• Journal of Audiology & Otology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.40-47
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• 2020

Because the psychophysical symptoms of hearing loss and dementia in the elderly are very similar, untrained healthcare professionals in dementia facilities can easily overlook a severity of hearing loss in their patients. The present study identifies their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on hearing loss using a survey whether they may help hearing problem of the patients with dementia. A total of 29 health-care professionals responded to the KAP survey. Also, 2 family members participated. The results showed that most of the nurses and caregivers in elderly medical welfare facilities who worked with dementia patients did not have knowledge of their hearing loss. Even the facility managers did not know how to conduct hearing tests for their patients although they did recognize that some of their patients had a hearing loss. Eventually, actual practice was not possible at this moment by the professionals. However, our respondents did have a positive attitude toward screening for hearing loss and help their patients with dementia wear hearing aids if a clinical guideline was provided. We suggest to develop clear and precise clinical guidelines of the hearing screening test for the dementia patients due to the interrelationship between dementia and hearing loss. When these guidelines apply to elderly residents in a medical welfare facility, early diagnosis and treatment of their sensory loss will help alleviate their dementia as well.

• 대한청각학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.40-47
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• 2020

Because the psychophysical symptoms of hearing loss and dementia in the elderly are very similar, untrained healthcare professionals in dementia facilities can easily overlook a severity of hearing loss in their patients. The present study identifies their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on hearing loss using a survey whether they may help hearing problem of the patients with dementia. A total of 29 health-care professionals responded to the KAP survey. Also, 2 family members participated. The results showed that most of the nurses and caregivers in elderly medical welfare facilities who worked with dementia patients did not have knowledge of their hearing loss. Even the facility managers did not know how to conduct hearing tests for their patients although they did recognize that some of their patients had a hearing loss. Eventually, actual practice was not possible at this moment by the professionals. However, our respondents did have a positive attitude toward screening for hearing loss and help their patients with dementia wear hearing aids if a clinical guideline was provided. We suggest to develop clear and precise clinical guidelines of the hearing screening test for the dementia patients due to the interrelationship between dementia and hearing loss. When these guidelines apply to elderly residents in a medical welfare facility, early diagnosis and treatment of their sensory loss will help alleviate their dementia as well.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제42권
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• pp.397-422
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• 2000

Since 1998 when economic assistance from IMF started, the empirical research on the effects of unemployment and drastic income loss on psychological functioning among the unemployed as well as their family members has increased. These studies have found that unemployment and drastic income loss following unemployment have significant negative influence on the psychological outcomes such as anxiety and depression of the unemployed and their family members. Studies have also focused on the role of social support in this process, and reported that depending on the levels of received social support, unemployment and income loss have differential effects on the psychological aspects of the unemployed. However, these studies have several weaknesses. First, most of the related studies employed the data which were collected from limited regions of the country, which imposes limitations on the scope of the generalizability of research findings. Second, the main independent variables used in these studies were mainly unemployment or income loss, which ignore the psychological evaluation by the employed of their family financial situations. Third, in analyzing the moderating effects of social support, most studies have focused mainly on showing the existence of moderating effects by social support. Consequently, the nature and role of social support remained unanalyzed and left to speculations. The purpose, of this study is to examine the effects of economic pressure experienced by family heads who were unemployed and to analyze the moderating role of social support based on a nationally representative sample. The findings showed that economic pressure has negative influence on anxiety and depressive feelings among the unemployed, and that the effect of economic pressure on depressive feelings were substantially higher among those who have received lower levels of social support from family members than that among those with higher levels of family support.

• 한국노년학
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.1181-1197
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 최근 외국에서 개발된 노화태도척도(AAQ)가 한국 노인에게 타당하게 적용가능한지를 검증하는 것이다. 이를 위해 서울, 경기, 충청권 노인 320명을 대상으로 3요인 24문항으로 구성된 노화태도척도(AAQ)에 대해 문항분석, 탐색적 요인분석, 수렴타당도 검증을 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 정규분포 가정에 위배되거나 요인계수가 낮은 3개의 문항이 삭제되어 총 21문항의 노화태도척도(AAQ-21)가 제시되었으며, 심리사회적 상실(psychosocial loss), 신체적 변화(physical change), 심리적 성장(psychological growth)의 3요인이 심리적 상실(psychological loss), 사회적 상실(social loss), 심신의 변화와 성장(change and growth in body and mind)의 3요인으로 재구성되었다. 21문항 노화태도척도의 내적신뢰도, 수렴타당도는 만족할 만한 수준이었다. 본 연구에서 제시한 21문항 노화태도척도(AAQ-21)는 다차원적 측면에서 노화태도를 측정할 뿐만 아니라 노화의 긍정적 측면 및 부정적 측면에 대한 태도까지 측정함으로써 노년학 연구자와 실무자들에게 과학적이고 체계적인 노화태도 측정방법을 제시할 것이다. 또한 노인복지현장 실무자는 물론 노인복지정책 개발자가 성공적 노화를 위한 프로그램과 정책마련을 위한 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제53권
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• pp.7-29
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• 2003

본 연구는 한국노동패널 자료를 이용하여 경제적 상실과 소득 수준이 청소년 교육성취에 미치는 영양을 분석하였다. 분석의 결과 부모의 실직과 소득상실은 청소년의 학력연수와 대학입학확률 양자와 부정적 관계를 보였다. 이러한 경제적 상실 영양의 대부분은 소득수준을 통제한 후에도 지속되는 것으로 나타났다. 소득수준 또한 청소년의 교육성취에 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치며 빈곤이 청소년의 교육성취에 미치는 영향력은 특히 크게 나타났다. 분석모형에 따라 일관되지 못한 모습을 보이지만 빈곤의 영향력과 경제적 상실의 영향력은 그 크기가 유사하다. 청소년 교육성취모형의 성별 추정 결과는 여자 청소년은 경제적 상실이나 소득 수준 모두에 민감하게 영향받는다는 것을 보여준다. 남자 청소년의 경우 부모 실직이나 소득 상실이 교육성취에 부정적 영양을 미친다는 증거는 발견되지 않은 반면, 소득수준과 빈곤은 교육성취에 영양을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 가족의 빈곤 여부에 관계없이 경제적 상실이 청소년의 교육성취에 부정적 영양을 미친다는 사실을 밝혀, 경제적 상실을 경험하는 가족에 대한 사회적 지원이 우리 사회의 미래를 짊어질 청소년의 건전한 발전을 위해서도 필요함을 시사한다. 또한 본 연구의 발견은 경제적 상실과 빈곤을 동시에 경험하는 가족에 대안 집중적인 지원이 요구됨을 시사한다.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.93-127
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 전력시장에서 원가 이하로 규제되고 있는 소매요금제도의 문제점을 분석하기 위해 규제된 소매요금 대신 시간별 도매시장가격의 변동을 반영하는 실시간 요금제를 도입할 경우 사회후생에 미치는 영항과 이와 같은 소매요금제도의 변화가 한국전력의 손실 규모를 어느 정도 보전할 수 있는지를 추정한다. 전력거래소의 전력통계정보시스템(EPSIS)과 에너지경제연구원 국가에너지통계종합정보시스템(KESIS), 통계청, 한국은행, 기상청의 2008~2010년 통계자료에 기초하여 실질소매가격, 온도, 가구수, 습도 실질 GDP, 그리고 요일 및 공휴일 더미 등을 설명변수로 이용하여 상대적으로 수요가 많은 여름(6~8월)과 겨울(12~2월)의 최대 부하시간대와 최저 부하시간대의 수요패턴을 분석하였다. 회귀분석을 통해 추정된 선형수요함수와 발전기별 한계비용에 기초하여 산정된 계단식 공급함수를 이용하여 규제된 소매요금이 시장균형가격인 실시간 요금으로 전환될 경우의 사회후생 변화를 살펴본 결과, 여름기간(6~8월)에는 사회후생이 약 674억 원 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 한전손실 총액 중 7,055억 원은 소비자잉여의 이전으로, 나머지 674억 원은 시중손실의 감소로 충당될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 겨울에는 사회후생 증대가 약 2,251억 원에 이르고, 한전의 손실 중 1조 1,743억 원이 소비자잉여의 전가로 보전될 수 있는 것으로 나타나 소매요금의 규제가 사중손실의 발생을 통해 전체 사회후생을 감소시키고, 한전에게 막대한 손실을 초래하고 있다는 결과를 도출하였다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.1-44
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• 2018

This paper studies the macroeconomic effects of an enhancement in unemployment benefits in Korea. In particular, I quantify the welfare effect of two specific policy chances which have been mainly discussed among policymakers in recent years: increasing wage replacement rates by 10%p and extending maximum benefit durations by one month. To this end, I build and calibrate an overlapping generation model which reflects the heterogeneity of the unemployed and the specificity of the unemployment insurance (UI) system in Korea. The quantitative analysis conducted here shows that extending maximum benefit durations by one month improves social welfare, whereas increasing wage replacement rates by 10%p deteriorates social welfare. Extending maximum benefit durations is applied to potentially all the UI recipients, including unemployed workers whose wage before job loss is relatively low and whose marginal utility is relatively high. However, increasing wage replacement rates is applied to only a small number of UI recipients whose wage before job loss is relatively high, while the increase in the UI premium is passed onto all of the employed. This study suggests that given the current UI system and economic environment in Korea, it is more desirable to extend maximum benefit durations rather than to increase wage replacement rates in terms of social welfare.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.335-356
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• 2013

이 연구는 저소득층이 겪는 물리적 자원에서의 상실과 획득이 안녕감에 어떠한 영향을 주는지 그리고 이들이 경제환경과 상호작용하며 경험하는 경제적 안정감이 그러한 상실 및 획득의 영향을 받아 안녕감에 어떠한 역할을 하는지를 탐색하고자 하였다. 이에 자활센터를 이용하는 저소득층 남녀 성인 254명을 대상으로 물리적 자원의 상실과 획득, 경제안정, 안녕감의 수준을 살펴보고, 자원의 상실 및 획득 각각이 안녕감에 영향을 주는 관계와 이 관계에서 경제안정 수준이 보이는 매개역할을 구조방정식모형 분석으로 검토하였다. 주요 연구결과는 첫째, 참여자들은 물리적 자원을 약간 잃거나 얻은 수준이고 획득이 상대적으로 높았다. 둘째, 경제안정 및 안녕감과의 관계에서 자원상실은 유의한 부적관계를, 획득은 유의한 정적 관계를 보였다. 셋째, 자원상실은 경제안정과 안녕감 각각에 대해 유의한 부적인 직접효과를 보인 한편 경제안정의 감소를 통해 안녕감을 감소시키는 간접효과도 유의하였다. 끝으로, 자원획득 역시 경제안정과 안녕감 각각에 대해 유의한 직접효과를 보이고 또 경제안정을 통한 정적인 간접효과가 유의하여 자원상실과 획득 두 모형 모두에서 부분매개모형이 지지되었다. 이러한 결과에 기초하여 사회복지실천에서 저소득층 성인의 생활과 밀접히 관련되는 물리적 자원의 상실 및 획득, 경제안정, 안녕감을 활용할 방안과 조사연구에서 가질 수 있는 함의를 찾고 제언하였다.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2017

Purpose - The current study attempts to enhance competitiveness by improving Chinese restaurant chefs' work environment and analyzes its effect on work environment and burnout. Also, this study analyzes to see if there is moderation role of enthusiasm between work environment and burnout. Based on analyzation, the present study aims to suggest more effective measure of human resource management by reducing burnout and turnover through providing chefs with more stable and consistent work environment and through their enthusiasm. Research design, data, methodology - Surveys were distributed to chefs working in Chinese restaurant in Seoul and Kyunggi region. Total of 500 surveys were distributed between September 1, 2017 and September 20, 2017 (about 20 days), and 417 surveys were returned to be used in the analysis. Results - As a result of testing effect of chefs' work environment on burnout (1) welfare environment, personal environment, and institution environment had significant effect on loss of accomplishment. (2) welfare, personal, and institution environment had significant effect on deindividuation. (3) welfare environment and institution had significant effect on emotional deprivation while personal environment did not. Second, as a result of analysis on moderation role of obsessive enthusiasm between Chinese restaurant chefs' work environment and burnout (1) as a result of interaction between work environment and loss of accomplishment, personal environment had significant effect while welfare environment and institution environment did not. (2) As a result of interaction between work environment and deindividuation, welfare, personal, and institution environment did not have significant effect. (3) As a result of interaction between work environment and emotional deprivation, institution environment had significant effect while personal environment and welfare environment did not. Conclusions - There is manpower shortage due to poor work environment of Chinese restaurant. Studies that are not limited to work environment are needed to more efficiently utilize human resources.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.405-418
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• 2016

This study was conducted to explore the influences of loss experiences and depression on ego-integraty and transcendence of elderly Koreans and to identify gender differences in the relationships among loss experiences, depression, ego-integrity, and transcendence from 146 men and 194 women aged over 60 years in Busan, Gyeong-Nam, and Gyeong-Buk area. The main results were as follows: elderly men reported more loss experiences and transcendence than elderly women. Next, loss experiences influenced ego-integrity and depression mediated the relationship between loss experiences and ego-integrity. Also, ego-integrity had a direct effect on transcendence. Last, depression of elderly men fully mediated the relationship between loss experiences and transcendence. The relationship between loss experiences and ego-integration was partially mediated by depression for elderly women. These results were discussed in terms of gero-education and elderly welfare.