ISSN : 1229-0688
The purpose of this study was to develop an intervention program for decreasing suicidal behaviors of adolescents and to evaluate its effectiveness on depression, suicidal thoughts, and psychological well-being. To develop a suicidal behavior intervention program, the process of planning, constructing, conducting, and evaluating the program was implemented. The program consisted of 10 sessions with constituting six areas (i.e., psychological support, viewing time, self-esteem, self-control, level of hope, expressing emotions) and three steps (i.e., viewing, recognizing, and practicing). The levels of variables of interest were compared among an experimental group, comparative group and control group at three times (i.e., pre-, post-, and follow-up program). The findings of this study showed that the suicidal behavior intervention program significantly decrease in the levels of depression and thoughts to commit suicide and enhance their levels of psychological well-being. Findings and implications of this study are discussed.
This study examined the relationship among an adult's spirituality, hope, posttraumatic growth and life satisfaction to understand the influence of traumatic experience on the adult's life. Two hundred seventy six adults who had traumatic experience were examined. Participants answered the questionnaire regarding traumatic experience, spirituality, hope, posttraumatic growth, and life satisfaction. Results showed as follows. First, spirituality, hope and posttraumatic growth were significantly associated with life satisfaction. Second, when three variables’ relative influences were compared, hope for life satisfaction expectation was the most influential. Third, the results of structure equation modeling showed that hope and posttraumatic growth mediated the relation between spirituality and life satisfaction, and hope mediated the association between spirituality and posttraumatic growth. This result indicated that spirituality, hope, and posttraumatic growth played an important role in overcoming trauma and regaining life satisfaction. Limitation of this study and suggestion for future research are discussed.
This study examined the longitudinal effect of emotion dysregulation and trauma memory traits (i.e., involuntary recall, sensorimotor experience, disorganization) on college students’ depression progress route. A total of 203 undergraduates were assessed four times with a week interval. The growth pattern of trauma memory trait, emotion dysregulation, depression were analyzed by Latent Growth Model(LGM) and then Multivariate Latent Growth Model was used to investigate the relationship of the three variables. The results of this study were as follows. First, all variables except disorganization showed a linear decrease as time passed. In contrast, disorganization showed increasing trend during the measurement waves. Second, the decrease of sensorimotor experience and emotion dysregulation predicted the decrease of depression as time passed. Additionally, involuntary recall/disorganization and emotion dysregulation affected depression only in initial time. The implications for future research and intervention were also discussed.
Many studies showed that internal conditions are more important than external ones. The current study investigated whether perception on internal and external value about both himself/herself and his/her date influences on happiness and romantic relationship satisfaction. The model assuming that gratitude mediated the relation between perceived values and happiness or relationship satisfaction was evaluated. One hundred thirty eight participants between 19 and 37 years old participated to the study. The results showed that the more frequency they numerated internal values about his/her self, the higher they were happy; the more frequency they had external values about his/her date, the lower they felt romantic relationship satisfaction; the more frequency they had internal values about his/her dates, the higher they felt romantic relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, the partial mediation between perceived internal value about both himself/herself and the date and relationship satisfaction was found. Implications and future research are discussed.
This study examined the mediating effects of achievement pressure and career decision-making self-efficacy on the relationships between parent-child bonding, parental socioeconomic status, and college students` career decisions. Eight hundred fifty-eight college students completed questionnaires, and data were analyzed using multiple regression and structural equation modeling. Results indicated that parental education, sacrifice, and low strictness significantly explained parental academic achievement pressure. Intimacy in parent-child bonding was the only variable that explained a significant proportion of career decision-making self-efficacy. Parental academic achievement pressure, goal setting, problem solving, and planning of the career decision-making self-efficacy explained a significant proportion of the career decision variable. The hypothesized model showed good fit to the data. Additionally, the mediation effects of parental academic achievement pressure and career decision-making self-efficacy were found. Implications for counseling practice and future research are discussed.
Given the physical and psychological understanding of the industrial accident victims severely affected by the PTSD, this study aimed to reduce the symptoms and to implement the relevant psychological rehabilitation therapy in order to modify the risk factors of the PTSD. The program was implemented on a twice-weekly basis for a total of 10 times with 9 industrial accident victims with PDS scores of over 21 as the focus group. This program showed a significant effect on reducing the symptoms of PTSD among industrial accident victims including, re-experience and, avoidance reaction. The program also exhibited a significant effect on increasing the of self-capabilities. Finally, those receiving the program showed a significant reduction in cognitive evaluation capabilities(i.e., negative emotions relevant for emotional capabilities). Therefore, the current study implied that the occurrence of PTSD could be prevented by an early prevention of psychological and emotional problems of industrial accident trauma victims.
The purpose of the present study was to understand Facebook addiction process on the basis of relationship-centered cultural characteristics and the Addition Syndrome Model. In doing so, with the knowledge that South Korean college students use Facebook to satisfy their relationship needs, this study set loneliness as a psychosocial risk factor and interpersonal sensitivity as an underlying vulnerability that triggers Facebook addiction. It was hypothesized that loneliness would affect Facebook addiction through interpersonal sensitivity. Structural equation modeling analysis with a sample of 482 undergraduate students was utilized to test the fit of the hypothesized model and estimate direct and indirect effects of the variables of interest. Results indicated that loneliness did not affect Facebook addiction directly. However, its effect on Facebook addiction was fully mediated by interpersonal sensitivity. Implications for counseling practice (e.g., addressing interpersonal sensitivity within interpersonal psychotherapy) and future research on Facebook addiction are discussed.
This study examined the influence of maternal psychological control on adolescent depression and investigated the mediating effects of mother-child relationship satisfaction, anger, and loneliness. Results based on a sample of 647 adolescents showed that maternal psychological control decreased mother-child relationship satisfaction and increased anger and loneliness. Additionally, the final model found that maternal psychological control increased adolescent depression. Mother-child relationship satisfaction mediated the association between maternal psychological control and loneliness, which, in turn, increased depression. Anger mediated the relationship between maternal psychological control and depression. Findings from the study indicated that mother-child relationship satisfaction mediated the association between maternal psychological control and adolescent depression. Anger and loneliness showed separate pathways of influence in the relationship among maternal psychological control, mother-child relationship satisfaction, and depression. Strengths and weaknesses of the study, suggestions for future investigations, and clinical implications are discussed.
This study used a qualitative research methodology to explore the process of women’s psychological change as they transit from unmarried to married status. For this purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 married women and the data were analyzed using the grounded theory methods. As a result, 55 concepts, 27 subcategories, and 13 categories were derived. The process of psychological change in transiting from the unmarried to married women consists of three stages (i.e., the illusory unmarried stage, the strategic married stage, the responsible adaptive stage). The core category of the change process was the process of actively self-choosing within relational contexts. Six types of active self-choosing within relational contexts were identified: activity restriction, needs expansion, process skipped over, conformational change, overcoming through faith, and coping with stress. Based on these findings, implications for therapeutic interventions are discussed.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of family resilience and active coping strategies on post-traumatic growth among job losers. A sample of 275 job losers(133 men, 142 women) who visited government unemployment service centers at Busan and Gyeongnam regions were surveyed. For this study, scales including Korean Post-traumatic Growth Inventory(K-PTGI), Family Resilience Scale, and Active Coping Strategies Scale were implemented by participants. Correlation analysis, hierarchical multiple regression analysis, and Sobel test were employed to investigate the hypotheses. The results of this study were as following: First, positive relationships were found between family resilience and post-traumatic growth, between family resilience and active coping strategies, and between active coping strategies and post-traumatic growth respectively. Second, active coping strategies showed a partial mediating effect on the relationship between the job losers' family resilience and post-traumatic growth. Findings and implications of this study are discussed.
