• Journal of Family Relations
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.139-156
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of solution- focused thinking on middle-aged married women's role adjustment and life satisfaction through positive emotions. Method: The subjects of this study is middle-aged married women who reside in an urban community in South Gyeongsang Province. As for data analysis, SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 21.0 are employed. Results: The findings of the study were as follows: First, concerning the relationships of the variables, there were significant positive correlations among all the solution-focused thinking, positive emotions, role adjustment and life satisfaction. Second, solution-focused thinking had significant direct effect on positive emotions, and role adjustment. Solution-focused thinking had significant indirect effect on role adjustment through the medium of positive emotions at the same time. Solution-focused thinking had a significant indirect effect on life satisfaction through the medium of positive emotions and role adjustment. Positive emotions had no direct effect on life satisfaction but had a significant indirect effect on it through the medium of role adjustment. Conclusions: The findings of the study conclude that solution-focused thinking exercised an indirect influence on life satisfaction through the medium of positive emotions and role adjustment made it possible to find a way to provide solution-focused counseling for clients to lead a more satisfactory life.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.72-79
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of positive thinking and self-esteem on school adaptation among freshmen in a nursing department. Methods: Data were collected by questionnaires from 172 nursing students in the month of December 2017. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, an independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: A positive correlation was found for school adaptation with positive thinking and self-esteem. Positive thinking, self-esteem, major satisfaction and interpersonal relationships were all significant predictors of school adaptation. The model explained 43.6% of the variables. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that positive thinking should be considered when developing strategies to increase school adaptation among freshmen in nursing departments.

• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.395-404
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of positive thinking and subjective happiness on school adaptation in nursing students. Methods: Data were collected by questionnaires from 282 nursing students in the month of November 2013. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: A positive correlation was found for school adaptation with positive thinking and subjective happiness. Positive thinking, subjective happiness, and major satisfaction were all significant predictors of school adaptation. The model explained 30.2% of the valuables. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that positive thinking should be considered when developing strategies to increase school adaptation in nursing students.

• Anxiety and mood
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2016

Objective : This study was performed to confirm the hypothesis that the more one applies positive thinking, the less severe the symptoms of stress and the better the therapeutic responsein panic disorder and major depressive disorders. Methods : The study included 50 subjects with confirmed diagnoses of panic disorder or major depressive disorders. Positive thinking was assessed using Positive thinking scale. Beck Depression Inventory was used as a subjective measure for depression, and to ensure an objective measure for depression and anxiety, the Hamilton Depression and Hamilton Anxiety rating scales were implemented. Results : The positive thinking scale measured at the initial visit had shown a strong negative correlation with objective depression. Although patients with a high level of positive thinking had shown a tendency to respond better to the treatment, as compared with those with a lower level, the differences were not statistically significant. Conclusion : Positive thinking is likely to ameliorate major depressive disorder, panic disorder-induced depression, and anxiety. Nevertheless, it was not possible to confirm the effects of positive thinking on the patients' treatment responses.

• Journal of East-West Nursing Research
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.121-128
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• 2016

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the differences in the characteristics of anger expression, positive thinking, gratitude, and trait anger, and factors affecting trait anger in college majors. Methods: The participants were 339 college students and recruited from two universities in P and D cities. Data were analyzed with descriptive analysis, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise regression analysis using the SPSS/WIN 20.0 program. Results: There were significant differences in anger-in, anger-control, positive thinking, gratitude, and trait anger according to college majors. Moreover, anger-out was a significant factor of trait anger in all college majors. Positive thinking was a significant factor of trait anger in all college majors but natural sciences college. In terms of art, music and physical education college. Three subscales of anger expression and positive thinking were significant factors of trait anger in art music and physical education colleges majors. Conclusion: The finding of this study suggests strategies for promoting appropriate anger expression techniques and enhancing positive thinking of college students in order to decrease trait anger.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.141-155
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• 2011

This study investigated whether middle school and high school students' coping strategies and positive thinking patterns moderate the negative effects of self-discrepancies on maladjustive emotions represented by depression and anxiety. The study participants consisted of 308 middle school students and 301 high school students from schools from metropolitan areas in Korea. The results of this study were as followed. First, the high school students reported higher scores in terms of depression, anxiety, and active coping strategies than the middle school students, while the middle school students reported higher scores in terms of positive thinking than the high school students. Second, the high school students' active coping strategies and positive thinking patterns moderated the negative effects of self-discrepancies on maladjustive emotions. These results indicate that both middle and high school students' self-discrepancies negatively affected maladjustive emotions, whereas active coping strategies and positive thinking patterns positively affected maladjustive emotions. In addition, active coping strategies and positive thinking patterns had a moderating effect only among the high school students.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.495-503
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine effects of a positive psychology program for improving positive thinking, ego resilience and stress coping of in nursing students. Methods: A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The subjects for the study were 78 students in G city(experimental group=41, control group=37). The positive psychology program was provided for 4 weeks (8 sessions, 16 hours). Positive thinking, ego resilience, and stress coping were measured with using self-report structured questionnaires. This study collected data between November 23, 2014 and January 9, 2015, and which were analyzed using SPSSWIN 20.0. Results: The positive psychology program was effective in increasing positive thinking, ego resilience and stress coping. Conclusions: The results of this study should contribute as baseline data for positive intervention strategies and planning ability of potentials and strengths in nursing students.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.125-133
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effects of positive thinking in the relationship between emotional expressivity and public speaking anxiety. Participants were recruited from one university freshmen located in Gwangju city. Data were collected from 146 university freshmen. The self-reported questionnaire was used to assess the level of positive thinking, emotional expressivity, public speaking anxiety. The SPSS WIN 23.0 version program was used with Baron and Kenny's 3-Step mediating effect and Sobel test. It was examined whether there was a mediating effect of positive thinking on emotional expression and presentation anxiety. In the second stage, emotional expressivity showed a significant effect on presentation anxiety. In stage 3, emotional expressivity was not statistically significant in presentation anxiety, and positive thinking was statistically significant in presentation anxiety. Positive thinking had a total mediating effect(z=-4.57, p<.001) in the relationship between emotional expressivity and public speaking anxiety. To reduce the public speaking anxiety among university freshmen, it is necessary to develop interventions that enhance positive thinking in addition to providing emotional expressivity.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.281-288
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• 2020

The objective of the study was to identify the structural relationship between adolescent athletes'positive thinking and coping flexibility, burnout. In order to achieve such research goal, male and female athletes'from physical education middle and high schools across the nation were recruited; using a convenience sampling method, a total of 333 samples were selected as the final effective samples. The data went through a goodness-of-fit test for the whole model using SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 20.0 and a hypothesis test. The result is as follows: first, positive thinking was revealed to have significant influence on coping flexibility. second, repertories and flexible a subfactor of coping flexibility, had significant negative (-) effects on burnout, whereas reflective had no significant effects on it. Third, positive thinking was revealed to have no significant influence on burnout. In conclusion, although positive thinking is a variable that is based on internal information, positive thinking did not directly affect psychological burnout, but coping flexibility can be used to prevent burnout.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.22 no.8
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• pp.51-61
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• 2024

The purpose of this study is a descriptive research study to identify middle-aged women's positive thinking, perceived health status, aging anxiety, and meaning of life, identify relationships between variables, and analyze predictive factors affecting the meaning of life. This study was approved by IRB (1040117-202208-HR-024-01), from September 10, 2022 to February 28, 2023, data were collected from 130 middle-aged women. The data was analyzed using SPSS WIN 26.0 version. Positive thinking and perceived health status(r=.43, p<.001), positive thinking and meaning of life(r=.54, p<.001), perceived health state and meaning of life(r=.31, p<.001) showed a statistically significant positive correlation. Positive thinking and aging anxiety(r=-.20, p=.021) and perceived health state and aging anxiety(r=-.46, p<.001) showed a statistically significant negative correlation. Aging anxiety and meaning of life(r=-.10, p=.281) were not statistically significant. Factors influencing the meaning of life among middle-aged women were found to be positive thinking (𝛽=.52, p<.001), menopausal status (𝛽=-.22, p=.003), with meaning of life (F=32.49, p<.001) explaining 32.8%. As the positive thinking of middle-aged women has been identified as a predictor of the meaning of life, it is considered necessary to develop an intervention program to promote positive thinking of middle-aged women.