whereas TD children had more difficulty with vertical gratings than horizontal gratings. Thus, group-level differences between ASD and TD children appeared greater when gratings were presented horizontally. Unlike ASD adult literature, however, ASD children did not show superior performance on simple gratings. Our findings on typical and atypical processing of ASD children have implications for both understanding the characteristics of ASD children and developing diagnostic tools for ASD.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.123-140
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• 2001

Hypotheses In health services research are becoming increasingly more complex and specific. As a result, health services research studies often include multiple independent, intervening, and dependent variables in a single hypothesis. Nevertheless, the statistical models adopted by health services researchers have failed to keep pace with the increasing complexity and specificity of hypotheses and research designs. This article introduces a statistical model well suited for complex and specific hypotheses tests in health services research studies. The covariance structure modeling(CSM) methodology is especially applied to regional relevance indices(RIs) to assess the impact of health resources and healthcare utilization. Data on secondary statistics and health insurance claims were collected by each catchment area. The model for RI was justified by direct and indirect effects of three latent variables measured by seven observed variables, using ten structural equations. The resulting structural model revealed significant direct effects of the structure of health resources but indirect effects of the quantity on RIs, and explained 82% of correlation matrix of measurement variables. Two variables, the number of beds and the portion of specialists among medical doctors, became to have significant effects on RIs by being analyzed using the CSM methodology, while they were insignificant in the regression model. Recommendations for the CSM methodology on health service research data are provided.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.122-132
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• 2005

선 그래프는 막대그래프와 달리 각 변인들의 변화에 기인한 경향을 보여준다. 따라서 선 그래프로부터 경향을 파악할 수 있는지의 여부는 중요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 선 그래프 도식을 지닌 학생들이 선 그래프를 읽고 해석할 때 선 그래프 도식을 지니지 못한 학생들과 비교하여 어떠한 사고과정을 거치는지 파악하는 것이다. 발성사고를 통하여 고등학생틀의 선 그래프 이해 수준과 선 그래프 유형에 따라 선 그래프를 읽는 사고 과정의 특징을 분석한 결과, 동일하게 주어진 시간 동안에 상위 그룹에 해당하는 학생들은 하위 그룹에 속하는 학생들보다 더 많은 문장을 발성사고하였으며, 하위 그룹의 학생들과 달리 적응단계에서 선 그래프의 유형, 경향, 라벨 등을 파악하는데 오랜 시간을 사용하였다. 또한 상위그룹의 학생들은 하위그룹의 학생들보다 초인지적인 문장을 발성사고하는 경우가 더 많았다. 선 그래프 도식을 지닌 학생들과 단순히 일반적인 그래프 도식을 지닌 학생들을 구별하고 그에 따라 정보를 전달하는 방식을 달리하는 융통성이 필요하다.