• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.225-233
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of interpersonal relationship, self differentiation and adjustment to college life as well as to identify the factors influencing the adjustment to college life in nursing students. The study was conducted on 185 nursing students in D and S Province and from November 15th to December 5th 2016. The data was analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation and Multiple regression. The mean score of the adjustment to college life was $3.30({\pm}0.49)$ and the interpersonal relationship was $3.73({\pm}0.41)$ and self differentiation was $3.07({\pm}0.32)$. There were positive correlations between adjustment to college life and interpersonal relationship(r=.614, p<.001) and self differentiation((r=.264, p<.001). Significant factors influencing adjustment to college life were interpersonal relationship, self differentiation which explained 39% of adjustment to college life. Based on these findings, programs that develop interpersonal relationship and self differentiation are necessary for college nursing students in order to promote college adjustment.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.639-647
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to provide basic data to help premedical students better adapt to college life by analyzing the relationship between their self-leadership, self-esteem, interpersonal competence, and college life adjustment. The subjects of this study were 131 premedical students in a C city. The results of this study were as follows: The mean score for self-leadership were 3.86(±0.61). For self-esteem and interpersonal competence, college life adjustment mean score were 3.86(±.61), and 3.44(±.48), 3.78(±.52), and with no gender difference(p>0.05). Significant positive correlation between college life adjustment, self-leadership, self-esteem, and interpersonal competence(p<0.05). Self-leadership indirectly effects it through the mediation of self-esteem and interpersonal competence, while self-esteem and interpersonal competence directly effects college life adjustment, self-esteem indirectly effects it through the mediation of interpersonal competence. This study provided information on the factors effect college life adjustment, and confirmed that self-esteem is an essential educational content. It is hoped that this study will contribute to the development and activation of educational programs to help college life adaptation.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.696-709
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to identify the types of subjectivity on communication styles of nursing freshmen by using the Q Methodology, and examine interpersonal relationship anxiety and college adjustment according to communication styles. Participants were 89 nursing freshmen, and data were collected from 7. March to 23. September 2016. Data were analyzed by using PC-QUANL program for communication styles, and using descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test with SPSS windows version 24.0 program for interpersonal relationship anxiety and college adjustment according to communication styles. As a result, 4 communication styles were identified, 'Considerate-empathetic', 'Tense-passive', 'Vulnerable-easily distracted', and 'Facilitative-leading'. 'Tense-passive', 'Vulnerable-easily distracted' showed significantly higher interpersonal relationship anxiety than 'Considerate -empathetic'. 'Considerate-empathetic' showed significantly higher college adjustment than 'Vulnerable-easily distracted'. The result of this study is expected to be used for developing communication educational programs and provide a foundation to improve college adjustment of nursing freshmen.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.331-341
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• 2020

This study is a descriptive research study aimed at confirming the mediating effect of empathy ability in the relationship between interpersonal ability and adjustment to college life for freshman in nursing college. The study subjects were 179 freshman from the nursing department of four universities. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from June 11 to June 18, 2018. Data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that the interpersonal ability and empathy ability of the nursing college freshman were factors influencing the adjustment to college life, and that the empathy ability had a partial mediating effect in the relationship between the interpersonal ability and the adjustment to college life. These results suggest that it is necessary to develop and apply curriculum and extra-curricular programs that can enhance students' empathy ability as a way to improve the adjustment to college life in the freshman. Therefore, repeated studies including various variables related to college life adjustmente of freshmen in nursing colleges are needed in the future.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.121-129
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• 2023

This study was conducted to confirm the effect of interpersonal ability on college life adjustment of nursing students and the parallel multiple mediating effect of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy. Participants in this study were 130 nursing students at a college. Data were collected from 24 July to 1 August 2023, and analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and PROCESS macro model 4 using SPSS/WIN 27.0. As a result of the study, interpersonal ability was positively correlated with emotional intelligence, college life adjustment and self-efficacy. Interpersonal ability had a significant total effect(B=0.48, p<.001) on college life adjustment. And the mediating effect of emotional intelligence(B=0.20, 95% bootstrap CI=0.06~0.36) and self-efficacy(B=0.17, 95% bootstrap CI=0.05~0.31) was also significant. Therefore, it will be necessary to develop and research various training programs that can enhance emotional intelligence and self-efficacy together in developing programs to help nursing students improve their college life adjustment.

• Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.998-1008
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• 2017

Purpose. The effect of mentoring program on the adaptability of college students to occupational therapy freshmen. Method. Pre-post-test design was performed, and 20 experimental group were selected. Six students in the senior grade of occupational therapy, who can serve as a mentor to experimental groups, were selected from March 28, 2017 to April 26, 2017 conducted a mentoring program. They used BDI, SACQ, Interpersonal relation test. Result. The results of this study are as follows. The mentoring program was effective in improving the adaptation of college students to school life. It was found that the mentoring program was effective in major adjustment, social adjustment, personal-emotional adjustment and academic adjustment. Conclusion. The mentoring program had a significant effects on major adjustment, social adjustment, personal-emotional adjustment and academic adjustment in occupational therapy college freshman.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.559-567
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• 2012

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the empowerment intervention on the levels of self-esteem, interpersonal relationships and adjustment to nursing home life of the Korean nursing home residents. Methods: Participants (n=47) whose period of stay was less than one year were purposefully selected from 3 nursing homes in Korea. The experimental group (n=21) attended 10 weekly hour-long empowerment sessions. The empowerment program comprised two components; group education and group discussion. The control group (n=26) received a two-hour education about health management. Results: Compared with the control group, the experimental group showed significantly higher mean scores of selfesteem (t=5.51, p<.001), interpersonal relationships (t=2.73, p=.009) and adjustment to nursing home life (t=2.10, p=.041). Conclusion: Findings of this study suggest that empowerment interventions may be effective in enhancing nursing home residents' self-esteem, interpersonal relationships and adjustment to nursing home life. Future research is needed to determine if such an empowerment program could be used with newly institutionalized elders to speed as well as enhance their adjustment to nursing home life.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.199-210
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a group counseling program based on goal attainment theory on self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and school adjustment of middle school students with emotional and behavioral problems. Methods: Forty-four middle school students with emotional and behavioral problems (22 in the experimental group and 22 in the control group) from G city participated in this study. Data were collected from July 30 to September 24, 2015. The experimental group received the 8-session program, scheduled once a week, with each session lasting 45 minutes. Outcome variables included self-esteem, interpersonal relationship, and school adjustment. Results: There were significant increases for self-esteem (t=3.69, p=.001), interpersonal relationship (t=8.88, p<.001), and school adjustment (t=4.92, p<.001) in the experimental group compared to the control group. Conclusion: These results indicate that the group counseling program based on goal attainment theory is very effective in increasing self-esteem, interpersonal relationship, and school adjustment for middle school students with emotional and behavioral problems. Therefore, it is recommended that the group counseling program based on goal attainment theory be used as an effective psychiatric nursing intervention for mental health promotion and the prevention of mental illness in adolescents.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.51-60
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• 2018

This study would like to know the relationship among interpersonal competency based self-understanding and acceptance of others, self leadership, stress-coping and military adjustment. For this, 1289 military trainee in the army training station were surveyed. In results, The first, the acceptance of others did not have a significant effect on the perform-will, but had a significant effect on the job satisfaction and self leadership. The self-understanding had a significant effect on perform-will, job satisfaction and self leadership. The second, self leadership mediated between interpersonal competency and military adjustment. The third, in case of the perform-will, the moderating effect was showed in self leadership when the stress coping level was high. But in case of the job satisfaction, it was showed in both high group and low. Implications of this study is that the interpersonal competency based self-understanding and acceptance of others, self leadership and stress coping can be the positive potential variables on the military adjustment.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.44 no.7 s.221
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• pp.11-20
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• 2006

This study investigated the purpose of internet usage among high-school seniors and how their psychological, behavioral, and interpersonal adjustment levels were affected by the amount of lime spent on the internet. The subjects were 572 high-school seniors who participated in the first panel of Korean Education Empolyment Panel (KEEP). The participants were divided into 2 groups: low use group using the internet for less than 30 minutes a day and high un group using the internet for more than 3 hours a day. The adjustment levels of these two groups were compared. The findings were as follows. First, the high use group used the internet to enjoy games, whereas the low use group used the internet to seek schoolwork-related information. Second, the high use group had more negative self-concepts and experienced more stress regarding economic hardship than the low use group. Finally, the high use group watched T.V. longer, studied less, and had more experiences of deviant behaviors, such as bullying, smoking, drinking, and sexual relations.