Korean Psychological Journal of Culture and Social Issues
- P-ISSN : 1229-0661
- E-ISSN : 1229-0661
- Publisher : Korean Psychological Association of Culture and Social Issues
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Korean Psychological Journal of Culture and Social Issues
- P-ISSN1229-0661
- E-ISSN1229-0661
- KCI
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Vol.31 No.4
8papers in this issue.
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Hate speech is a verbal act that promotes prejudice, discrimination, and hostility toward members of specific groups, and it has recently emerginged as a serious social problem. Derogatory labels, a subtype of hate speech, reinforce prejudice and stereotypes against the target and desensitize violence by dehumanizing individuals. differ from simple group labels in terms of their psychological function and impact. However, little is known about the psycholinguistic characteristics of these expressions and how they affect emotional information processing. This study aimed to investigate the psycholinguistic features of Korean derogatory labels (Study 1) and examine their cognitive effects on emotional processing (Study 2). In Study 1, 132 participants rated 20 derogatory labels, 20 negative labels, and 20 neutral labels along 10 psycholinguistic dimensions: valence, arousal, emotional experience, abstractness, imageability, familiarity, subjective frequency, understanding of meaning, category entitativity, and category essentialism. Correlation analyses revealed that derogatory labels showed broader and more significant associations across psycholinguistic dimensions compared to negative labels. In Study 2, an emotional Stroop task was employed to examine how derogatory labels influenced participants’ emotional judgments of background facial expressions (happiness, anger). Even after controlling for valence, arousal, and subjective frequency of stimuli, derogatory labels significantly delayed emotional judgments for happy faces, indicating a cognitive interference effect. These findings suggest that derogatory labels differ from general negative expressions in their psycholinguistic profile and may especially disrupt the processing of positive social information.
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Age and Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Humanitarian Aid to North Korea during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Roles of Ethnic Identification and Collectivist Value Orientation
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pp.667-692
https://doi.org/10.20406/kjcs.2025.11.31.4.667
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The present study examined how attitudes toward humanitarian aid to North Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic varied by age and gender, and whether these differences were mediated by Han ethnic identification and collectivist value orientation. Humanitarian assistance in times of disaster, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can serve as a gateway to inter-Korean exchange and reconciliation. Thus, identifying the predictors of such attitudes has important implications for building peaceful inter-Korean relations. Analyzing data from a survey conducted in 2021 (N = 1,600), we found that age positively predicted attitudes toward humanitarian aid, and this association was mediated by Han ethnic identification and collectivistic value orientation. Gender differences were moderated by age. Among younger adults under the age of 29, women reported more positive attitudes than did men, whereas among older adults aged 54 and above, men reported more positive attitudes than did women. Moreover, the gender difference among younger adults was mediated by collectivistic value orientation, wheras the difference among older adults was mediated by Han ethnic identification. These findings suggest that subgroup differences in attitudes toward humanitarian aid to North Korea can be explained by illuminating the role of Han ethnic identification and collectivistic value orientation. We discussed how the current findings may contribute to addressing the key issues in inter-Korean relations.
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The Effect of Perfectionistic Tendency and Behavioral Systems(BAS, BIS) on Burnout of Office Workers
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pp.693-714
https://doi.org/10.20406/kjcs.2025.11.31.4.693
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of perfectionistic tendencies and behavioral systems (BAS, BIS) of office workers, on burnout. To this end, an online survey was conducted through a specialized research institute among male and female office workers aged 20 to 59, and the final dataset of 278 participants was analyzed using the statistical program SPSS 23.0. The main results of this study are as follows. First, it was found that office workers' perfectionistic tendencies had a significant effect on burnout. Second, the behavioral system (BAS, BIS) of office workers indicated that the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) had a positive effect on burnout. This study is meaningful that it revealed perfectionistic tendencies as a powerful factor related to burnout and identified behavioral systems (BAS, BIS) as an independent variable, showing that the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) is a risk factor that increases the likelihood of burnout.
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Examining Social Isolation and Withdrawal among University Students through the Term “Assa”: A Text Mining Analysis of YouTube Comments
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pp.715-749
https://doi.org/10.20406/kjcs.2025.11.31.4.715
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This study explores key issues surrounding social isolation and withdrawal among university students by analyzing 19,876 YouTube comments containing the term “Assa”. Comments were collected from 64 videos over the past decade. To explore differences in comment trends according to video content, the data were categorized into three types—Total, Short Plays, and Conversation—for comparative analysis. The results revealed that the most salient keywords in each category, based on frequency and network text analysis, were as follows: in the Total category, “friend”, “Inssa”, and “empathy”; in the Short plays category, “acting”, “empathy”, and “restroom”; and in the Conversation category, “friend”, “college life”, and “story”. Topic modeling identified three dominant themes for each category. Total—(1) representative keywords from the total, (2) keywords from the Short plays, and (3) actual student comments; Short Plays—(1) feedback on the actors and their acting, (2) peer relationship issues, and (3) eating alone in a restroom stall; Conversation—(1) viewer impressions and encouragement feedbacks, (2) adjustment to college life and feeling a sense of belonging, and (3) frequently used words by conversation types. Emotion-related terms such as “struggle,” “tears,” “love,” “fun,” and “happiness” were consistently present across all categories. These findings contribute to a multidimensional understanding of university students’ social isolation and withdrawal, offering practical insights for future policy-making and the development of preventive educational programs.
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Using the data collected from 100 males and 100 females in their 20-30s, the study explored examined the effect of self-criticism/attack on verbal violence, and the double mediation effect of primary anger thought and negative emotional reactivity. First of all, women displayed higher level of primary anger thought experienced in close relationships than men. There was no significant gender difference found in other variables. Multiple regression analyses revealed that the effect of self-criticism/attack, primary anger thought, and negative emotional reactivity on verbal violence was all significant. The sequential mediation effect of primary anger thought and negative emotional reactivity was significant between self-criticism/attacking and verbal violence. In other words, the higher the self-criticism/attacking, the more likely to display primary anger thought experienced in close relationships, the stronger the negative emotional reactivity, and the more likely to display verbal violence. In addition, negative emotional reactivity mediated the relationship between self-criticism/attacking and verbal violence. In other words, the higher the self-criticism/attacking, the stronger the negative emotional reactivity, and the more likely to display verbal violence. Finally, implications of the study on verbal violence and coping strategies were discussed.
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Hate-turned Joke: Relationship between Disparaging Humor, Perceived Humor and Personal Belief in a Just World
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pp.769-793
https://doi.org/10.20406/kjcs.2025.11.31.4.769
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This study examined the effects of disparaging humor targeting gender and older adults on adults’ humor perception and investigated the moderating role of Personal Belief in a Just World (BJW-Self). A total of 400 young adults (aged 18–39, all South Koreans) participated in an online survey. Participants were exposed to self-disparaging and other-disparaging humor stimuli and subsequently completed measures of perceived humor and hate, BJW-Self, exposure to hate speech, and feeling thermometer of the targets. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0, including basic descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis. In addition, moderation effects were analyzed using the SPSS PROCESS macro Model 1. The results were as follows. First, among male participants, self-disparaging humor targeting gender and older adults was perceived as more humorous than other-disparaging humor, whereas no significant effects were observed among female participants. Second, for men, BJW-Self significantly moderated the relationship between humor type and perceived humor, but moderating effect was not significant for women. These findings provided insight into the sociocultural implications of framing hate speech as humor and underscored its educational significance. Limitations and implications for future research were discussed.
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Validation of the Six-Dimensional Structure of Empathy in Korea: Cognitive, Affective, Somatic, Positive, and Negative Empathy
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pp.795-825
https://doi.org/10.20406/kjcs.2025.11.31.4.795
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This study aimed to validate the Cognitive, Affective, and Somatic Empathy Scales (CASES) intp the Korean context. Through close collaboration with the original author, the instrument was carefully translated and culturally adapted. A total of 510 Korean adults participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch rating scale modeling, differential item functioning (DIF), and correlational analyses were conducted. Results revealed a six-factor structure comprising Cognitive–Positive, Cognitive–Negative, Affective–Positive, Affective–Negative, Somatic–Positive, and Somatic–Negative empathy, with five items allocated to each factor. The Rasch rating scale analysis supported the appropriateness of the 3-point Likert scale. Item fit statistics indicated that all items met the criteria, and both item separation indices and split-half reliability demonstrated adequate discrimination and reliability. Although the person–item distribution suggested participants’ ability levels were somewhat higher, item difficulty levels were found to be appropriately matched. DIF analysis identified four items that functioned differently by gender, indicating the need for caution in interpretation. Correlational results showed that Sadism (SD4) and Psychopathy (DD12) were significantly and negatively associated with all six factors. In contrast, Machiavellianism (SD4 and DD12) demonstrated inconsistent correlations. This study extends empathy measurement beyond specific occupational or age groups by validating CASES for the general population in Korea and introduces the important distinction between positive and negative empathy within the domestic context.
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This driving simulation study compared differences in driver’s takeover time (TOT) and subjective workload for obstacle avoidance under different conditions of road complexity and attention distraction in in a level-3 automated driving. Participants were divided into two groups: young drivers in their 20s and older drivers aged 65 or older. Attention distraction was induced by performing a non-driving task (NDT) during autonomous driving, and road complexity was manipulated by varying the number of vehicles surrounding the drivers’ vehicle. The main findings and implications of this study are as follows. First, drivers’ TOT was significantly delayed in the NDT condition compared to the non-NDT condition during automated driving, and in the congested traffic condition compared to the clear road condition. Furthermore, the level of mental and physical workload during obstacle avoidance through manual driving after control takeover was significantly higher. Second, this tendency was particularly pronounced in the older driver group compared to the younger driver group. The results of this study suggested that older drivers may experience increased difficulties in safe and effective avoidance regarding obstacles ahead of their vehicle when visually and audibly distracted on congested roads.