• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제31권
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• pp.18.1-18.8
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• 2016

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with depression and suicidal ideation in a rural population. Methods A survey was conducted with 543 farmers from Chungcheongnam-do Province using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) for depression, Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS) for social support, Swedish Q16 for neurotoxicity symptoms and a survey tool for farmer's syndrome. Results After adjusting for socioeconomic factors using logistic regression analysis, poor self-rated health, low social support and neurotoxicity were positively associated with the risk of depression (odds ratio [OR], 15.96; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.11 to 81.97; OR, 3.14; 95% CI, 1.26 to 7.82; and OR, 3.68; 95% CI, 1.08 to 12.57, respectively). The risk of suicidal ideation significantly increased with low social support, neurotoxicity and farmer's syndrome (OR, 2.28; 95% CI, 1.18 to 4.40; OR, 6.17; 95% CI, 2.85 to 13.34; and OR, 3.70; 95% CI, 1.51 to 9.07, respectively). Conclusions Given the overall results of this study, there is a need to establish programs which can improve the health and social relationships of farmers. Also, when farmers have neurological symptoms from pesticide exposure and characteristic symptoms of farmer's syndrome, a monitoring system for depression and suicide must be made available.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.454-469
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• 2014

교사 개인의 자연 및 과학에 대한 관점은 학교교육과정에서 교육받기 이전부터 주변 환경과의 상호 작용 및 일상생활 속에서의 경험 등을 통해 형성되어, 과학학습지도에 직접적인 영향을 주게 된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 과학의 본성, 과학의 인과성, 그리고 자연이 무엇이라고 생각하는지에 대한 교사의 관점을 종합적으로 조사하였다. 본 연구에서는 Q방법론을 이용하였다. 과학의 본성, 과학적 인과성, 자연에 대한 81개의 진술문이 사용되었고, 12명의 과학교사가 각 진술문에 대해 동의하는 정도를 응답한 후, 요인분석을 통해 교사의 관점을 유형별로 구분하였다. 분석결과, 과학의 본성, 과학적 인과성, 그리고 자연에 대해서 교사의 관점이 크게 5개 유형으로 분류될 수 있었고, 유형별 특징을 알아볼 수 있었다. 그리고 과학의 본성, 과학적 인과성, 자연에 대한 관점들이 서로 연관되어 있다는 것도 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구방법은 앞으로도 교사의 다양한 관점을 상호 연관지어 종합적으로 이해하는데 도움이 될 것으로 기대한다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.661-677
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• 2021

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify the types of perception toward quarantine measures at hospitals or community treatment centers among patients infected with COVID-19. Methods: This study applied Q-methodology. Two hundred and nineteen Q populations were constructed based on related literature and in-depth interviews with 5 adults infected with COVID-19 and who experienced quarantine and hospitalization. Interviews were performed from November 14 to 29, 2020. A total of 45 Q samples were extracted and Q sorting was performed using a 9-point scale for 30 adult subjects who experienced quarantine at hospitals and community treatment centers. The data were analyzed using the PC-QUANL program. Results: The perception of subjects toward quarantine measures was classified into the following six types: 'passive acceptance', 'social stigma perception', 'appreciation of daily life through awareness of the realities of illness', 'why me?', 'fearful perception', and 'positive meaning'. Conclusion: The perception of quarantine measure among patients with COVID-19 is identified as six types with positive and negative emotional characteristics. This result will contribute to the development of individualized strategies to address psychosocial health problems among patients with infectious diseases.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.5-39
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• 2016

Social networking applications (SNAs) are among the fastest growing web applications of recent years. In this paper, we propose a causal model to assess the success of SNAs, grounded on DeLone and McLean's updated information systems (IS) success model. In addition to their original three dimensions of quality, i.e., system quality, information quality and service quality, we propose that a fourth dimension - networking quality - contributes to SNA success. We empirically examined the proposed research model with a survey of 168 Facebook and 149 Twitter users. The data validates the significant role of networking quality in determining the focal SNA's success. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.129-140
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the types of attitudes of nursing students in Korea toward bucket lists. Methods: The Q-methodology, which provides a method for analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used. From each of the 37 subjects, 34 selected Q-statements were classified into the shape of a normal distribution, using a 9-point scale. The collected data were analyzed using a QUANL PC program. Results: Four types of attitudes toward the bucket list of subjects were identified in Korean nursing students. Type I is a pursuit of money type, Type II is a pursuit of relationship type, Type III is a pursuit of self-centered type, and TypeIV is a pursuit of others-centered type. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that different approaches toward educational programs for students in the human service area are recommended based on the four types of nursing students' attitudes toward the bucket list.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.14-30
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• 2021

Data innovation is at the core of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. While the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the societal shift toward a data-driven society, the direction of overall data regulation remains unclear and data policy experts have yet to reach a consensus. This study identifies and examines the ideal regulator models of data-policy experts and suggests an appropriate method for developing policy in the data economy. To identify different typologies of data regulation, this study used Q methodology with 42 data policy experts, including public officers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and professors, and additional focus group interviews (FGIs) with six data policy experts. Using a Q survey, this study discerns four types of data policy regulators: proactive activists, neutral conservatives, pro-protection idealists, and pro-protection pragmatists. Based on the results of the analysis and FGIs, this study suggests three practical policy implications for framing a nation's data policy. It also discusses possibilities for exploring diverse methods of data industry regulation, underscoring the value of identifying regulatory issues in the data industry from a social science perspective.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2023

This study determines how social media users (SMUs) verify the information they come across on the Internet. It determines SMUs' perception of online fact-checking services in terms of their ease of use, usefulness, and trust. By conducting a focus group discussion and key informant interviews, themes were derived in determining fact-checking practices while a survey was further conducted to determine such perceived ease of use, usefulness, and trust in fact-checking services. The thematic analysis revealed major information verification practices, such as cross-checking and verifying with other sources, inspecting comments and reactions, and confirming from personal and social networks. The results showed that SMUs considered fact-checking services easy to use. However, a concern was raised about their usefulness stemming from the delayed action in addressing the information issues that need to be verified. As to perceived trust, it was found that SMUs have reservations about fact-checking services. Finally, it is believed that fact-checking services are expected to be credible and need to be promoted to mitigate any form of fake news, particularly on social media platforms.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.1868-1887
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• 2024

Recommendation systems research is a subfield of information retrieval, as these systems recommend appropriate items to users during their visits. Appropriate recommendation results will help users save time searching while increasing productivity at work, travel, or shopping. The problem becomes more difficult when the items are geographical locations on the ground, as they are associated with a wealth of contextual information, such as geographical location, opening time, and sequence of related locations. Furthermore, on social networking platforms that allow users to check in or express interest when visiting a specific location, their friends receive this signal by spreading the word on that online social network. Consideration should be given to relationship data extracted from online social networking platforms, as well as their impact on the geolocation recommendation process. In this study, we compare the similarity of geographic locations based on their distance on the ground and their correlation with users who have checked in at those locations. When calculating feature embeddings for users and locations, social relationships are also considered as attention signals. The similarity value between location and correlation between users will be exploited in the overall architecture of the recommendation model, which will employ graph convolution networks to generate recommendations with high precision and recall. The proposed model is implemented and executed on popular datasets, then compared to baseline models to assess its overall effectiveness.

• 재활복지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.1-31
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• 2017

본 연구는 청각장애인에게 보다 유용한 수화언어통역서비스를 발전시키기 위한 방안을 모색하는데 목적을 두고, Q방법을 활용하여 청각장애인의 수화언어통역에 대한 다양한 주관적 인식 유형을 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 선행 연구들과 심층 인터뷰를 바탕으로 39개의 진술문을 추출하고, 청각장애인 20명에 대한 Q분류를 시행하였다. 연구결과, 청각장애인이 많이 이용하는 기관에 수화통역사를 배치하는데 대한 공통 인식 분석과 함께, '수화언어통역의 전문화 추구형', '전통적인 수화언어통역서비스 추구형', '수화언어통역서비스 확대 및 개선 추구형' 등 차별화된 3가지 인식 유형을 도출하였다. 이에 근거하여 주요 공공시설에 수화통역사 상주화 방안, 수화통역사 자격제도 및 교육훈련과정의 개선 방안, 영역별 전문화와 수화언어통역서비스 형태의 개선 방안, 고령층에 차별화된 서비스 제공, 수화언어통역 이용자의 욕구를 반영한 수화통역사 배치 등의 개선 방향을 제안하였다.

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.273-283
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 중국 사범대학 대학생들의 유교적 가치관 유형과 특징을 알아본 것이다. 연구 목적을 실현하기 위하여 Q방법론을 연구방법으로 선정하였으며, 중국 사천사범대학교 대학생 42명을 연구대상으로 선정하였다. 연구 결과는 중국 사범대학교 대학생의 유교적 가치관은"국가주의","전통주의","명분주의","자연주의" 네 가지 유형이 도출되었으며, 각 유형은 선명한 특징을 기지고 있는 것이다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 내린 결론은 첫째. 네 유형은 국가 관계, 가족 관계, 붕우 관계에 대하여 유기적, 화해적으로 이해하는 것을 확인할 수 있다.둘째, 네 유형간 가장 공통적인 특징은 바로 남녀관계, 역할에 대한 관점이다. 중국 사범대학교 대학생들은 유교적 가치관에서 남녀관에 대한 관점을 동의하지 않고 부정적으로 이해하고 있다. 여성은 가족이나 남성의 부속물이 아니라고 생각하고 있다. 셋째, 비록 유교 가치관은 중국 문화의 발전에 대해 중요한 영향을 미치지만, 현대 사회 발전과 부합하지 않는 관점도 존재하는 것도 부인할 수 없다. 따라서 유교 가치관에 대해 변증적이고 전면적인 관점으로 볼 필요가 있다.