• Journal of Korean social welfare administration
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.161-184
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• 2018

This is a following study of Choi et al.(2017) which developed and evaluated the psychological self-sufficiency program I. Psychological self-sufficiency program I(PSSI) reported the positive effectiveness in employment hope, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and depression among participants. PSSI, however, revealed limitations such as service provider-oriented practice and rapid decrease of program effectiveness after finishing program. The current study proposes psychological self-sufficiency program II(PSSII) revised to make up for the limitations found in PSSI by revising the contents and operation methods of PSSI. The study assessed program effectiveness using two different methods: 1) experimental group pre-test post-test design and 2) pre-test post-test design on the experimental group and control group. The study results report the effectiveness of PSSII in improving psychological self-sufficiency(i.e., employment hope and perceived employment barrier), self-efficacy, self-esteem, and social support and the positive changes appeared to last for at least four to five months.