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The Effect of Sociodrama on Children's Loneliness and Peer Relations (사회극이 아동의 외로움과 또래관계에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, So Youn;Lee, Jung Sook
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.75-90
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    • 2001
  • This study examined the effect of sociodrama on children's loneliness and peer relations. Eight children each were assigned to an experimental or a control group. The experimental group enacted sociodrama for six weeks, and the control group did not have any treatment. The first post-test was conducted six weeks after the pre-test; the second post-test was eight weeks after the first post-test. Significant differences between the experimental and control groups were found for loneliness; that is, levels of loneliness and of negative peer relations decreased only in the experimental group. This effect for the experimental group was maintained at the second post-test. It was concluded that sociodrama was effective in reducing loneliness and in improving relationships of a child by improving self-adjustment.

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The Effects of Situation-oriented Safety Education Program on Children's Safety Knowledge and Safety Problem-Solving Skill (상황중심 안전교육 프로그램이 유아의 안전지식 및 안전문제해결사고에 미치는 효과)

  • Yang, Jin-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.367-383
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    • 2005
  • This study investigated the effect of situation-oriented safety education program on children's safety knowledge and safety problem-solving skill. Subjects were 51 five-year-olds(25 in the experimental group and 26 in the control group) who were enrolled in public kindergarten located in Jeon-Buk. Results were that : First, there were significant differences in the children's safety knowledge between the experimental and the control group. Children's safety knowledge in the experimental group were improved in comparison with those of the control group. Second, there were significant differences in the children's safety problem-solving skill between the experimental and the control group. Children's safety problem-solving skill in the experimental group were improved in comparison with those of the control group.

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The Effect of Occupational Information on the Cognitive Complexity of Adolescents (직업정보제공방식의 차이에 따른 청소년의 직업인지복잡성의 증대효과)

  • Lee, Yok
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.67-77
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    • 1991
  • An investigation of the effect of occupational information on vocational cognitive complexity was conducted with 331 male and female adolescents in ninth grade. There were 2 experimental groups and 1 control group. Experimental group I was given only occupational information sheets (written form information) while group II was given occupational information through verbal instruction in addition to the occupational information sheets. A modified form of the cognitive complexity grid originally developed by Bodden (1970) was utilized to collect data on the subjects' vocational cognitive complexity. ANOVA and $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ tests revealed that there were significant differences between experimental group II and the other groups in vocational cognitive complexity. The cognitive complexity level of experimental group I and the control group for the most aspired occupation was significantly lower than for the least aspired occupation. However, the cognitive complexity level of experimental group II for the most aspired occupation was higher than for the least aspired occupation. The results suggest that just giving occupational information to adolescents may not be effective and giving occupational information may be effective only when the method of giving occupational information is active enough to induce adolescents' self-confirming cognitive process.

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An Analysis of Nursing Research on Pain Reported in Korea from 1970 to 1994 (통증 개념을 다룬 국내 간호 연구 분석)

  • 박정숙;박청자
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.30-44
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    • 1995
  • This study aimed at analyzing the trend of re-search on pain in Korea, suggesting direction future pain research, and contributing to the use of pain interventions in nursing practice. Research studies on pain were selected from journals of medical and nursing schools, the Korean Nurse, the Korean Nurses' Academic Society Journal, the Central Journal of Medicine, the New Medical Journal, and from theses and dissertations, which were conducted between 1970 and 1994. The total number of the studies was 93. These studies were analyzed for 1) time of publication or presentation, 2) thesis for a degree or nondegree, 3) research design, 4) characteristics of subjects used in each study, 5) measurement tool, 6) types of correlated variables, 7) Korean terms for pain 8) types of nursing interventions, and 9) results of studies. The findings of the analysis can be summerized as follows : 1) The number of studies related to pain has increased rapidly since the early 1980's. The number of experimental research studies related to pain has increased chronologically, but the number of survey research studies related to pain was highest from 1981 to 1985, after that it decreased slowly. 2) The subjects in 19 studies were healthy people and, in 73 studies, patients with various illnesses. Thirty two studies were conducted with surgical patients. 3) Sixty one pain research studies were done for a thesis for a degree and 32 were nondegree research studies. 4) As measurement tools for pain, self- report pain scales were used in 54 studies and more than two tools were used in 28 studies. In the experimental studies, the trend was to use more than two tools. And in the nonexperirnental studies, the trend was to use self-report pain scales only. 5) There were 11 correlational studies. In these studies, the trend was to study anxiety, depression and variables such as intravenous infusion as related to pain.6) In the thirty six experimental studies, the effects of 16 types of nursing interventions weretested. Teaching and information, and relaxation technique were the most popular interventions for pain. 7) In eighteen methodological studies, the majority were studies testing the validity and re-liability of Dr. Lee's Korean Pain Rating Questionnaire. The following suggestions are made based on the above findings : 1) The patterns of these studies related to pain in Korea need to be compared with trends in other countries. 2) Meta - analysis should be done to analyze and integrate the results of various studies. 3) This analysis of pain research is needed to identify the present trend of pain research and to suggest the direction of future pain research, so these patterns of studies should be done in 5 to 10 year intervals. 4) More replicated pain research is needed to prove the effect of nursing interventions and more qualitative research on pain is needed to identify indepth the meaning of pain. 5) Pain researchers should make an effort to apply research result in various clinical settings and try to carry out team research with clinical nurses or with other multidiscipinary researchers.

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Pros and Cons of Various Research Designs in Clinical Psychiatry (정신과 연구에서 다양한 임상연구방법의 장단점)

  • Ha, Ra Yeon;Cho, Hyun-Sang
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.159-163
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    • 2012
  • An appropriate research design for hypotheses and purposes leads to a good quality of research results. In this review article, we summarized the types of research methods and described the characteristics of clinical trials. Research designs are categorized into observational studies and experimental ones, depending on data collecting methods. In an observational study, there are cross-sectional, cohort and case-control studies. Parallel groups design and crossover trial studies are representative designs in a randomized controlled trial study, a kind of experimental study. Clinical researchers should understand the characteristics of clinical research designs including advantages and disadvantages and choose the suitable design according to their study purposes and the nature of collected data or subjects.

Experimental Studies of Force Control for Crack Sealing Robot

  • Jeon, Poong-Woo;Cho, Hyun-Taek;Jung, Seul
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.1077-1081
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, experimental studies of force tracking control for the crack sealing robot are presented. Crack sealing robot is built to detect, track and seal the crack on the pavement. Before sealing, crack must be detected by a laser sensor and a camera sensor, then cleaned for a better sealing job. In order to maintain contact with the ground force control is required to brush all dirt in the crack out for preparing sealing cracks with tars. Impedance control algorithm is presented to regulate a specified desired force. Experimental studies of the proposed force control algorithm are conducted under unknown environment stiffness and location. Performances of force control algorithm are stable and excellent.

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EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON SOME VIBRATION ISOLATIORS DEVELOPED FOR POWERED KNAPSACK SPRAYER

  • Sahota, M.S.;Bansal, A.S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 1993.10a
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    • pp.246-255
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    • 1993
  • The paper presents the experimental studies on the effectiveness of some vibration isolators developed for reducing transmission of vibration from the powered knapsack sprayer to the back and shoulders of the operator. A test rig was used to conduct detailed experimental studies on the powered knapsack sprayer mounted on it and fitted with different vibration isolators. Structural features of vibration isolators have been presented and their effectiveness of isolating transmission of vibration, from the engine-blower of the sprayer to its main frame and the operator, has been presented and discussed. Vibration measurements and analyses made by using B & K equipment have proved that the vibration isolators are quite effective in reducing the vibration transmission. The operators felt much less discomfort when they used the sprayer fitted with the isolators developed for the purposes, as compared to the existing arrangement.

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An Experimental Studies on the Effects of Chunggisan (淸肌散의 效能에 關한 實驗的 硏究)

  • Kim, Hye-Jeong;Chae, Byeong-Yun
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.25-40
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    • 1990
  • Chunggisan has been widely used in treatment of urticaria which is based on. Oriental Medical literatures. These studies were attempted experimental effects of chunggisan on the analgesia, sedation, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and isolated illeum of the experimental animals. The result of the studies were as follows: 1. The inhibitory effect was recognized on the Analgesic study by the Acetic acid Method in mice. 2. The spontaneous momentum of mice was restricted and the duration of Hypnosis induced by pentobarbital-sodium in mice was prolonged. 3. Anti-inflammatory effect was recognized significantly on the rat hind paws edema induced by dextran. 4. The inhibitory effect of leukocyte emigration was recognized by the CMC airpouch method of rats. 5. The inhibitory effect was noted on capillary permeability induced by histamin in mice. 6. Spontaneous mobilities in isolated ileum of mice were significantly suppressed, and contraction by acetylcholine, barium chloride and histamine were inhibited. According to the above results, it is expected that chunggisan can be widely used in treatment of urticaria.

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