• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.203-216
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• 2014

This study examined whether South Koreans' philanthropic behaviors were related to the factors of two theoretical frameworks. From the involvement perspective, the study argued that three types of involvement with a telethon may be linked to volunteering and charitable donation behaviors. At the collective level, collective-efficacy may also be related to such behaviors. The study asked 279 South Koreans to respond to a Web survey that used convenience sampling. Results found that after controlling for demographics and past volunteer experiences, cognitive and behavioral involvement and collective-efficacy were positively related to volunteering behaviors, but affective involvement was not related. Moreover, only behavioral involvement and collective-efficacy were positively related to charitable donation. These results suggest that researchers and practitioners for volunteering resources need to use effective programs and contents for such behaviors in order to enhance involvement and level of collective-efficacy among community members in times of disaster.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2011

The number of North Korean refugees residing in the Republic of Korea (South) has reached 17,000, and this number is expected to exceed 20,000 (North Korean Supporter's Association, 2009). Refugees have developed improper dietary habits while hiding and escaping North Korea. They have also developed preferences for exotic food. This thesis attempts determine the changes in Korean food. This study also describes the view on South Korean food by North Korean refugees. According to our survey, women refugees had better dietary habits than men. Moreover, women and those in their 40's showed a tendency to choose food based on quality over quantity. Both men and women refugees responded that they cook food based on North Korean recipes. Those who view their current financial status as average or higher stated that South Korean food is tastier than North Korean food. Those whose financial status among North Koreans was average or higher when they lived in North Korea appreciated the splendor and beauty of South Korean food more. The results of this study are expected to assist in determining the differences in dietary habits between those from the North compared to Koreans living in the Republic of Korea. Therefore, studies between South and North Korean food should continue.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.61-81
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• 2004

본 연구는 남한사회에서의 생활경험이 탈북자 자신 및 남한에 대한 그들의 지각에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 했다. 이를 위해 남한사회에서의 생활경험이 전혀 없는 탈북자(혹은 무경험자) 66명과 평균 2.7년의 생활경험이 있는 탈북자(혹은 유경험자) 99명을 대상으로 설문을 실시하였다. 이들은 가치관, 성격특성, 부정적 성행동에 대한 태도 그리고 성역할 고정관념 차원에서 남한사람과 자기 자신을 평가하였으며, 남한사회에 대한 현실인식 및 정치적 통제감을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 남한사회 유경험자는 무경험자에 비해 남한사람 및 자신의 가치관과 성격특성을 더 부정적 평가하는 경향이 있었지만, 성적 일탈행위에 대하여 더 긍정적 태도를 가지고 있었으며, 성역할 고정관념도 덜 강했다. 또한, 유경험자들은 무경험자에 비해 현실인식차원에서 남한사회를 더 부정적으로 보았으며, 남한사회의 정치적 통제감도 더 낮게 평가했다. 이러한 결과를 문화 및 생활경험의 변동에 대한 자신과 사회에 대한 인식의 변화라는 측면에서 논의하였다.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2015

A recent public opinion survey found that the anti-corporate sentiment of South Korean citizens is primarily due to the misbehavior of Korean corporations. South Korean citizens' skepticism of corporations may hinder the democratic and economic development of the country. As a driving force for community development, social capital is considered to enable citizens to collaborate with one another to resolve a shared problem. Specifically, this study pays attention to the relationship among social capital, corporate capacity, and trust, which may perhaps contribute to developing a democratic environment in Korean society. The study aims to explore whether Korean citizens' perceived corporate bonding and bridging social capital affect corporate capacity for collaborative action and trust in corporations. A Web survey of 385 South Koreans was conducted. The findings show that perceived bonding social capital among employees is positively related to corporate capacity for collaboration action. Moreover, perceived bonding among employees and bridging social capital between employees and local residents are positively related to corporate capacity for collaboration action and trust in corporations. These findings suggest that researchers and practitioners for organizational development and community-building need to enhance corporate social capital.

• Strategy21
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• 통권30호
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• pp.31-62
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• 2012

It is a commons sense that the Republic of Korea is a maritime state that depends its survival on International Trade and International Economy. Korea was a peninsula and do it can be both maritime and continental state by its choice. However, after the national division in 1945, South Korea had became a virtual island and pursue a maritime way for national development in the past 60 plus years. Now, South Korea is becoming a world's 12 th largest major trading and maritime state. South Korea has far more ships per capita than any other nations in the world and its economy is heavily depend upon the imports and exports with other nations in the world that pass through the oceans. Therefore, the Koreans regard the security of the sea lanes of communication as vital to the survival of the nation. The SLOC is the life line for Republic of Korea. Since the early 1990s, immediately after the Cold War was over, South Koreans began to recognize the importance of Sea Routes and thus began to build a navy that can handle with the new problems of the post Cold War era. However, the maritime security environments of the Republic of Korea today is shaky and dangerous. Almost every water near the Korean peninsula, some kind of international confrontations are going on. Territorial disputes on Dok do, Senkaku, Scarbrough, Shisha, Nansha and Eodo between and among Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Phillipines, Indonesia and Vietnam are the examples. In this essay, the author argues that the S. Korean efforts and capabilities to deal with these challenges are not enough and exhorts more efforts and more powerful navy for the Korean people.

• 대순사상논총
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• 제19권
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• pp.125-143
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• 2005

This study offers an analysis of how Protestant Christianity in South Korea incorporated many beliefs and practices of Korean traditional religions in order to make the new faith more appealing to the masses. The paper also examines the way in which specific Protestant doctrines and practices were modified or accentuated to suit the disposition of the Korean people. In agreement with Confucianism, for example, Protestant churches in general emphasized the values of diligence, self-cultivation, righteous living, and, most importantly, filial piety. By overtly and subtly permitting ancestral rites to be conducted by Christians, moreover, Protestant Christianity evaded successfully the potential alienation of the tradition-bound Koreans. From Buddhism, Protestant Christianity syncretized such elements as the daily dawn prayer and all-night prayer as well as the practices of baekilgido ("a hundred-day prayer") and chunilgido ("a thousand-day prayer"). Hundreds of prayer centers that exist deep in the mountains also manifest a Buddhist influence. Shamanistic influences are also evident in Korean Protestantism, replete with the latter's emphasis on this-worldly success (health, prosperity, long life, etc.), faith healing, and conceptualization of God as being merciful and generous. What all of this reveals is that Christian conversion in South Korea did not involve an exclusivistic change of religious affiliation, meaning that it did not require the repudiation of traditionally held beliefs. Instead, millions of South Koreans eagerly embraced Protestant Christianity precisely because the new faith was advanced as an extension or continuation of traditional religious practices.

• 한국노년학
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.635-652
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 미주 한인노인(older Korean immigrants in the United States )과 한국에 거주하는 노인(older Koreans in South Korea)을 대상으로 동거형태(living arrangements)와 심리적 고통(psychological distress)과의 관계를 비교하기 위함이다. 이 두 나라의 노인 인구 설문조사는 60세에서 79세 사이에 해당하는 참여자(480명)로 구성되어 있으며, 인구사회학적 특성 및 동거형태와 심리적 고통과의 관계를 알아보기 위하여 위계적 다중회귀분석이 이루어졌다. 연구결과는 미주에 거주하는 '독거(living alone)' 노인의 26.4%와 '배우자와 살고 있는 노인(living with a spouse)'의 7.3%가 '심한' 심리적 고통을 겪고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 반해, 한국에 거주하는 '독거'노인의 20.0%와 '배우자와 살고 있는' 노인의 20.6%가 '심한' 심리적 고통을 겪고 있음으로 나타났다. 계층적 다변량 분석은 미주 한인 독거노인과 한국거주 독거노인 모두 심리적 고통에 통계적으로 유의미한 변수가 아닌 것으로 나타났다. 흥미롭게도 배우자와 살고 있는 노인과 다른 사람(living with others)과 살고 있는 미주 한인노인의 심리적 고통에 유의미한 변수로 나타났으나 한국에 거주하는 노인은 유의미한 변수가 아니었다. 이 연구는 또한 미주 한인 독거노인과 사회적 지지에 대한 상호작용은 통계적으로 유의한 변수로 나타났다. 한국거주의 '부부와 살고 있는 노인'과 사회적지지(social support)와 네트워크(social networks)에 대한 상호작용은 통계적으로 유의미한 변수로 나타났다. 따라서 이 연구는 미국과 한국에 거주하는 노인들의 정신건강에 영향을 미치는 다양한 상황들을 탐색함으로써 기존의 문헌에 기여한다. 이러한 분석결과를 토대로 미주 한인노인과 한국 노인의 심리적 고통을 줄이기 위한 정책적 시사점을 제시하였다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2019

Purpose : This study was implemented to identify the risk conditions influencing suicidal ideation in a nationally representative sample of elderly South Koreans. Methods : Data from 1,152 men and 1,581 women aged 65 years or older were gathered from the 2013 and 2014 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI. All analyses were performed using SPSS. To determine significant correlations between risk condition and suicidal ideation, a t-test was used. Results : There were differences in suicidal ideation according to the following individual factors: age, educational background, marital status, economic activity, recognition of stress, experience of depression, and economic status. There were differences in suicidal ideation according to the following health-related factors: subjective health status, EQ-5D (EuroQoL-5 Dimensions), hours of sleep, and BMI. There were also differences in suicidal ideation according to the following disease-related factors: HTN, COPD, asthma, stroke, depression and osteoarthritis. Conclusion : The findings indicate that broad intervention programs should be distributed to prevent suicidal ideation. It is also recommended that programs be developed in a way that can help manage the variables identified in this study. Furthermore, follow-up studies should be conducted to verify the program.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.134-142
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• 2020

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: North Korean refugees (NKRs) in South Korea are a unique population as they must adapt in a new country with similar cultural traits but different social, political, and economic systems, but little research has been conducted on diet and nutrition in this population. This study examined food security, dietary behaviors, and nutrient intakes among adult NKRs living in South Korea and compared them to those of South Koreans. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The subjects were 139 adult NKRs (25 men, 114 women) living in the Seoul metropolitan area, and 417 age- and sex- matched South Korean controls (SKCs; 75 men, 342 women) selected from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). Food security and dietary behaviors (meal skipping, eating-out, meals with family, nutrition education and counseling, and nutrition label knowledge and utilization) were obtained using self-administered questionnaires. Nutrient intakes were assessed by 24-hr recall. The statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS ver. 23.0. RESULTS: In South Korea, food security had improved over the previous 12 months, but remained significantly poorer for NKR women than SKC women. Meal skipping was three times more frequent than for SKCs and eating-out was rare. Average energy intake was 1,509 kcal for NKR men and 1,344 kcal for NKR women, which was lower than those of SKCs (2,412 kcal and 1,789 kcal, respectively). Significantly more NKRs (men 24.0%, women 21.9%) showed simultaneously deficient intake in energy, calcium, iron, vitamin A, and riboflavin than SKCs (men 2.7% (P = 0.003), women 7.0% (P < 0.001)). NKR women had a significantly higher index of nutrient quality (INQ) for some nutrients than SK women. CONCLUSIONS: This study reports significant differences in food security, dietary behaviors, and nutrient intakes between NKRs and SKCs. Generally, NKRs reported lower intakes despite improved food security, but relatively good INQs across nutrients. Further research is needed to understand processes of food choice and consumption among NKRs to provide appropriate support aimed at improving diets.

• 한국영양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국영양학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 초록
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• pp.67-67
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• 1999