• 아동학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.117-133
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• 2006

Twenty-one adoptive parents participated in this study on adoption-related conflicts perceived by adoptive parents in open adoption. Q-methodology, which provides understanding of individual attitudes and experiences, identified three types of conflict. Type 1 experienced a great deal of conflict and concern prior to the adoption decision; they also faced difficulties stemming from lack of information about parenting an adopted child and institutional inertia. For type 2, the major factors of conflict were discord among siblings, negative bias against adoption in the community, and insufficient national assistance. Type 3 reported that they feel concerned for their adopted-child's developmental and psychological wellbeing they worried that adoption status might lead to behavioral and attitudinal problems in their adopted-child during youth and young adulthood.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.73-89
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• 2003

The purposes of this research were to investigate the conditions of education and counseling for single-parent families and to propose developmental alternatives and effective information service system. For these objectives, the concurrent-type program for single-parent families that emphasized communication skills, psychological strategies, and the importance of family relationships was constructed. The effectiveness of the program was evaluated by pre-, post test through 163 single parents and their children and it was analyzed by paired t-test. The results suggested that the program was effective in improving self-esteem, satisfaction of life and communication. Several programs for single-parent families using on-line or off-line were analyzed and more effective alternatives were proposed. For improving of wellbeing of single-parent families, the welfare system must be changed to cooperation with other institutions and systematic information service network.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권14호
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• pp.5927-5936
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• 2014

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Jordanians. Breast cancer patients suffer from several negative consequences after treatment and these include pain, fatigue, sexual problems, appearance and body image concerns, with psychological dysfunction. This could affect the patient quality of life and psychological well-being. To the best of our knowledge, there is no published quantitative data on the quality of life and psychological well-being of breast cancer patients in Jordan. The objective of this study was to obtain such data and assess predictors with calculated scores. Methods: In this cross-sectional study conducted among breast cancer patients in Jordan diagnosed in 2009 and 2010, assessment was performed using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), the Breast Module (QLQ-BR23) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Clinical, demographic and psychosocial indicators that could predict patient quality of life scores were collected. Results: The number of patients interviewed was 236 (mean age=$50.7{\pm}10.7$ years). The mean Global Health score for the QLQ-C30 was $63.7{\pm}20.2$ SD. Among functional scales, "social functioning" scored the highest ($mean=78.1{\pm}28.6$ SD), whereas "emotional functioning" scored the lowest ($mean=59.0{\pm}SD\;33.5$). For the QLQ-BR23, the worst scores within the functional scales were for "body image" ($mean=52.1{\pm}36.8$ SD) and "future perspective" ($mean=52.9{\pm}38.5$ SD). The worst symptom was "upset by hair loss" ($mean=69.8{\pm}43.0$). The mean HADS scores was $18.{\pm}9.0$ SD. Out of study participants, 53% scored abnormal on the anxiety scale and 45% on the depression scale. Severe depression and severe anxiety were detected among 8% and 14% of study participants, respectively. Statistically significant predictors for individual scores were similar to those reported in published studies, such as the presence of recurrence since baseline, family history of cancer, low educational status, current social problems, extent of the disease, presence of financial difficulties, and employment status. Conclusions and Recommendations: Breast cancer survivors in Jordan have overall good quality of life scores when compared with patients from Western countries. However, their psychological wellbeing is more impaired. There is an urgent need for psychosocial support programs and psychological screening and consultation for breast cancer patients at hospitals of the Ministry of Health in Jordan.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.55-67
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• 2015

본 연구는 노인 문화교육활동 참여동기가 노인 심리적복지감의 융복합 형성에 미치는 영향을 고찰하는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구를 위하여 수도권 노인복지관과 노인문화센터 등에서 문화교육활동에 참여 중인 노인들을 대상으로 설문조사를 하였으며, 총 255부의 자료를 모아 분석을 수행하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 목표지향형과 활동지향형(독립변수)이 생활만족도(종속변수) 형성에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 둘째, 활동지향형과 학습지향형(독립변수)이 자기효능감(종속변수) 형성에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 파악되었다. 셋째, 활동지향형과 학습지향형(독립변수)이 참여태도(종속변수)에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 그러나 학습지향형과 생활만족도와의 관계, 목표지향형과 자기효능감과의 관계, 목표지향형과 참여태도와의 관계는 유의미하지 않았다. 이러한 연구결과는 노인복지 증진과 관련된 정책 제안에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 웰빙융합연구
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2022

Purpose: Many people recognize the fact that women are basically poor at financial and retirement planning. A small number of scholars have explored the factors and situations that influence the level of awareness of pre-retirement women and men with regards to planning for their retirement years. In most developing countries, including Malaysia, there are more men in the younger segment of the population and more women in the older segment, since women tend to live longer than men due to having jobs of relatively lower risk, their behaviors, and activities. Research design, data and methodology: Given that it is hard to predict whether they will be healthy in old age, women may require additional resources to obtain the care and assistance that they need. The transition from career life into retirement is a long process for people to go through. Some may be able to prepare for the next stage of life, and some may not be able to prepare due to personal reasons. Planning for future retirement is important because it will affect the quality of a woman's life after a certain age. Results: Without proper planning, women may face financial instability, depression, and poor psychological well-being. However, many women are unaware of their financial status or do not know their family's financial status, such as tracking the main income, budget, and expenses, financial commitments and have no proper record of assets owned, loans owed, or updated loan balances. Conclusions: The findings of this research have led to the conclusion that pre-retiree women are likely to regard their retirement savings as sufficient without realizing that they should have at least several types of savings instead of just one, and the grave consequences of not having any savings at all for their retirement years.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.653-660
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• 2013

연구는 보건계열 대학생의 정서지능이 대인관계와 심리적 행복감에 미치는 영향을 파악함으로써 보건계열 전공학생들의 정서함양과 증진을 위한 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 대구 지역에 소재한 일개대학교 보건계열 대학생들을 대상으로 2013년 5월 15일부터 2주간 설문조사를 실시하였다. 요인분석결과, 정서지능은 정서조절, 자기정서인식, 정서활용, 타인정서인식의 4개 하부요인으로 구분되었으며, 정서조절과 정서활용, 타인정서인식은 대인관계에 긍정적 영향을 미쳤으며 심리적 행복감에는 자기 정서인식과 정서활용이 긍정적 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 정서지능 요인 중 대인관계에 영향력이 가장 높은 것은 타인 정서인식이었으며 심리적 행복감에 가장 높은 영향력을 미치는 것은 정서활용이었다. 대학생들의 대인관계 개선과 심리적 행복감을 보다 증진할 수 있도록 분노 조절 등의 정서조절능력과 스스로 목표를 설정하고 동기를 부여할 수 있는 정서활용 능력 강화를 위한 노력이 무엇보다 중요하다 할 수 있다. 보건계열전공 대학생들이 대학생활은 물론 의료서비스 전문 인력으로써 보다 나은 의료서비스를 제공하고 삶에 대한 행복감을 고취시킬 수 있는 체계적인 프로그램 개발과 지속적인 관심이 필요하다 여겨진다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.344-353
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• 2013

The widespread pursuit for the thin physique may have detrimental impact on the wellbeing of the young generation, especially females. This study aimed to determine the effect of wanting very low body weight on dietary habits and psychological factors of female adolescents. Participants were 619 girls from 5 high schools in Kyeonggi, Korea. Information on dietary behaviors, psychological factors as well as current heights and weights and the desired weight for current height were obtained by questionnaire. Of total subjects, 38.1%, 35.5%, and 26.5% desired weights corresponding to normal (10~85 percentile), low (3~10 percentile) and very low BMI (< 3 percentile), respectively. The subjects who wanted to be very low weight had the average BMI of 18.57 kg/m2, which was significantly lower than $21.21kg/m^2$ of those who wanted to be normal weight (p < 0.001). The subjects who desired very low weight had significantly higher scores for depression symptoms (p < 0.05), while there were no differences in obsession to lose weight and obesity stress. Moreover, more subjects in this group had undesirable dietary habits such as eating fast foods more than weekly (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that the desire for extreme thinness may lead female adolescents to have not only unreasonably similar obesity stress and obsession to lose weight but also higher depression symptoms, along with undesirable dietary habits. The findings suggest the potential harm from excessive weight concerns of female adolescents; thus efforts to teach this group about healthy weights are urgently needed.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.669-681
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• 2016

이 연구는 어린이집 보육교사의 감정부조화, 직무소진과 정신건강 간의 연관관계를 규명하는 것을 목적으로 467명의 보육교사를 대상으로 조사하였으며, 5점 척도로 구성한 측정도구를 활용하였다. 수집된 자료는 통계패키지 IBM SPSS 23과 AMOS 21을 사용하여 유의수준 5% 수준에서 검정하였다. 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 어린이집에 종사하는 보육교사의 감정부조화가 정신건강 하위요인 중 직무스트레스(학부모관계, 업무과부하)에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 감정부조화는 직무소진에 모두 유의한 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 직무소진은 정신건강 하위요인인 직무스트레스, 심리적 안녕감에 부분적으로 유의한 영향을 미치고 있었다. 넷째, 직무소진은 감정부조화와 정신건강에 대해 부분적 매개효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 어린이집에서 종사하는 보육교사의 정신건강 증진의 중요성을 제시하고 있으며, 정신건강 증진을 위한 제도적 지원을 모색할 필요성을 시사한다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.169-187
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• 2016

Objective: This study aimed to identify profiles based on early childhood and elementary school teachers' goal orientations and to examine differences in teacher efficacy, psychological wellbeing, and job satisfaction among these profile groups. Methods: Data were collected through a teacher questionnaire. The teacher goal-orientation scale consisted of six sub-dimensions: growth, leisure, wealth, relationship, promotion, and social contribution. Data were analyzed using latent profile analyses. Results: Latent profile analyses revealed three distinct profile groups: one group characterized by higher scores across all six dimensions (balanced-goal-orientation group); another characterized by lower scores on all six dimensions, with a relatively higher score on the relationship dimension (relationship-goal-oriented group); another one characterized by lower scores on all dimensions except the leisure goal (leisure-goal-oriented group). MANOVA showed that the balanced-goalorientation group was significantly higher in total years of teaching, educational attainment, and age, compared to the leisure-goal-oriented group. In regression analyses, when controlling for educational attainment, teacher types (kindergarten vs. elementary school) did not significantly predict each of the dummy-coded profile groups (0 = no, 1 = yes). When taking into account teachers' age and educational attainment, belonging to the balanced-goal-orientation group was consistently associated with higher levels of teacher efficacy, job satisfaction, and psychological well-being, whereas the opposite pattern was observed in leisure-goal-oriented group. Conclusion: These findings imply that it is crucial to help pre- and in-service kindergarten and elementary school teachers foster a balance between different types of goals, which would ultimately strengthen and stabilize the supply of a teaching force and the provision of a better education.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.57-79
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• 2010

In a virtual community, one can possess multiple identities and pretend to be different by creating self-identity in contrast with his or her actual self. Does false identity undermine the qualitative growth of a virtual community by reducing members' accountability? Or does it stimulate their contributive behaviors by ensuring freedom of speech? It is imperative to understand the effects of multi-identity considering the distinct properties of a virtual community in which people easily change their identities at little or no cost. To answer these questions, we adopted the concept of self-discrepancy from the social psychology theory rooted in the concept of the self and developed a theoretical model to predict quality of contribution of the individual member in virtual communities. Based on the self-discrepancy theory, we first identified two different domains of the self: (1) an "actual self" that consists of attributes that the person believes he or she currently possesses in real life and (2) a "cyber self" that consists of attributes the person believes he or she possesses in a virtual community. Next, we derived an index for two different types of self-discrepancy by using the differences between the actual and the cyber identities: Personal Self-discrepancy and Social Self-discrepancy. Personal Self-discrepancy reflects the degree of discrepancy between actual and cyber identity regarding a person's intelligence, education, and expertise. Social Self-discrepancy reflects the degree of discrepancy between actual and cyber identity regarding a person's morality, sociability, and accordance with social norms. Finally, we linked them with sense of virtual community, perceived privacy rights, and quality of contribution to examine how having a multi-identity influences an individual's psychological state and contributive behaviors in a virtual community. The results of the analysis based on 266 respondents showed that Social Self-discrepancy negatively influenced both the Sense of Virtual Community and Perceived Privacy Rights, while Personal Self-discrepancy negatively influenced only Perceived Privacy Rights, thereby resulting in reduced quality of contribution in virtual communities. Based on the results of this analysis, we can explain the dysfunctions of multi-identity in virtual communities. First, people who pretend to be different by engaging in socially undesirable behaviors under their alternative identities are more likely to suffer lower levels of psychological wellbeing and thus experience lower levels of sense of virtual community than others. Second, people do not perceive a high level of privacy rights reflecting catharsis, recovery, or autonomy, even though they create different selves and engage in socially undesirable behaviors in a virtual community. Third, people who pretend to be different persons in terms of their intelligence, education, or expertise also indirectly debase the quality of contribution by decreasing perceived privacy rights. The results suggest that virtual community managers should pay more attention to the negative influences exercised by multi-identity on the quality of contribution, thereby controlling the need to create alternative identities in virtual communities. We hope that more research will be conducted on this underexplored area of multi-identity and that our theoretical framework will serve as a useful conceptual tool for all endeavors.