• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.213-224
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating effects of parental academic expectations and adolescent's optimism in the influence of perceived parental attachment on learning flow. The subjects of this study were 184 middle and high school students in Seoul. The results of this study are as follows. First, academic expectation and optimism showed significant full mediation effects on the relationship between parent attachment and learning flow. Second, there was no statistically significant difference in the difference between the indirect effects of academic expectation and optimism by the bootstrapping method. Based on the results of this study, it was found that the healthy attachment relationship with the parents increases the parent's supportive expectancy, improves the optimism for the youth, and improves the learning commitment for effective learning. Finally, we discussed the role and expectations of parents and adolescents in promoting the learning commitment of adolescents.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.145-153
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• 2021

This study empirically verified whether there is a dual mediating effect of individual optimistic bias and information security intention in the relationship between information security attitude and information security behavior of social welfare college students. The subjects were 295 college students majoring in social welfare. Spss Process macro was used for analysis. As a result. first there was a significant positive correlation between the variables. Second in the relationship between information security attitude and information security behavior, individual optimistic bias and information security intent each had a simple mediating effect. Third when an individual's optimistic bias and information security intent were simultaneously input, each had a simple mediating effect. Fourth there was a double mediating effect between individual optimistic bias and information security intent. This study provided basic data for the expansion of information security model and information security education of social welfare students.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.1394-1402
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• 2023

This study is a descriptive research study to conducted the mediating effect of learning flow in the relationship between optimism and career adaptability in order to improve the career adaptability of nursing students. The subjects were students enrolled in the nursing department of 4-year universities in G and M cities. Data were collected from April to May 2023. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and Baron and Kenny's regression analysis. As a result of the study, first, optimism showed a positive effect on learning flow. Second, optimism showed a positive effect on career adaptability. Third, learning flow showed a partial mediating effect on the relation between optimism and career adaptability. From this, these findings suggest that strategies to promote a optimism and learning flow should be operated in order to improve the career adaptability of nursing students in the nursing education field.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.177-185
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• 2016

This study quantified optimism, emotional intelligence, and depression levels, and explored potential key factors affecting the depression level in undergraduate students. We performed a survey targeting undergraduate students in two Universities at D city and S city, between April 8th and 30th of 2016. After receiving informed consent, a total of 166 university students were recruited. They were asked to fill in a self-reported questionnaire about optimism, emotional-intelligence, and depression. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis using IBM SPSS version 22.0. The data analysis results showed that the mean score for optimism was $3.67{\pm}0.51$, $3.66{\pm}0.49$, and $3.69{\pm}0.55$ for overall undergraduate students, undergraduate nursing students, and undergraduate non-nursing students, respectively. Moreover, the mean score of emotional intelligence was $3.56{\pm}0.49$, $3.53{\pm}0.49$, and $3.60{\pm}0.51$, respectively. In addition, the mean score of depression was $8.28{\pm}7.48$, $10.97{\pm}7.65$, and $5.50{\pm}5.54$, respectively. It was revealed that a strong negative correlation exists among optimism, emotional intelligence, and depression. This correlation was stronger for undergraduate nursing students than undergraduate non-nursing students. Optimism and emotional intelligence were key factors influencing depression. The degree of this influence was higher for undergraduate nursing students than undergraduate non-nursing students. In conclusion, a program that empowers optimism and emotional intelligence is necessary to manage depression for undergraduate students.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.150-160
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• 2018

Purpose: This study was conducted to understand what various factors influence school life adaption of nursing students by measuring life stress, anger and optimism. Methods: The subjects were 186 students in B city and the data were collected for the period of 17-28 April 2017. The collected data were analyzed with an independent t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe's method, Cronbach's alpha and Pearson's correlation coefficients. The results are as follows respectively: life stress 1.34/4, state anger 1.24/4, trait anger 1.57/4 at average, and among optimism was 3.45/5 at average. Multiple regression analysis showed perceived physical health status(${\beta}=.20$ t=2.72, p=.007), satisfaction on college(${\beta}=.19$, t=2.53 p=.012) and life stress (${\beta}=-.14$ t=-2.28, p=.027) were related to factors. They accounted 18.2% of the optimism of the subjects. However, there was no significant correlation between optimism and anger of nursing students. Conclusion: It is necessary to develop a program to improve the optimism of nursing college students and to develop a program that can enhance the coping ability of stress to cope with life stress experienced by nursing students.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.82-95
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• 2017

This study is to examines how cognized parental attachment influence college life adjustment and measures the mediating role of dispositional optimism. 253 Chinese international students participated this study. The data were analyzed by frequency analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regressions analysis, Sobel Test via SPSS 18.0 program. Age, educational background, proficiency of Korean, along with cognized communication, faith yielded positive correlation with college life adjustment. And alienation was negative correlation. The data were collected through convenience sampling method. Age, proficiency of Korean, alienation which is one of the lower factors of cognized parental attachment and dispositional optimism have a positive effect on college life adjustment respectively. The results indicate that the mediating effect of dispositional optimism is statistically significant on the relationship of cognized parental attachment and college life adjustment. Based on the aforementioned results, In order to improve the college life adjusting ability of Chinese international student, not only stable parental attachment, but also seek method to improve filial personal optimistic cognition.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.277-288
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• 2018

This study investigated the correlations of the AIDS knowledge, self-esteem, sense of control, optimistic bias toward AIDS, and condom use in the Chinese male college students. A cross-sectional survey was used, and 307 male students were recruited from anonymous universities in cities of two provinces in China. The data were analyzed according to descriptive statistics, ANOVA, Pearson's correlations. The Chinese male college students had an optimistic bias toward AIDS. The score of AIDS knowledge was 73%, and the self-esteem and sense of control scores were all rated higher than the median. The difference among groups according to grade and age were statistically significant in this study. The self-esteem, sense of control, and optimistic bias toward AIDS showed significant positive correlations, but AIDS knowledge, optimistic bias, and condom use have no correlations. The studies that examine psychological variables with condom use among various groups should be followed in the Chinese context.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.453-462
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• 2019

This study investigates the relationship between controllability, severity, unrealistic optimism and risk perception of risk factors related to location - based SNS services for smartphone users. For this purpose, I surveyed university students who had experience using location - based SNS service. The main results are as follows. First, controllability has a statistically significant effect on unrealistic optimism. Second, Severity had a statistically significant negative impact on unrealistic optimism. Third, Controllability did not have a statistically significant effect on risk perception, Fourth, Severity did not have a statistically significant effect on perceived risk. Fifth, Unrealistic optimism had a statistically significant negative impact on perception of risk. The results of this study will contribute to the prevention of privacy incidents and the protection of smartphone users by using location - based SNS service. On the one hand, future research will need to look at the relationship between unrealistic optimism and risk prevention or coping behavior.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.109-118
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• 2021

This study is a descriptive research study to understand the relationship between childcare teachers' ego-resilience, optimism, and job stress and the relationship between these variables and to identify factors affecting job stress. The study method was targeted to 191 childcare teachers working in D Metropolitan City from March to April 2021. The self-reliance, optimism, and job stress of childcare teachers were surveyed using a survey instrument. For data analysis, frequency, percentage, reliability analysis, t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and multiple regression were performed using SPSS WIN 20.0 program. As a result of this study, first, ego resilience and optimism showed a positive correlation, ego resilience and job stress had a negative correlation, and optimism and job stress had a negative correlation. Second, as a result of analyzing the factors affecting the job stress of childcare teachers, it was found that ego resilience had an effect. According to these results, in order to lower the job stress of childcare teachers, a program that can improve self-resilience and lower job stress should be developed and provided.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.87-111
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• 2012

This study designed a mediating pathways models to examine the theory, 'the influence of attachment relationship between adolescents and their parents affects on adolescents' psycho-social adjustment through the mediating variable of optimism'. Authors tried to examine if this theory is applied to group-home adolescents who live with surrogate care-givers instead of their parents. For this study, two models, 'Psychological Adjustment Model' and 'Social Adjustment Model' were constructed. Each model has path, 'Attachment with Care-givers → Psychological Adjustment' and ''Attachment with Care-givers → Social Adjustment' respectively. 'Optimism' is mediating variable in between these two variables. The results were very clear. In two models, no direct effects from 'Attachment' to 'Psychological Adjustment' and from 'Attachment' to 'Social Adjustment' were found. However, indirect effects from 'Attachment' to 'Psychological Adjustment' and from 'Attachment' to 'Social Adjustment' were statistically significant through the mediating variable of 'Optimism'. This study suggests that more research on 'Optimism' which has not been focused among social welfare researchers needs to be followed.