• 제목/요약/키워드: Social comparison perception level

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고령화사회의 인지연령과 기부의도에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Relationship between Donation Intention and Cognitive Age in an Aging Society)

  • 오민정;황윤용
    • 유통과학연구
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    • 제13권5호
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    • pp.83-90
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    • 2015
  • Purpose - This research aims to understand the different behaviors of consumers according to cognitive age. Specifically, this research is focused on pro-social behavior. Pro-social behavior is defined as behavior benefiting others, rather than behavior benefiting one's self. It often entails individual risk or cost, such as when giving resources to others, waiting in line, asking for or paying a fair price, or risking one's life in battle. Therefore, we sought to understand consumer psychology and cognitive age as a reflection of inner psychology. People frequently perceive themselves as younger or older than their chronological ages. This self-perceived or cognitive age is a subjective age perception independent of actual chronological age. The discrepancy degree between chronological and cognitive age represents how much individuals perceive themselves as younger than they are. This study examines the gap in donation intention based on cognitive age. In order to investigate cognitive age, composed of four sub-categories (feel-age, look-age, do-age, and interest-age), this study explores the differential donation intention based on cognitive age, which determines the relationship between the young age and old age. Research design, data, and methodology - Data research was conducted by gathering 216 survey samples, excluding those with unreliable answers. Data coding and cleaning were used and SPSS 19.0 software for the data analysis. The respondents were categorized into two types, younger cognitive ages and older cognitive ages. Additionally, we analyzed the moderating variables. In particular, we used cognitive age degree and congruency level (cognitive age low vs. cognitive age high) × (congruency close vs. congruency distant) between - subjects design. First, regression was done to verify the difference between chronological age and cognitive age. Second, a t-test was done to verify the difference of cognitive age level in donations. Third, ANOVA (analysis of variance) was done to verify the difference between cognitive age and congruency in donations. Last, ANOVA was done to verify the difference between cognitive age and moral judgments in donations. Result - The results show most respondents perceive themselves as younger than their chronological ages. In particular, older respondents feel they are younger than their actual age. Moreover, the result of the comparison between low degree and high degree groups of cognitive age, show high donations at the higher degree of cognitive age groups. In addition, the closer the distance to the beneficiaries, the higher the donation in high degree cognitive age groups. The higher moral judgment groups also show relatively high contributions in lower degree cognitive age groups. Conclusions - Donations belong to the category of pro-social behavior reflecting an individual's psychological state. Therefore, it is important in understanding cognitive age. This study implies that it is necessary to take into account both cognitive age and chronological age when segmenting donors. Moreover, this study confirmed that there are different factors affecting the motives behind donations. Thus, it may be utilized to create differential donation strategies.

청소년의 식습관이 건강행위실천에 영향을 미치는 요인 (Affecting Factors on Food Habits related Health Behavior Activities of Adolescents)

  • 서화정;박민애;장재선
    • 한국식품영양학회지
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    • 제30권2호
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    • pp.297-304
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    • 2017
  • Although adolescents' obesity prevalence increases recently in Korea due to Westernized dietary life, according to social and economic development, and physical activity decline, distorted body image and improper dietary habits are prevalent, because of excessive obsession with weight control, deriving from psychological impacts including appearance supremacy. This study conducted a survey on health oriented awareness and attitude related with dietary habits targeting adolescents, such as high school students and college students, younger than 24, from May 11 to May 29, 2015. In this study, 280 questionnaire copies were collected out of 300 distributed questionnaire copies, and used 269 copies as analysis data, except 11 copies of which responses were inadequate. The results of this study are as follows: First, the high school students showed higher dietary regularity than the college students. Especially, 95.5% of the college students showed very high irregularity of lunch, compared with just 4.5% of the high school students. Second, the adolescents showed distorted perceived body image in comparison with body mass index (BMI). As a result of examining BMI relationship, according to one's own perception on body type, 28.6% of the respondents perceived themselves fat, despite normal BMI, and 40.4% of the respondents perceived themselves normal, despite low BMI. Third, health behavior activities level was higher, as the regularity of breakfast (B=1.093), lunch, (B=0.650), and dinner (B=0.765) was higher. The variable affecting the most ( ${\beta}=0.372$) was the regularity of breakfast. As interest in weight control was higher, health behavior activities was lower. Because over-interest in weight control may be linked with improper dietary habits or weight control, a caution is needed. The results of this study are expected to be utilized as the basic data for the policy and health-oriented program development to improve adolescents' health behavior practice.

미세먼지로 인한 자전거 이용객의 야외활동 인식변화에 관한 연구: 사회네트워크분석을 중심으로 (A Study on Perception Change in Bicycle users' Outdoor Activity by Particulate Matter: Based on the Social Network Analysis)

  • 김보미;이동근
    • 환경영향평가
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    • 제28권5호
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    • pp.440-456
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    • 2019
  • 본 연구는 미세먼지에 대한 야외활동의 위험인식의 논란에 따른 미세먼지 우려의 본질을 파악해보고자 미세먼지의 노출로 건강에 영향을 많이 받는 자전거 커뮤니티를 대상으로 카페글과 댓글을 수집하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 첫째, 정부에서 주도한 미세먼지 정책은 매 시기별로 견고해지고, 세분화되고 있었지만 자전거 커뮤니티 내에서의 미세먼지 위험인식은 시간흐름에 따라 논의가 활성화되고, 심각해지고 있었다. 둘째, 미세먼지 우려로 인한 야외활동 인식변화를 분석한 결과 자전거 커뮤니티 회원들은 날씨 변수보다 미세먼지 등급에 따라 야외활동 여부가 달라지는 양상을 보였다. 또한 국내 미세먼지 수치나 마스크 성능에 대한 불신과 맞물리면서 일상생활과 건강에 심각한 위협을 주는 공포의 대상으로 변화되고 있었다. 궁극적으로 이러한 미세먼지 위험인식은 주로 야외에서 즐겼던 자전거활동 일부를 실내공간으로 이동하게 하였다. 하지만 경관, 사람, 날씨 등 야외에서 다양한 요소들을 누리며 즐겼던 자전거활동에 비해 단조로운 실내 자전거운동은 헬스, 요가 등의 다른 실내운동 유형으로 전환되고 있었다. 종합적으로 살펴보면 미세먼지에 대한 자전거 이용객의 위험인식이나 야외 자전거활동의 인식변화는 정부나 지자체 등에서 제공하는 미세먼지 농도수치의 정확성, 중국영향, 국내 어플리케이션 신뢰성, 마스크 성능, 미세먼지 농도 제시방법(숫자제시형, 점적 데이터 제공) 등 정책 불신과 검증되지 않는 과도한 정보 오류로 인한 논란이 가장 큰 역할을 하고 있는 것으로 도출되었다. 따라서 모든 계층을 아우르는 종합적 사회방안이나 정부주도형 미세먼지 정책을 제시하기보다 자전거 이용객들의 눈높이에서 미세먼지로 인한 건강상의 위험을 인지하는 것이 필요하다. 또한 총체적 유기적으로 미세먼지를 인식하도록 돕는 체감형 위험 커뮤니케이션이나 교육 및 홍보과정이 선행되어야 하고, 단계별 토의를 통한 사회적 합의와 함께 향후 야외활동 유형별로 세분화된 체계적 연구가 추진되어야할 것으로 판단된다. 이에 따라 본 연구는 정부와 지자체, 언론, 국민들의 효과적인 커뮤니케이션 방향 모색을 위한 학술적 근거로 제공될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

산업장 교대근무 근로자의 건강증진행위 예측요인 (Predictive Factors of Health promotion behaviors of Industrial Shift Workers)

  • 김영미
    • 한국직업건강간호학회지
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.13-30
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    • 2002
  • Industrial shift workers feels suffer mental stresses which are caused by unfamiliar day sleep, noisy environment, sleeping disorder by bright light, unusual contacts with family, difficulty in meeting with friends or having formal social meetings and other social limitations such as the use of transportation. Such stresses influence health of the workers negatively. Thus the health promotion policy for shift workers should be made considering the workers' ways of living and shift work specially. This study attempted to provide basic information for development of the health promotion program for industrial shift workers by examining predictive factors influencing health promotion behaviors of those workers. In designing the study, three power generation plants located in Pusan and south Kyungsang province were randomly selected and therefrom 280 workers at central control, boiler and turbine rooms and environmental chemistry parts whose processes require shift works were sampled as subjects of the study. Data were collected two times from September 17 to October 8, 1999 using questionnaires with helps of safety and health managers of the plants. The questionnaires were distributed through mails or direct visits. Means for the study included the measurement tool of health promotion behavior provided by Park(1995), the tool of self-efficacy measurement by Suh(1995), the tool of internal locus of control measurement by Oh(1987), the measurement tool of perceived health state by Park(1995) and the tool of social support measurement by Paek(1995). The collected data were analyzed using SPSS program. Controlling factors of the subjects were evaluated in terms of frequency and percentage ratio Perceived factors and health promotion behaviors of the subjects were done so in terms of mean and standard deviation, and average mark and standard deviation, respectively. Relations between controlling and perceived factors were analyzed using t-test and ANOVA and those between perceived factors and the performance of health promotion behaviors, using Pearson's Correlation Coefficient. The performance of health promotion behaviors was tested using t-test, ANOVA and post multi-comparison (Scheffe test). Predictive factors of health promotion behavior were examined through the Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis. Results of the study are summarized as follows. 1. The performance of health promotion behaviors by the subjects was evaluated as having the value of mean, $161.27{\pm}26.73$ points(min.:60, max.:240) and average mark, $2.68{\pm}0.44$ points(min.:1, max.:4). When the performance was analyzed according to related aspects, it showed the highest level in harmonious relation with average mark, $3.15{\pm}.56$ points, followed by hygienic life($3.03{\pm}.55$), self-realization ($2.84{\pm}.55$), emotional support($2.73{\pm}.61$), regular meals($2.71{\pm}.76$), self-control($2.62{\pm}.63$), health diet($2.62{\pm}.56$), rest and sleep($2.60{\pm}.59$), exercise and activity($2.53{\pm}.57$), diet control($2.52{\pm}.56$) and special health management($2.06{\pm}.65$). 2. In relations between perceived factors of the subjects(self-efficacy, internal locus of control, perceived health state) and the performance of health promotion behaviors, the performance was found having significantly pure relations with self-efficacy (r=.524, P=.000), internal locus of control (r=.225, P=.000) and perceived health state(r=.244, P=.000). The higher each evaluated point of the three factors was, the higher the performance was in level. 3. When relations between the controlling factors(demography-based social, health-related, job-related and human relations characteristics) and the performance of health promotion behaviors were analyzed, the performance showed significant differences according to marital status (t=2.09, P= .03), religion(F=3.93, P= .00) and participation in religious activities (F=8.10, P= .00) out of demography-based characteristics, medical examination results (F=7.20, P= .00) and methods of the collection of health knowledge and information(F=3.41, P= .01) and methods of desired health education(F=3.41, P= .01) out of health-related characteristics, detrimental factors perception(F=4.49, P= .01) and job satisfaction(F=8.41, P= .00) out of job-related characteristics and social support(F=14.69, P= .00) out of human relations characteristics. 4. The factor which is a variable predicting best the performance of health promotion behaviors by the subjects was the self-efficacy accounting for 27.4% of the prediction, followed by participation in religious activities, social support, job satisfaction, received health state and internal locus of control in order all of which totally account for 41.0%. In conclusion, the predictive factor which most influence the performance of health promotion behaviors by shift workers was self-efficacy. To promote the sense, therefore, it is necessary to develop the nursing intervention program considering predictive factors as variables identified in this study. Further industrial nurses should play their roles actively to help shift workers increase their capability of self-management of health.

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국내정원박람회 개최 효과에 대한 방문객 인식 비교 연구 - 2013 순천만국제정원박람회, 2015 서울정원박람회, 2022 고양국제꽃박람회를 대상으로 - (Comparative Analysis in Visitors' Perception of Aftermath of the Country's Garden Exposition- Focused on the 2013 Suncheon Bay International Garden Expo, 2015 Seoul Garden Expo, and 2022 Goyang International Flower Fair -)

  • 김태원;김건우
    • 한국조경학회지
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    • 제50권6호
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    • pp.58-69
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    • 2022
  • 본 연구는 국내 정원박람회 개최 효과를 대상지별로 비교 분석함으로써 향후 정원박람회 개최를 위한 기초자료 제시를 목적으로 수행하였다. 2013 순천만국제정원박람회, 2015 서울정원박람회, 2022 고양국제꽃박람회 세 대상지의 만족도와 경제, 사회·문화, 환경·생태, 운영 측면에서 만족도에 영향을 미치는 요소들을 분석하였다. 연구의 결과 세 대상지 모두 만족도가 3.5 이상의 값으로 높게 나타났다. 특히 2013 순천만국제정원박람회의 만족도가 가장 높았으며, 2013 순천만국제정원박람회와 2015 서울정원박람회의 만족도에 차이가 있음으로 나타났다. 만족도의 정도에 차이가 있다는 것을 의미하는데, 지역 축제로서 2013 순천만국제정원박람회는 '순천만정원'이 국가정원 1호로 지정될 만큼 높은 위상을 얻었으며, 시민참여, 생태보전 등의 가치가 부합하여 경제, 사회·문화, 환경적 활성화를 꾀하였기 때문에 큰 만족도를 얻을 수 있었던 것으로 판단된다. 정원박람회별 만족도에 영향을 주는 인식 유형 비교의 결과 2013 순천만국제정원박람회와 2015 서울정원박람회는 네 가지 요인에 모두 영향을 미치고 있는 반면 2022 고양국제꽃박람회는 운영 측면이 만족도에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 분석되었다. 이는 고양국제꽃박람회가 이미 지역적으로 브랜드가 고착된 행사이기 때문인 것으로 보인다. 만족도에 영향을 미치는 인식 유형의 세부 요인을 분석한 결과 세 대상지 공통적으로 사회.문화적 요인의 문화행사 유치, 지역에 대한 자긍심과 애향심 향상, 자녀들의 교육에 도움이 된다는 것이다. 환경·생태적 요인에서는 교통 혼잡에 따른 생활 불편으로 분석되었다. 대상지의 만족도에 미치는 요인의 차이 비교 분석과도 의미를 같이 한다고 볼 수 있다. 사회·문화적, 환경·생태적 측면에서는 만족도에 미치는 영향의 차이가 없으나 경제와 운영 측면에서는 차이가 있다고 분석되었기 때문이다. 본 연구의 분석 결과를 바탕으로 정리하면, 향후 국내 정원박람회 개최 위해서는 지역의 특색에 맞는, 그리고 잠재된 가치가 있는 '환경', '생태'적 정원 소재를 적절하게 활용하여 생태적 가치를 살린 지속가능한 친환경적 관광자원 개발이 될 수 있도록 해야 할 것이다. 또한 개최 지역만의 차별화된 정체성 확립을 위한 문화·예술 프로그램을 계획하여 지역 박람회의 마케팅 수단으로 적절히 활용될 때에 그 가치가 더 돋보일 것이다. 지역민과의 소통을 통해 잘 계획된 지역축제는 도시브랜드 구축과 함께 도시 경쟁력을 확보하여 지역의 이미지 쇄신과 지역 커뮤니티 활성화에도 영향을 미칠 수 있으므로 지역주민들의 참여와 국가적 혹은 지방단체의 협력은 필수적이라 할 수 있다.

농촌지역 보건소 환경에 있어서의 건강가치관에 관한 일 조사연구 (A Study on Value Orientation of Health of Rural Health Center Milieu)

  • 김순자
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.17-30
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    • 1975
  • The concept and definition of nursing and her role have been changing in accordance with the socio-cultural factors of the initial society. At present, nursing is conceptualized as a health care profession assisting man to restore, maintain and promote health by providing knowledge, wilt strength and resources through various processes of interaction. Man′s behavior, of individual and group activities for health inclusive, is driven by the initial man′s value orientation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the value orientation regarding health of rural health center milieu in order to give data for; 1. the planning for the delivery of community nursing service, 2. the health education plan at all level of nursing care activities, and 3. the planning of curriculum for nursing education. A hundred opinion leaders among the labor population residing in rural areas (P-group), hundred and six professional nurses at rural health centers (N-group) were indirectly interviewed through questionaries. And ninety five of N-group were interviewed likewise of their perceptions of P-group (NP-group) from July 15, to October 15, 1974. The result is as follows: 1. Maintenance of health is revealed to be the most valued component for man′s happiness in all the three groups. (P-group: 7.30 S. D.=1.31), (N-group :7.84 S. D. =49), and (NP-group : 5.93 S. D. =2.28) 2. The average value score of the maintenance of health revealed significant difference by P〈.001 level between each of the three groups. (Between N-group and P-group : T= -4.07 P and NP ; T=-6.93, N and NP: T=-9.35) 3. Basic health maintenance activities necessary for maintenance and promotion of personal health were moderately valued by all the three groups, P-group ; 3.74 (S. D. =.43) , N-group: 3.52 (S. D. =.34), NP-group: 3.07 (S. D. :.55) Among the 8 categories of basic health maintenance activities, "food intake" was highly valued by P-group (mean value score; 4.00 S. D=.51) , "exercise and rest" and "personal cleanliness" was highly valued by both P-group (4.02, 4.08) and N-group (4.08, 4.22). 4. The mean value score of basic health maintenance activities revealed significant difference by P〈.001 level between each of the three groups (between P-group and N-group: T=-4, 07, N-and NP: T=-6.93, P and NP T=-9.35) 5. Among the 30 questionaries, dynamic activities for health maintenance were more valued in comparison to passive activities in an tile three groups. 6. In N-group, correlation between the value of basic health maintenance activities and the personal health status personal revealed moderate significance. Correlation between the value of basic health maintenance activities and the age revealed low significance. 7. In group, correlation between the value of basic health maintenance activities and; perception of personal health status revealed non significance, between the age and sex revealed low sign affiance, and between the educational status revealed moderate significance. Recommendations are as follows ; 1. The efforts towards alteration of value orientation concerning health in general in community nursing practice de focussed be that of family Planning. 2. In order to prepare professional nurses competent in understanding individual and group, social science and behavioral science be strength ended in planning nursing curriculum. 3. Milieu of nursing experience during nursing education be Planned to begin at simple nursing problem and move towards complex, f. e. home care towards health crisis situation in order to achieve dynamic role mastery.

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초기 노년기 부부의 부부관계와 성인자녀관계에 따른 집단유형과 심리적 부적응의 차이 (Clustering by Marital Relationship and Adult Children Relationship and Group Differences in Psychological Maladjustment of Elderly Couples)

  • 이주연;정혜정
    • 한국노년학
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.975-991
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구는 초기 노년기 부부의 부부관계와 성인자녀관계에 따른 집단유형 구분과 그 특성을 파악하고, 집단유형에 따른 심리적 부적응의 차이를 살펴보았다. 연구대상은 남편이 현재 퇴직한 상태로 부부 모두 만 55 ~ 75세인 초기 노년기 부부 271쌍이며, 편의와 눈덩이 표집으로 수집하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 남편과 아내 각자가 지각한 부부관계와 성인자녀관계 변인들을 지표로 군집분석을 한 결과, '부부-자녀관계 혼미형', '부부-자녀관계 갈등형', '부부-자녀관계 친밀추구형', '부부-자녀관계 친밀형'의 4개 집단유형이 확인되었다. 둘째, 결혼기간은 '부부-자녀관계 혼미형'에서 가장 길었고, 교육수준은 '부부-자녀관계 친밀형'에서 가장 높았으며, 사회활동 참여유형의 경우 '부부-자녀관계 갈등형'에서는 '주로 혼자' 활동하는 비율이, '부부-자녀관계 친밀형'에서는 '부부 함께' 활동하는 비율이 높았다. 셋째, 집단유형에 따라 심리적 부적응의 차이는 남편의 경우 우울, 불안, 신체화 모두에서 '부부-자녀관계 갈등형'이 가장 높게 나타났고, 아내의 경우 우울, 신체화는 '부부-자녀관계 갈등형'에서, 불안은 '부부-자녀관계 혼미형'과 '부부-자녀관계 갈등형'에서 가장 높고, '부부-자녀관계 친밀형'에서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 초기 노년기 부부의 심리적 부적응 수준을 감소시키기 위해서는 부부관계와 성인자녀관계 모두가 중요하다는 것과 함께 여성노인의 심리적 부적응을 감소시키기 위해서는 특히 성인자녀와의 관계에 대한 관심과 재조명이 필요함을 시사한다.

노년기 장애인 삶의 만족에 영향을 미치는 사회적 지지, 자아존중감, 우울의 구조적 관계: 노령화 장애인과 노인성 장애인의 비교 (Social Support, Depression, Self-esteem Influences on Life Satisfaction of Disability in Aging)

  • 정은혜;윤명숙
    • 한국노년학
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    • 제38권3호
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    • pp.645-666
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    • 2018
  • 이 연구는 노년기 장애를 노령화된 장애와 노인성 장애로 분류하고, 이들 집단의 삶의 만족에 영향을 미치는 사회적 지지를 가족지지, 타인지지, 공적지지로 나누어 그 영향력 차이를 분석하였다. 또한 이러한 경로에서 자아존중감과 우울의 매개효과를 함께 살펴봄으로서 노년기 장애인의 삶의 만족에 영향을 미치는 요인들의 구조적관계를 확인함과 동시에 노령화 장애인과 노인성 장애인을 비교하여 두 집단의 차이를 밝히는데 본 연구의 목적이 있다. 연구대상은 한국복지패널 12차 조사와 장애인부가조사데이터(2018) 응답자 중 65세 이상 장애노인 692명이며, 연구방법으로 구조방정식 모형을 활용하였고 집단 간 경로비교를 위해 다중집단분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과는 첫째, 노년기 장애인의 삶의 만족에 가족지지와 타인지지가 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 노년기 장애인이 인지한 가족지지, 타인지지가 높아질수록 우울수준이 낮아지고 자아존중감은 높아져 삶의 만족도를 증진시키는 것으로 나타났으며, 공적지지가 높아질수록 자아존중감이 낮아지고 우울수준이 높아져서 삶의 만족을 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 자아존중감과 우울은 모든 사회적 지지와 삶의 만족도 관계에서 유의미한 매개효과를 보였다. 셋째, 노인성 장애인은 노령화 장애인에 비해 유의미한 수준에서 가족지지를 높게 인지하고 공적지원경험과 공적서비스이용이 많았으며 우울수준이 더 높게 나타났다. 넷째, 타인지지가 삶의 만족에 영향을 미치는 직접효과는 노인성 장애인에게만 정적으로 유의미하게 나타났으며 삶의 만족에 대한 우울의 영향력은 노령화 장애인이 더 크게 나타났고 두 집단의 차이는 유의미하였다. 마지막으로 노령화 장애인은 공적지지의 삶의 만족에 대한 직접효과가 정적으로 유의미하게 나타났으나 우울과 자아존중감의 간접효과로 인해 총효과는 부적으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과에 따라 노령화 장애인과 노인성 장애인의 차별화된 특성과 영향요인들을 고려한 노년기 장애인의 삶의 질 증진을 위한 개입서비스 필요성을 제언하였다.

정보기술 수용에서 사용용이성과 통제가능성을 하위 차원으로 하는 지각된 사용통제의 역할 (Roles of Perceived Use Control consisting of Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Controllability in IT acceptance)

  • 이웅규
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2008
  • According to technology acceptance model(TAN) which is one of the most important research models for explaining IT users' behavior, on intention of using IT is determined by usefulness and ease of use of it. However, TAM wouldn't explain the performance of using IT while it has been considered as a very good model for prediction of the intention. Many people would not be confirmed in the performance of using IT until they can control it at their will, although they think it useful and easy to use. In other words, in addition to usefulness and ease of use as in TAM, controllability is also should be a factor to determine acceptance of IT. Especially, there is a very close relationship between controllability and ease of use, both of which explain the other sides of control over the performance of using IT, so called perceived behavioral control(PBC) in social psychology. The objective of this study is to identify the relationship between ease of use and controllability, and analyse the effects of both two beliefs over performance and intention in using IT. For this purpose, we review the issues related with PBC in information systems studies as well as social psychology, Based on a review of PBC, we suggest a research model which includes the relationship between control and performance in using IT, and prove its validity empirically. Since it was introduced as qa variable for explaining volitional control for actions in theory of planned behavior(TPB), there have been confusion about concept of PBC in spite of its important role in predicting so many kinds of actions. Some studies define PBC as self-efficacy that means actor's perception of difficulty or ease of actions, while others as controllability. However, this confusion dose not imply conceptual contradiction but a double-faced feature of PBC since the performance of actions is related with both self-efficacy and controllability. In other words, these two concepts are discriminated and correlated with each other. Therefore, PBC should be considered as a composite concept consisting of self-efficacy and controllability, Use of IT has been also one of important areas for predictions by PBC. Most of them have been studied by analysis of comparison in prediction power between TAM and TPB or modification of TAM by inclusion of PBC as another belief as like usefulness and ease of use. Interestingly, unlike the other applications in social psychology, it is hard to find such confusion in the concept of PBC in the studies for use of IT. In most of studies, controllability is adapted as PBC since the concept of self-efficacy is included in ease of use explicitly. Based on these discussions, we can suggest perceived use control(PUC) which is defined as perception of control over the performance of using IT and composed of controllability and ease of use as sub-concepts. We suggest a research model explaining acceptance of IT which includes the relationships of PUC with attitude and performance of using IT. For empirical test of our research model, two user groups are selected for surveying questionnaires. In the first group, there are freshmen who take a basic course for Microsoft Excel, and the second group consists of senior students who take a course for analysis of management information by Excel. Most of measurements are adapted ones that have been validated in the other studies, while performance is real score of mid-term in each class. In result, four hypotheses related with PUC are supported statistically with very low significance level. Main contribution of this study is suggestion of PUC through theoretical review of PBC. Specifically, a hierarchical model of PUC are derived from very rigorous studies in the relationship between self-efficacy and controllability with a view of PBC in social psychology. The relationship between PUC and performance is another main contribution.

Perceptional Change of a New Product, DMB Phone

  • Kim, Ju-Young;Ko, Deok-Im
    • 마케팅과학연구
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.59-88
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    • 2008
  • Digital Convergence means integration between industry, technology, and contents, and in marketing, it usually comes with creation of new types of product and service under the base of digital technology as digitalization progress in electro-communication industries including telecommunication, home appliance, and computer industries. One can see digital convergence not only in instruments such as PC, AV appliances, cellular phone, but also in contents, network, service that are required in production, modification, distribution, re-production of information. Convergence in contents started around 1990. Convergence in network and service begins as broadcasting and telecommunication integrates and DMB(digital multimedia broadcasting), born in May, 2005 is the symbolic icon in this trend. There are some positive and negative expectations about DMB. The reason why two opposite expectations exist is that DMB does not come out from customer's need but from technology development. Therefore, customers might have hard time to interpret the real meaning of DMB. Time is quite critical to a high tech product, like DMB because another product with same function from different technology can replace the existing product within short period of time. If DMB does not positioning well to customer's mind quickly, another products like Wibro, IPTV, or HSPDA could replace it before it even spreads out. Therefore, positioning strategy is critical for success of DMB product. To make correct positioning strategy, one needs to understand how consumer interprets DMB and how consumer's interpretation can be changed via communication strategy. In this study, we try to investigate how consumer perceives a new product, like DMB and how AD strategy change consumer's perception. More specifically, the paper segment consumers into sub-groups based on their DMB perceptions and compare their characteristics in order to understand how they perceive DMB. And, expose them different printed ADs that have messages guiding consumer think DMB in specific ways, either cellular phone or personal TV. Research Question 1: Segment consumers according to perceptions about DMB and compare characteristics of segmentations. Research Question 2: Compare perceptions about DMB after AD that induces categorization of DMB in direction for each segment. If one understand and predict a direction in which consumer perceive a new product, firm can select target customers easily. We segment consumers according to their perception and analyze characteristics in order to find some variables that can influence perceptions, like prior experience, usage, or habit. And then, marketing people can use this variables to identify target customers and predict their perceptions. If one knows how customer's perception is changed via AD message, communication strategy could be constructed properly. Specially, information from segmented customers helps to develop efficient AD strategy for segment who has prior perception. Research framework consists of two measurements and one treatment, O1 X O2. First observation is for collecting information about consumer's perception and their characteristics. Based on first observation, the paper segment consumers into two groups, one group perceives DMB similar to Cellular phone and the other group perceives DMB similar to TV. And compare characteristics of two segments in order to find reason why they perceive DMB differently. Next, we expose two kinds of AD to subjects. One AD describes DMB as Cellular phone and the other Ad describes DMB as personal TV. When two ADs are exposed to subjects, consumers don't know their prior perception of DMB, in other words, which subject belongs 'similar-to-Cellular phone' segment or 'similar-to-TV' segment? However, we analyze the AD's effect differently for each segment. In research design, final observation is for investigating AD effect. Perception before AD is compared with perception after AD. Comparisons are made for each segment and for each AD. For the segment who perceives DMB similar to TV, AD that describes DMB as cellular phone could change the prior perception. And AD that describes DMB as personal TV, could enforce the prior perception. For data collection, subjects are selected from undergraduate students because they have basic knowledge about most digital equipments and have open attitude about a new product and media. Total number of subjects is 240. In order to measure perception about DMB, we use indirect measurement, comparison with other similar digital products. To select similar digital products, we pre-survey students and then finally select PDA, Car-TV, Cellular Phone, MP3 player, TV, and PSP. Quasi experiment is done at several classes under instructor's allowance. After brief introduction, prior knowledge, awareness, and usage about DMB as well as other digital instruments is asked and their similarities and perceived characteristics are measured. And then, two kinds of manipulated color-printed AD are distributed and similarities and perceived characteristics for DMB are re-measured. Finally purchase intension, AD attitude, manipulation check, and demographic variables are asked. Subjects are given small gift for participation. Stimuli are color-printed advertising. Their actual size is A4 and made after several pre-test from AD professionals and students. As results, consumers are segmented into two subgroups based on their perceptions of DMB. Similarity measure between DMB and cellular phone and similarity measure between DMB and TV are used to classify consumers. If subject whose first measure is less than the second measure, she is classified into segment A and segment A is characterized as they perceive DMB like TV. Otherwise, they are classified as segment B, who perceives DMB like cellular phone. Discriminant analysis on these groups with their characteristics of usage and attitude shows that Segment A knows much about DMB and uses a lot of digital instrument. Segment B, who thinks DMB as cellular phone doesn't know well about DMB and not familiar with other digital instruments. So, consumers with higher knowledge perceive DMB similar to TV because launching DMB advertising lead consumer think DMB as TV. Consumers with less interest on digital products don't know well about DMB AD and then think DMB as cellular phone. In order to investigate perceptions of DMB as well as other digital instruments, we apply Proxscal analysis, Multidimensional Scaling technique at SPSS statistical package. At first step, subjects are presented 21 pairs of 7 digital instruments and evaluate similarity judgments on 7 point scale. And for each segment, their similarity judgments are averaged and similarity matrix is made. Secondly, Proxscal analysis of segment A and B are done. At third stage, get similarity judgment between DMB and other digital instruments after AD exposure. Lastly, similarity judgments of group A-1, A-2, B-1, and B-2 are named as 'after DMB' and put them into matrix made at the first stage. Then apply Proxscal analysis on these matrixes and check the positional difference of DMB and after DMB. The results show that map of segment A, who perceives DMB similar as TV, shows that DMB position closer to TV than to Cellular phone as expected. Map of segment B, who perceive DMB similar as cellular phone shows that DMB position closer to Cellular phone than to TV as expected. Stress value and R-square is acceptable. And, change results after stimuli, manipulated Advertising show that AD makes DMB perception bent toward Cellular phone when Cellular phone-like AD is exposed, and that DMB positioning move towards Car-TV which is more personalized one when TV-like AD is exposed. It is true for both segment, A and B, consistently. Furthermore, the paper apply correspondence analysis to the same data and find almost the same results. The paper answers two main research questions. The first one is that perception about a new product is made mainly from prior experience. And the second one is that AD is effective in changing and enforcing perception. In addition to above, we extend perception change to purchase intention. Purchase intention is high when AD enforces original perception. AD that shows DMB like TV makes worst intention. This paper has limitations and issues to be pursed in near future. Methodologically, current methodology can't provide statistical test on the perceptual change, since classical MDS models, like Proxscal and correspondence analysis are not probability models. So, a new probability MDS model for testing hypothesis about configuration needs to be developed. Next, advertising message needs to be developed more rigorously from theoretical and managerial perspective. Also experimental procedure could be improved for more realistic data collection. For example, web-based experiment and real product stimuli and multimedia presentation could be employed. Or, one can display products together in simulated shop. In addition, demand and social desirability threats of internal validity could influence on the results. In order to handle the threats, results of the model-intended advertising and other "pseudo" advertising could be compared. Furthermore, one can try various level of innovativeness in order to check whether it make any different results (cf. Moon 2006). In addition, if one can create hypothetical product that is really innovative and new for research, it helps to make a vacant impression status and then to study how to form impression in more rigorous way.

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