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Effects of Anxiety, Resilience, and Self-efficacy on the Professional Competence of Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVID-19 팬데믹 동안 간호사의 불안, 회복탄력성, 자기효능감이 전문직 역량에 미치는 영향)

  • Pratibha, Bhandari;Jinsook, Kim;Su Kyoung, Chung
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.43-52
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    • 2023
  • This study was conducted to examine the relationship of the COVID-19-related anxiety, self-efficacy, resilience, and professional competence of nurses working in hospitals where COVID-19 patients are hospitalized. Additionally, this study attempted to identify factors that affect the professional competence of nurses. Using a cross-sectional descriptive study design, an online survey of 120 nurses working at hospitals where COVID-19 patients were hospitalized was conducted between February 9 and February 19, 2021. Pearson's correlations were used to assess correlations between the main variables, and stepwise multiple regression was used to identify factors influencing professional competence. Results of the study showed that the professional competence of nurses was positively correlated with self-efficacy (r=.58, p<.001) and resilience (r=.56, p<.001). The correlation between professional competence and COVID-related anxiety was not significant (r=-.03, p=.766). Factors affecting professional competence included self-efficacy (β=.36, p=.004) and resilience (β=28, p=.021). The model explained approximately 35% of the variance in nurse professional competence (F=33.65, p<.001). To fully demonstrate the professional competence of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, institution-based programs should be developed and applied to improve their self-efficacy and resilience. In order to prevent the burnout of nurses in the longer-than-expected COVID-19 pandemic, efforts and policies at the nursing organization level are needed to systematically manage and monitor self-efficacy and resilience of nurses.

The Effect of Participation in Survival Swimming Education on Underwater Anxiety and Water Safety Awareness of University Students (생존수영교육 참여가 대학생의 수중불안과 수상안전 의식에 미치는 영향)

  • Myung-Chul Lee;Kyung-Hun Han
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.1201-1212
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    • 2023
  • This study aimed to analyze the changes in underwater anxiety and water safety consciousness among college students through participation in survival swimming education and the relationship between these changes and various factors. To achieve this, 200 college students who were participating in survival swimming education from universities located in the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam region were selected as participants using convenience sampling. Among them, a final valid sample of 191 students was utilized. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 25.0 statistical software, including exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, paired sample t-test, repeated measures ANOVA. The results are as follows: Firstly, college students who participated in survival swimming education showed a decrease in post-test underwater anxiety and an increase in water safety consciousness compared to pre-test. Secondly, the interaction between the groups based on the presence or absence of swimming education experience and time showed a significant effect only in the safety education, a sub-factor of water safety consciousness. Based on these results, the effectiveness of survival swimming education for college students could be confirmed, and further directions for expanding survival swimming education in university settings could be considered.

Effect of Individual Characteristics and Perceived Interactivity in Home-network Context on Service Satisfaction, Attitude, and Intention to Use:Focusing on the Flow Theory (홈네트워크환경에서 개인적 특성과 지각된 상호작용성이 서비스 만족, 태도, 사용의도에 미치는 영향:몰입이론을 중심으로)

  • Sung, Ki-Moon;Shin, Gee-Na;Ahn, Joong-Ho
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.71-94
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of interactivity, computer playfulness, and computer anxiety on service satisfaction, attitude, and user intention based on the flow theory in order to understand factors improving effects of home-network system. Especially, Computer anxiety which is one of individual characteristics in negative aspect as well as computer playfulness was added to the research model to perform empirical research for grasping effects on attitude variables such as service satisfaction. The analysis resulted that the perceived interactivity and the computer playfulness had a positive relationship with service satisfaction, but on the contrary it was identified that the computer anxiety gave a negative effect on the service satisfaction. These results are evidences to explain high correlation of the perceived interactivity, the computer playfulness, and the computer anxiety with the service satisfaction. Besides, it was found that there was a meaningful relationship among the three attitude variables such as satisfaction, attitude, and intention to use. This research suggested an integrative research model using home-network technology where user satisfaction and use factors were included, expanded research area of the traditional interactivity, and presented a consistent result to support the relationship among the service satisfaction, the attitude, and the intention to use. In additions, practical issues were also provided by presenting user's criteria for selecting various services including electronic commerce and its using elements continuously.

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Quality of Life and Psychological Well-Being of Colorectal Cancer Survivors in Jordan

  • Abu-Helalah, Munir Ahmad;Alshraideh, Hussam Ahmad;Al-Hanaqta, Motasem Mohammad;Arqoub, Kamal Hasan
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.18
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    • pp.7653-7664
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    • 2014
  • Background: Colorectal ranked first among cancers reported in males and ranked second amongst females in Jordan, accounting for 12.7% and 10.5% of cancers in males and females, respectively. Colorectal cancer patients can suffer several consequences after treatment that include pain and fatigue, constipation, stoma complications, sexual problems, appearance and body-image concerns as well as psychological dysfunction. There is no published quantitative data on the health-related quality of life and psychological wellbeing of Jordanian colorectal cancer survivors. Method: This project was a cross-sectional study of colorectal cancer survivors 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 colorectal cancer specific module (EORTC QLQ-CR 29) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Data on potential predictors of scores were also collected. Results: A total of 241 subjects completed the study with mean age of $56.7{\pm}13.6$. Males represented 52.3% of study participants. A majority of participants reported good to high overall health; the mean Global health score was $79.74{\pm}23.31$ with only 6.64% of study participants scoring less than 33.3%. The striking result in this study was that none of the study participants participated in a psychosocial support group; only 4 of them (1.7%) were even offered such support. The mean scores for HADS, depression score, and anxiety score were $8.25{\pm}9$, $4.35{\pm}4.9$ and $3.9{\pm}4.6$, respectively. However, 77.1% of study participants were within the normal category for the depression score and 81.7% were within this category for anxiety score; 5.4% of participants had severe anxiety and 5.4% of them had severe depression. Discussion: Patients with colorectal cancer in Jordan have a good quality of life and psychological wellbeing scores when compared with patients from western countries. None of the colorectal cancer patients managed at the Ministry of Health received any formal counselling, or participated in psychological or social support programmes. This highlights the urgent need for a psychosocial support programme, psychological screening and consultations for patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the Ministry of Health Hospitals.

The Effect of Emotional Dissonance on the Mental Health of University Administration Staff -The Mediating effect of Psychological Flexibility- (대학 행정직원들의 감정부조화가 정신건강에 미치는 영향 -심리적 유연성의 매개효과-)

  • Lee, Jung-Min;Hong, Min-Hee;Jang, Ki-Won
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.239-249
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effects of psychological flexibility on the relationship between emotional dissonance and mental health(depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms) in university administration staff. For this study, a sample of 191 university administration staff completed the questionnaires. The data was analyzed using the SPSS program and Sobel Test. The results of the analysis are as follows: 1. Most of the university administration staff had difficulties with emotional dissonance(52.36%), depression(47.12%), anxiety(58.12%), and somatic symptoms(62.83%). 2. The risk group of emotional dissonance had a significantly higher level of depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms compared with the normal group. 3. Emotional dissonance and psychological flexibility had a significant effect on depression, anxiety and somatic symptoms. 4. The mediating effects of psychological flexibility on the relationship between emotional dissonance and mental health(depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms) was verified. Finally, We suggested the need to intervene in emotional labor and mental health in university administration staff and psychological flexibility as an intervention and prevention method.

The Effect of Job Anxiety of Replacement by Artificial Intelligence on Organizational Members' Job Satisfaction in the 4th Industrial Revolution Era: The Moderating Effect of Job Uncertainty (4차 산업 혁명 시대의 인공 지능의 직업 대체 불안감이 구성원들의 직무만족에 미치는 영향: 직무 불확실성의 조절효과)

  • Rhee, TaeSik;Jin, Xiu
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.19 no.7
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2021
  • The core competencies such as technology have been rapidly developing with advent of the fourth industrial revolution. One of the representative technologies in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution is artificial intelligence(AI). In particular, AI makes human life richer and more comfortable and has many positive aspects. The negative aspect is that AI is likely to replace the organizational members' job and has the ability to replace skills associated with it. These threats may increase the level of perception that organizational members may loss their job. Moreover, it may lead to a sense of anxiety. In addition, organizational members who perceive job uncertainty highly, the job substitution anxiety may be become highly. According to this, their job satisfaction can be lower. Overall, this research emphasized the negative aspects of AI in contrast to the positive aspects of the fourth industrial era. It is also emphasized that the organization should need to recognize such problems and seek solutions to reduce workers' anxiety. Finally, practical implications and research directions of future study were presented through the research results.

Effects of Death Education Programs among Korean Aged in the Convergence Era: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (융복합 시대 한국 노인의 죽음교육 프로그램 효과: 체계적 문헌고찰 및 메타분석)

  • Kim, Hyunsim;Park, Seurk
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.71-82
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    • 2022
  • This study aimed to identify the effects of death education programs among Korean aged on death anxiety and attitudes toward death in the convergence era. The searched kew words were included aged, death education program, death anxiety, and attitudes to death in the research papers published in Korea. Finally, 11 studies were selected and the effect size was calculated. Death anxiety and death attitude were selected as dependent variables, and publication type, total duration of intervention, and frequency of intervention were selected as moderator variables. The total of 11 papers were selected to estimate the effect sizes of interventions. As a result, the overall effect size of the death education program for the aged was 1.07. The overall effect size showed death education program was able to lower death anxiety (Hedges' g=1.30, 95% Cl=0.80~1.80, p<.01) and improve attitudes to death (Hedges' g=0.93, 95% Cl=0.49~1.37, p<.01) compared with the no intervention group. In the moderator analysis to identify the cause of heterogeneity, significant results were found in the frequency of intervention. We propose a study that repeatedly verifies the effect of related studies in the future by providing the theoretical basis and basic data for the development of the death education program.

Comprehensive Senior Technology Acceptance Model for Digital Health Devices (디지털 헬스기기의 통합적 고령자 기술수용도 모델)

  • Shin, Hye-Ri;Yoon, Hee-Jeong;Kim, Su-Kyoung;Kim, Young-Sun
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.18 no.8
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    • pp.201-215
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    • 2020
  • We conducted the analysis using the data of the '2019 Korean Middle and Elderly Technology Acceptance Survey' to verify the comprehensive senior technology acceptance model. In this study, we examined the significant effect the relationship between behavioral intention to use the diital health devices and perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, gerontechnology self-efficacy, gerontechnology anxiety, facilitating conditions, attitude to life and satisfaction through the structural equation. The results of the research model are as follows. First, the usefulness and ease of use had significant effects on intention to use. Second, the self-efficacy had significant effects on the intention to use. But they had negative effect. Third, perceived usefulness, self-efficacy and anxiety had significant effects on ease of use. Lastly, self-efficacy, facilitating conditions, attitude to life and satisfaction had significant effects on perceived usefulness. These findings highlight that verified the comprehensive senior technology acceptance model in Korea.

Effects of TR and Consumer Readiness on SST Usage Motivation, Attitude and Intention (기술 준비도와 소비자 준비도가 Self Service Technology 사용동기와 태도 및 사용의도에 미치는 영향)

  • Shim, Hyeon Sook;Han, Sang Lin
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.25-51
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    • 2012
  • Researches about the relationship between SST(Self Service Technology) and TRI(Technology Readiness Index) have been carried out after TRI was developed by Parasuraman and his colleagues(2000). We hypothesize Consumer Readiness can also influence consumer's motivation, attitude, and intent to use SST. Currently, there has been no research on this subject. In this study, we investigated the relationship between TR, Consumer Readiness and SST Core Attitudinal Model which Dabholkar & Bagozzi(1994) proposed. The researchers also investigated moderating effects of consumer traits and situational factors to verify the acceptance of such forms of service delivery by all kinds of consumers and under different situational contexts. Self consciousness, the need for interaction with an employee, and the technology anxiety were used as consumer trait variables. Perceived waiting time and perceived crowding were used as situational variables. 380 questionnaires were distributed to a sample group of people in their 20's and 30's, and the data were analyzed with structural equation model using AMOS 18.0 program. All of Cronbach's alpha values representing reliabilities were satisfactory. The values of Composite Reliability(CR) and Average Variance Extracted(AVE) also showed the above criteria, thus providing evidence of convergent validity. To confirm discriminant validity among the constructs, confirmatory factor analysis and correlations among all the variables were examined. The results were satisfactory. The results of this study are summarized as follows. 1. Optimism and innovativeness of TR partially influenced the motivation to use SST. People who tend to be optimistic use SST because of ease of use and fun. The innovative however, usually use SST due to its performance. However, consumer readiness of role clarity, ability and self-efficacy influence all the components of motivation to use SST, ease of use, performance and fun. The relative effect of consumer readiness on the motivation to use SST was much stronger and more significant than that of TR. No other previous studies have examined the effects of Consumer Readiness on SST usage motivation, attitude and intention. It is academically meaningful that the researchers verified that Consumer Readiness is the important precedent construct influencing the self service technology core Attitudinal Model. Our findings suggest that marketers should consider fun and ease of use attributes to promote the use of self service technology. In addition, the SST usage frequency will rise rapidly when role clarity, ability, and self-efficacy which anybody can easily handle SST is assured. If the SST usage rate is increased, waiting times for customers could be decreased. Shorter waiting time could lead to higher customer satisfaction. It may also result in making a long-term profit owing to the reduced number of employees. Thus, presentation of using SST by employees or videos showing how to use it will promote the usage attitude and intent. 2. In SST core attitudinal model, performance and fun factors among SST usage motivation affected attitudes of using SST. The attitude of using SST highly influenced intent to use SST. This result is consistent with previous researches that dealt with the relationship between motivation, attitude and intention. Expectation of using SST could result in good performance just like the effect of ordering menu to service employees and to have fun since fun during its use could promote more SST usage rate. 3. In the relationship among motivation, attitude and intent in SST core attitudinal model, the moderating effect of consumer traits(self-consciousness, need for interaction with service employees and technology anxiety) and situational factors(perceived crowding and perceived waiting time) were tested. The results also supported the hypothesized moderating effects except perceived crowding. The highly self-conscious tended to form attitudes to use SST because of its fun compared to those who were less self-conscious because of its performance. People who had a high need for interaction with service employees tended to use SST for its performance. This result indicates that if ordering results are assured, SST is easily accessible to even consumers who have a high need for interaction with a service employee. When SST is easy to use, attitudes strengthen intent among people who had a high level of anxiety of technology. People who had low technology anxiety formed attitudes to use SST because of its performance. Service firms must ensure their self service technology is designed to be easy to use for those who have a high level of technology anxiety. Shorter perceived waiting times strengthened the attitude to use self service technology because of its fun. If the fun aspect is assured, people willing to use self service technology even perceive waiting time to be shorter than it actually is. Greater perceived waiting times form higher level of intent to use self service technology than those of shorter perceived waiting times. This implies that people view self service technology as a faster alternative to ordering service employees. The fun aspect of self service technology will attract a higher rate of usage for self service technology. 4. It has been proven that ease of use, performance and fun aspects are very important factors in motivation to form attitudes and intent to use self service technology regardless of the amount of perceived waiting time, self-consciousness, need for interaction with service employees, and technology anxiety. Service firms must consider these motivation aspects(ease of use, performance and fun)strongly in their promotion to use self service technology. Ease of use, assuring absolute performance compared to interaction with service employees', and adding a fun aspect will positively strengthen consumers' attitudes and intent to use self service technology. Summarizing the moderating effects, fun is the most valuable factor triggering SST usage attitude and intention. Therefore, designing self service technology to be fun will be the key to its success. This study focused on the touch screen self service technology in fast food restaurant. Although it has its limits due to the fact that it is hard to generalize the results to any other self service technology, the conceptual framework of this study can be applied to future research of any other service site.

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Predicting User Acceptance of Strong AI using Extension of Theory of Planned Behavior: Focused on the Age Group of 20s (확장된 계획적 행동이론을 통해 본 강한 인공지능 제품에 대한 이용자의 수용의도: 20대 연령층을 중심으로)

  • Rhee, Chang Seop;Rhee, Hyunjung
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.10
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    • pp.284-293
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    • 2020
  • The rapid progress of AI technology gives us the expectation to solutions to various problems in our society, and at the same time, it gives us anxiety about the side effects that can occur if AI develops beyond human control. This study was conducted in the early 20s with less objection to advanced devices. We attempted to provide clues to understand thoughts and attitudes of the targets about the future environment that will be brought by AI through the process of finding intent the acceptance of strong AI technology. For this, we applied the Theory of Planned Behavior, and further expanded this research model to identify factors affecting the attitude toward AI. As a result, the attitude toward AI and perceived behavioral control had a significant effect on the intention to use to strong AI. In addition, we found that the expectation of the benefit of improving task performance and the anxiety on the threat of relationship disturbance had a significant effect on the attitude toward AI. This study suggests implications for AI-related companies establishing the direction of technology development and for government setting a policy direction for AI adoption.