ISSN : 1229-0688
Unilateral termination (UT), a type of drop out that occurs when a client unilaterally stops coming to sessions, is a common problem in counseling. We conducted a longitudinal study to examine the ratio, occurrence pattern, and the contributing variables of UT. Results showed that UT occurred in 65 out of 336 cases and the UT rate increased from the beginning and reached a peak at the 3rd session. Regarding contributing factors, the results showed that a high level of agreement on the task combined with a low level of agreement on the goal affected a higher rate of UT. Additionally, the severity of early symptoms affected negatively occurrence of UT. This study provides a valid understanding of UT and suggests ways of helping clients participate consistently throughout the entire session.
This study explored the counselor’s perception of therapeutic intervention factors that bring effective outcomes in couple therapy. For this purpose, ten couple therapy experts were interviewed, and responses were rated by 15 couple therapists regarding similarities and the importance of statements collected from the interview. As a result, 60 statements were identified as the therapeutic intervention factors that bring effective outcomes in couple therapy. Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis were employed to identify dimensions and clusters of the statements. The results suggested three dimensions: ‘Groundwork for intervention vs. Contents of intervention’, ‘Explanation-oriented intervention vs. Action-oriented intervention’, and ‘Individual-focused intervention vs. System-focused intervention’ and six clusters: ‘Working with family system’, ‘Working with the individual as a relationship change agent’, ‘Evaluating couple system’, ‘Training knowledge and skills for problem solving’, ‘Facilitating experiential acceptance and communication within couples’ and ‘Providing structure and safety for change’.
The purpose of the present study was to develop and validate the Married Korean Women’s Career Persistence Motivation Scale (KWCPMS). Study 1 addressed procedures to identify items used to measure the motivational aspects of married women’s career persistence and explore the underlying dimensions of items via exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Study 2 tested the construct validity via confirmatory factor analysis; results showed the 5-factor solution identified via the EFA to be acceptable. Convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validities were also examined via correlation studies with measures of intrinsic motivation, burnout and life satisfaction. Results indicate that the psychometric properties, including internal consistency reliability, of KWCPMS are satisfactory.
The present study aims to develop a trauma case formulation framework (TCFF), tool that allows clinicians to constructively organize trauma-related information to better understand client’s posttraumatic problems and design effective interventions. The TCFF is comprised of five dimensions derived from six evidence-based trauma psychotherapies, including: characteristics of the traumatic event, trauma-related psychological symptoms, maintaining psychological mechanisms relevant to psychological symptoms, treatment goals, and treatment strategies. Elements of each dimension were further identified and verified by specialists. 21 participants received training regarding the use of TCFF and interrater reliabilities were calculated and found to be acceptable. The validity associated with the application of the TCFF worksheet was also reviewed by 46 psychotherapists. Implications, restrictions and further research suggestions for this study were discussed.
The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effects of meaning in life and active stress coping method in relations between ego-resilience and post-traumatic growth, and to verify their structural relations. The survey was conducted for this with 258 university students in terms of ego-resilience, meaning in life, stress coping method, and post-traumatic growth. Data were analyzed with correlation and tested with a structural equation model. The major findings were as follows: First, ego-resilience, meaning in life, and active stress coping method are turned out to have positive correlations with post-traumatic growth. Second, meaning in life and active stress coping method had partial dual mediating effects on relations between ego-resilience and post-traumatic growth. Additionally, the partial mediating effect of the two intervening variables was also found. Based on those findings, the study discussed implications and limitations.
This research is a rudimentary study on a way for college students to improve resilience and relieve their stress. The factors that affect stress were considered and the relations between them were reviewed thoroughly prior to study. For this research, the questionnaires were administered to 352 college students recruited from universities located in Dague and Gyeongbuk area. The findings were as follows: There were negative correlations not only between perceived stress and resilience, but between positive emotions and cognitive flexibility; on the other hand, there was a positive relationship between resilience, positive emotions, and cognitive flexibility. The structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted and revealed that one’s resilience influences perceived stress through positive emotions and cognitive flexibility further indicating the significant effect that positive emotions have on perceived stress. Implications and limitations were further discussed.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of adult attachment styles, basic psychological needs satisfaction (BPNS) and internalized shame (IS) on three types of anger expression modes (control, suppression and expression). 374 study participants were recruited from the Seoul and Gyeonggi areas. The primary findings of the analysis are as follows: First, both attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance affect anger control through BPNS and anger-in and anger-out through IS. Second, There was a difference between attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance. Attachment anxiety directly affects BPNS and IS while attachment avoidance directly affects BPNS alone and indirectly affects IS through BPNS. Third, through these results of the analysis, the difference between attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance was confirmed and BPNS was also identified as an important variable in the process through which attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance affect anger expression modes.
The purpose of the study was to explore female graduate students’ career choices and their experiences as women in Science and Engineering. Eight female graduate students, who have enrolled more than 4 semesters in Science and Engineering at top ranked universities in South Korea, were recruited as participants. Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) was used to explore participants’ career choices and graduate program experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants for an average of 1 hour. As a result of CQR, six domains including “motivation for entering graduate programs”, “adjustment to the male-centered culture”, “negative experiences as a woman”, “positive experiences in graduate program”, “multiple-role”, and “role model”, and 23 categories emerged. Based on findings, interventions and suggestions to assist with adjustment of female graduate students in Science and Engineering were presented, and limitations of the present study and suggestions for future study were further discussed.
This study investigated whether the relationships between perceived parenting styles and emotion dysregulation were mediated by emotion regulation strategies in adults, controlling for sex and age. EMBU-short, DERS, and ERSQ were implemented to 943 adults. Partial correlation analysis indicated that parents' refusal and overprotection correlated positively with emotion dysregulation and maladaptive strategies and parents' affection correlated negatively with them. Results of hierarchical multiple regression showed that parenting style accounted for 11% of the variance in emotion dysregulation, 13% of adaptive strategies, and 10% of maladaptive strategies. Father's affection and mother's refusal were significant predictors of emotion dysregulation. In the process of examining the mediation effect, the full mediating effect of adaptive strategies was found in the relationship between father's affection and emotion dysregulation and the partial mediating effect of maladaptive strategies was found in the relationship between mother's refusal and emotion dysregulation. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
This study aimed to investigate a mechanism in the link between child rearing and low marital satisfaction. We hypothesized that core self-evaluation would mediate the link between parenting stress and marital satisfaction. We applied Actor and Partner Interdependence Model to analyze data from 1658 parents who have 4-year old children identified from Korean Children and Youth Panel data 5th wave. As expected parenting stress did not directly predict a decrease in marital satisfaction among couples. However, we found that core self-evaluation fully mediated the relationship between parenting stress and marital satisfaction. More specifically, through core-evaluations, parenting stress indirectly predicted marital satisfaction. Additionally, we found the partner effect among wives but not among husbands. That is, husbands’ parenting stress negatively related to wives’ core self-evaluation, and that in turn negatively predicted wives’ marital satisfaction. Implications of the study and suggestions for counseling practice are discussed.
