ISSN : 1229-0688
This study examined mediating effects of supervisee shame, self-acceptance, and cognitive coping on the relation of supervisees' evaluation concerns perfectionism to supervisory working alliance. Futhermore, the structural relations were compared between counseling-trainees and counselors having the certificate 396 supervisees were recruited, who were members of the Korean Counseling Psychological Association(KCPA) and were personally supervised about their counseling cases over the past one-year. Out of them, 210 supervisees were under training and 186 supervisees were counselors with the second-level counselor's certificate. The results of this study showed that the relation of evaluation concerns perfectionisms to supervisory working alliance was significantly mediated by shame, self-acceptance, and positive cognitive coping. The results of multi-group analysis also indicated that the structural model differed between the two-supervisee groups. Implications for supervision practice and future research are discussed.
The present study investigated the distribution of character strengths, their association with happiness, and the age differences in the relation of happiness to character strengths among 312 middle-aged women at Korean metropolitan area(M age = 42.07, SD = 3.78). Participants completed Inventory of Character Strengths and three different happiness-related scales. Results showed that love was the most frequently reported strength and that gratitude, authenticity, optimism, fairness, and modesty were other strengths reported frequently. Gratitude, love, optimism, zest, and persistence were strongly associated with happiness-related measures. In general, the results of multiple-linear regression analysis indicated that gratitude, love, and self-regulation were significant predictors to happiness. No age differences were found in the distribution of character strengths and the relation of happiness to character strengths. Finally, the limitations and implications of this study and suggestions for future studies are discussed.
Relations among the career calling, career identity and life satisfaction were examined to understand how career calling influences career identity and life satisfaction for college students. For this study, 313 college students were recruited. A Correlation, multi regression analysis, and Structural Equational Modeling(SEM) were employed to test effects of career calling on the career identity and life satisfaction. Results showed that career calling and career identity predicted life satisfaction positively. SEM showed that career calling influenced career identity which, in turn, affected life satisfaction. Furthermore, the partial meditational model was preferred than the complete meditational model. Therefore, career calling not only directly influenced life satisfaction but also indirectly influenced life satisfaction through career identity. Limitations of the current study and implications for future study and counseling practice are discussed.
This study aimed to develop and validate the Korean version of Family Forgiveness Scale(FFS-K) and to examine the effects of forgiveness in family on adolescent's peer trust and peer relations. In developing and validating FFS-K, 339 middle school students answered FFS-K and other three instruments. Exploratory factor analyses showed that FFS-K was consisted of 3 factors(i.e., Openness, Understanding/ responsibility, & Recovery). FFS-K was positively associated with family open communication and family adaptability/cohesion, and was negatively related to parents-children conflicts. Study 2 surveyed a sample 268 of middle school students to test the mediating effect of peer trust on the relation between family forgiveness and adolescent's peer relations. The result showed that peer trust exhibited perfect mediating effects on the relation between family forgiveness and peer relations. Limitations of the current study and implications to future study are discussed.
This study was conducted to develop and validate the scale of children’s humor style. Items in the scale were developed after intensive review of previous literature. Survey was implemented to 3rd through 6th grade students in elementary schools at Incheon metropolitan city and Gyeonggi province. An item analysis and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to investigate the factor structure of the scale. The results of the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis showed that the scale consisted of 22 items and 4 humoristic factors (i.e., relational, self-serving, aggressive, and self-destructive humor). Structural equation model analysis was employed to examine a criterion-related validity of the scale. Results showed that the children’s humor style influenced interpersonal relations and school adjustment. Limitations of the current study and implications to future research are discussed.
Most of positive psychological activities devised for happiness-enhancement have been developed in Western culture and tested with Western samples. The goal of current study was to compare the relative effectiveness between individual-focused activities and relationship-focused activities using Korean middle-aged wives. To investigate this, participants were randomly assigned to one of the two different treatment conditions or a no-treatment control condition and finished survey four times. 3(times) × 3(conditions) MANOVA, a series of repeated-measure ANOVAs, ANCOVAs, Cohen's d statistics, and 2(times) × 2(conditions) MANOVA were employed to test the effectiveness of programs. Results of ANCOVAs and comparison of effect sizes indicated that individual-focused activities were more effective than relationship-focused activities. Furthermore, two treatment conditions were more effective in elevating happiness than no-treatment condition. In addition, even four weeks after the completion of treatment, the treatment effect was maintained. Finally, the implications of the current study for future studies are discussed.
This study examined a multi-dimensional hypothetical model on critical factors of the intention of plastic surgery among women. Furthermore, the models were compared for the young and the middle-aged women. Participants were 672 women recruited in Seoul, Kyunggi, Chungnam, Kyungpook, and Kyungnam provinces. Results of testing the model showed that social-face sensitivity, social comparison, body surveillance, and body dissatisfaction mediated the association between perfectionism and the intention of plastic surgery. Mean differences were found between young and middle-aged women in the levels of social-face sensitivity, social comparison, body surveillance, and body dissatisfaction, and the intention of plastic surgery. The best fitting model of the intention of plastic surgery varied between the two women groups. Specifically, fully-mediated model fitted the data better for young women, whereas partially- mediated model fitted the data better for middle-aged women. Implications for future research and practice on the intention of plastic surgery are discussed.
This study was aimed to test the effects of adolescents' stress on gambling behavior and interest on adult gambling through internet addiction and irrational gambling belief. 809 adolescents were recruited from four high school in Seoul and Kyunggi. Correlational analysis and multiple regression analysis were employed to test these effects. Stress, internet addiction, irrational gambling belief, gambling behavior, and interest on adult gambling were positively correlated. Results showed that adolescents' internet addiction and irrational gambling belief partially mediated the relation between stress and gambling behavior. Additionally, adolescents' internet addiction and irrational gambling belief partially mediated the association between stress and interest on adult gambling. Implications to future studies for internet addiction and gambling are discussed.
The aim of this study was to explore child reunification experience of the North Korean women refugees in South Korea. Seven North Korean women refugees who had reunited with their children in South Korea were interviewed. The interview data were analyzed using Giorgi's phenomenological analysis. Five components and 17 subordinate components were deduced from this study. The five components were ‘Rising of desire for reunification and effort', ‘Unexpected loss', ‘Facing with her own wound', ‘Remaking true family', and ‘Changing self'. The child reunification experience of the North Korean women refugee was the process of identity reestablishment in which they overcome unexpected loss and psychological wound and try to rebuild a family after reunion of their children. After intensive reviews of interview data, psychosocial meaning of reunification experience and implications for support policy for North Korean women refugees are discussed.
