• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.261-273
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• 2021

This study analyzed the model by using the data of 416 counselors working in the counseling field to verify the moderated mediation effect of burnout on life satisfaction, through counselors' self-care in the process of counselors' stress. First, counselors' stress had an effect on life satisfaction through burnout. Second, the interaction effect between counselors' stress and self-care was significant and the relationship between stress and burnout was changed according to the level of self-care. Third, counselors' stress was found to be controlled by self-care, which has a mediating effect on life satisfaction through burnout. The results of this study are meaningful in that it provides an empirical basis for self-care factors that can contribute to the improvement of the counselor's personal and professional growth and quality of life through the verification of the effect of self-care that improves the satisfaction of life by preventing and alleviating the stress and burnout of the counselors.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.727-737
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• 2013

Objectives : This study aimed to investigate the levels of emotional labor and occupational stress and their relationships in dental counselors to improve psychological health related with dental counseling. Methods : The questionnaire survey was conducted to 167 dental counselors working at dental clinics in Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do from June to August, 2012. The study used emotional labor questionnaires and Korean Occupational Job Stress Scale (Basic Version, KOSS-43) as an assessment scale. All respondents were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire. Data analysis was performed with descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis using SAS(ver 9.2). Results : The levels of occupational stress and emotional labor in dental counselors were $47.26{\pm}8.36$ and $3.45{\pm}0.47$. Three subscales of emotional labor as frequency of emotional expression, attention of emotional expression norms and disharmony of emotion were related with occupational stress in dental counselors. The level of job stress was increased by the lower level of emotional expression and increased by the higher levels of emotional expression and disharmony of emotion. Conclusions : In addition to increasing the number of counselors, nurturing counseling workforce is essential to manage the job stress of dental counselors. Sufficient counseling with a patient in a comfortable counseling environment is important to reduce the job stress by emotional labor. Continuous service improvement through positive emotional service education is necessary to be implemented for counselors.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.19-32
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• 2011

This study aimed to examine how emotional experience, counselor activity self-efficacy, and job stress affect counselors' burnout. Participants comprising 321 counselors intotal were surveyed on burnout, emotional experience, counselor activity self-efficacy, and job stress. The collected data were analyzed through Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, Pearson's correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. The findings were as follows: 1) Emotional clarity, session management self-efficacy, the job stress of the working environment, counseling challenges self-efficacy and job stress related to interpersonal relationship were significant predictors of counselors' burnout. 2) Counselor activity self-efficacy partly played a mediating role between emotional experience and burnout.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.308-318
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationships of Perceived stress, Social Support and Psychological burnout of Suicide Prevention Counselors. The subjects for this study were 132 Suicide Prevention Counselors. The data was conducted by using a correlations coefficient and the multiple regression analysis. The results of the study were as follows: First, correlations among variables of Perceived Stress and Social Support on subordinate variable of Psychological burnout of Suicide Prevention Counselors were significant. Second, Perceived Stress and Social Support have a significant influence on Psychological burnout of Suicide Prevention Counselors. Third, Social Support showed mediating effects between Stress and Psychological burnout. According to the results of this study, in order to reduce Perceived Stress and Psychological burnout of Suicide Prevention Counselors, we suggested that we would be required to receive Social Support of Suicide Prevention Counselors.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.231-252
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• 2012

This study examined the influence of job stress and personal resources (hardiness, optimism) of child counselors on their burnout and work engagement. For the study, 171 child counselors were surveyed. The main effects of job stress and personal resources on burnout and engagement were tested using hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The findings of this study were as follows: First, the study showed that both job stress and personal resources were related to burnout and work engagement. Specially, job stress was more closely related to burnout, whereas personal resources were more closely related to work engagement. Second, hardiness as personal resources reduced the level of burnout in child counseling. Third, although job stress negatively affected the level of work engagement, personal resources (hardiness, optimism) were relevant predictors of work engagement. Hardy and optimistic child counselors are less likely to experience burnout, they are more likely to experience vigor, dedication, and absorption on their job. Based on the results of this study, the practical implications for child counselors were discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.532-545
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• 2019

The objective of this study is to find out the effect of the secondary traumatic stress prevention program for counselors at child protection agencies. The quasi-experiment design was used for pre-test, post-test, and for follow-up test, performed 3 months after the program. Experimental group consisted of 9 counselors, while the comparison group consisted of 10 counselors. As a result, it was revealed that secondary traumatic stress prevention program was effective in decreasing the secondary traumatic stress and depression of the counselors, and also effective in increasing stress coping even though it was not statistically significant. Follow-up test did not present statistically significant changes in secondary traumatic stress, depression, and stress coping. It was found that, to achieve continued effect of the program, much longer and sustained program is required. Based on these findings, the necessity and application of the secondary traumatic stress prevention program were suggested.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.157-164
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• 2013

This study analyzed how job stress of counselors at Multicultural Family Support Center effects on their psychological exhaustion. The purpose of this research is on suggesting efficient human resource administration plan by mitigating job stress using the result of analysis. In the result of analysis, MFSC counselors' job stress had an effect on emotional exhaustion, impersonalization, and a factor of decline in sense of self-perfection. Applying this result, this research proposed a necessity of realistic plan preparation to prevent job stress and psychological exhaustion of MFSC counselors.

• 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.

• 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.

• Korean Journal of Play Therapy
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.473-489
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• 2018

The aim of this study is to examine the mediating effects of the social support and ego-resilience of adolescent counselors on the relationship between their job stress and burnout. The subjects of this research exercise comprised 250 adolescent counselors. Data were analyzed by means of Pearson's correlation and by structural equation modeling. The results were as follows. First, there was a positive correlation between job stress and burnout, and job stress had a negative correlation with social support and ego-resilience of the adolescent counselors. Moreover, social support and ego-resilience had a negative correlation with burnout. Second, social support did not have any direct impact on relieving burnout yet affected it in an indirect way through ego-resilience. Ego-resilience exerted both direct and indirect influence on reducing burnout. Therefore, it was found that the ego-resilience of the adolescent counselors was bound up with their job stress and there by exercised a significant influence on burnout. The findings of the study illustrated that as for the relationships among the job stress, social support, ego-resilience and burnout of the adolescent counselors, ego-resilience was a crucial variable in preventing burnout. This study is of significance in that it provided theoretical data which can be used when developing programs designed to prevent burnout in adolescent counselors.