This study aims to explore comprehensively the effects of a flower craft activity program focused on perceived stress, depression, and self-esteem of adult with mixed methods. The main results of this study are as follows. In the mixed analysis results, perceived stress was reduced by immersing oneself in completing one's own work through flower craft activities, as distracting thoughts in the head disappeared. In the case of depression, depression decreased in the relationship between group members who worked together to complete their own work through flower craft activities. In the case of self-esteem, it was analyzed that flower craft activities had the effect of increasing self-esteem through the satisfaction of the need for life and self-esteem. In future study, this suggests that the healing program applied based on this can be comprehensively reviewed, modified, and supplemented to reorganize it into a more effective flower craft activity program.

The study aims to identify factors related to landscape structure and socioeconomic characteristics that influence adults' physical activity and health. The study analyzes data from 148,643 respondents from the Korea Community Health Survey conducted in 2021. The study measures various factors, including the frequency of physical activity, stress, depression, and landscape metrics of forest patches. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used, controlling for socio-demographic characteristics. Larger forest patches and more irregular shapes are associated with higher levels of physical activity among adults. The percentage and area of the forest patch are associated with fewer mental health complaints. Configuration-related landscape metrics such as shape or arrangement of the forest patch did not show a significant association with physical activity. Overall, the study provides insights into how specific characteristics of forest patches in urban areas may influence physical activity and mental health among adults. It emphasizes the importance of green spaces and their potential positive effects on both physical and mental well-being.

Recently, despite the active interest and research on biochar, there is a lack of research on the acceptance intention of farmers, who are technology adopters. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to conduct a survey of 168 farmers and structurally analyze the factors affecting farmers' intention to accept biochar. The analysis results are as follows. First, promotion conditions and network effects have a positive influence on farmers' intention to accept biochar. Second, the mediating variable, network effect, has a complete mediating effect between performance expectations, social influence, and acceptance intention. This suggests that organizations need to be utilized to spread biochar because network effects increase the explanatory power of acceptance intention.

This paper aims to examine the farmers' perceptions of the importance and feasibility of climate change awareness and adaptive measures in agriculture, utilizing paired sample t-tests and Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA). Significant differences were found in farmers' views on the importance and urgency of climate change issues, with specific factors standing out. The IPA analysis identified key issues requiring sustained attention, including climate change magnitude, extreme weather events, livestock damage scale, pest fluctuations, and variability in flowering periods. Additionally, the study revealed significant disparities in farmers' perceptions of the importance and feasibility of adaptive measures, except for specific items related to heat indices.

This study aims to examine the farm household income and consumption structure change as well as farm income inequality. Data from the Agricultural Household Survey for the years 2016, 2021, and 2022 were hired to analyze farm income inequality by the Gini coefficient decomposition method. Results show that from 2016 to 2021, all income quintiles exhibited an increasing trend, but in 2022, income decreased across all quintiles. As a result of analyzing farm household consumption expenditure, consumption expenditure increased in all income quintiles in 2021 and 2022 compared to 2016, but consumption of optional goods decreased in the fifth quintile. In addition, it was found that farmers in the first quartile had higher consumption expenditures and expenditures on options than those in the second quartile. The analysis of farm income by region show that public subsidies increased significantly for general rural farmers than for farmers in special and metropolitan areas in all income quintiles during the period. In the case of the first quintile, farm household income in rural areas in special and metropolitan cities increased compared to general rural areas. In the fifth quartile, agricultural income and sideline income in general rural areas increased compared to rural areas in special and metropolitan cities, while rural areas in special and metropolitan cities increased non-business income compared to rural areas. Results of farming income inequality by income type show a steady decline in inequality from 2016 to 2022, indicating that the decreasing gini coefficinet of public subsidies is contributing to the decline in farm income inequality. Private subsidies and side income are shown to increase inequality.

농촌생활개선사업은 농촌생활의 질을 높이고 농촌복지와 문화생활을 증진시키는 것을 중심 목표로 시행되어 왔으나 농촌생활개선사업이 농촌공동체나 가구에 미치는 효과에는 다양한 요인들이 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 본 연구는 한국의 농촌여성들에게 농촌생활개선사업이 미치는 지각된 효과의 결정요인을 알아보고자 하였다. 본 연구의 자료를 생성하기 위하여 혼합연구설계를 사용하였으며, 농촌생활개선사업에 참여한 농촌여성 311명의 설문자료를 수집하고 초점집단토론을 실시하였다. 농촌생활개선사업이 농촌여성에게 미치는 효과를 예측하는 변수를 파악하기 위하여 기술통계와 위계적 회귀분석을 이용하여 정량적 자료를 분석하였다.분석결과, 응답자의 연령, 지역사회 거주형태, 리더십 경력, 교육수준, 지역사회 만족도와 지역사회 참여가 농촌생활개선사업에 대한 인지된 효과에 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다.