• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.104-116
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• 2002

This study investigated the psychosocial characteristics of children and adolescents who were addicted to internet. 1107 children and adolescents were administered several self-report inventories assessing internet addiction, internet expectancy, self-control, parent-adolescent communication, parent control of internet, peer relation, and loneliness. Results indicated that internet addicted adolescents had more expectancy for internet, less self-control, more dysfunctional communication with parents, and more withdrawn from peers than non-addicted. To determine relative contributions of these variables, multiple regression was conducted. It was demonstrated that internet expectancy, self-control, dysfunctional parentadolescent communication, and parent control of internet explained adolescent internet addiction.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.51-62
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• 2018

Recently, there has been an increasing social concern over the use of random reward game items. In this paper, we try to understand the effect of using random reward game on adolescents based on the survey data over a year. In addition, regression analysis was conducted to examine how socio-psychological variables affect the game addiction of adolescents according to use of random reward games. As a result of analysis, it was found that the random reward game use group had lower self esteem and higher material value than the normal game use group. Also, self esteem and material value have a significant effect on game addiction. And finally, the results and implications were discussed.

• Proceedings of the KHMA Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.311-311
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.619-630
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• 2016

As the level of job-seeking stress increases among college students, increasing attention is being paid to the variables that would decrease its negative effects through brief intervention programs or counseling. As such, in the present study, we examined the effects of job-seeking stress on depression and psychological well-being, and whether resilience (internal variable) and social support (external variable) would moderate such effects. In other words, we tested whether the negative effects of job-seeking stress on depression and psychological well-being would be decreased by resilience and social support. A total of 264 fourth-year college students and unemployed 4-year college graduates, who were looking for jobs in private and public enterprises participated in this study. The results indicated that resilience moderated the relation between job-seeking stress and depression, while social support did not. In contrast, resilience did not moderate the relation between job-seeking stress and psychological well-being, whereas social support did. These results suggest that as resilience increases, the effect of job-seeking stress on depression decreases, whereas as social support increases, the effect of job-seeking stress on psychological well-being decreases.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.309-323
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to examine the structural relationship between psychological exhaustion, turnover intention, and social support of the dedicated workforce in order to investigate the effects of social support on psychological exhaustion, turnover intention of PAS assistant. Based on the results of the study, this study attempted to make the basic data for devising method to alleviate the intention to turnover of disabled PAS assistant. It was intended to help improve the quality of the activity support service. For this purpose, a questionnaire consisting of psychological exhaustion, turnover intention, and social support measures was conducted to 274 PAS Assistants of 11 service agencies in Seoul to verify the mediating effect of social support. In this study, the psychological exhaustion of PAS Assistants's showed a positive correlation, and the social support of the dedicated personnel perceived by the PAS Assistants's showed a negative correlation with the psychological exhaustion. Also, the social support of the dedicated workforce partially mediated the causal relationship between psychological exhaustion and turnover intention. The results of this study suggests that the social support of the dedicated personnel dedicated to support activities is high in reducing the psychological burnout and turnover intention of the PAS Assistant, it means that the social support of a dedicated workforce is an important resource in reducing the turnover intention.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.325-351
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• 2019

The present study examined patterns of co-occurrence between DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) symptoms and posttraumatic growth(PTG) among Korean populations(n= 860). Latent profile analysis was used to identify subclasses and suggested that the 3-class model fit best: (1) Low PTSD/Mild PTG group (2) Low PTSD/High PTG group; (3) High PTSD/High PTG group. Class membership was predicted by demographic variables, social isolation, and frequency of traumatic experiences. Classes also differed with respect to self-destructive behaviors(binge eating, non-suicidal self-injury, and problem drinking). These findings contribute to future research about the coexisting patterns of PTSD and PTG, and to identify high-risk individuals who suffer from trauma-related problems in clinical practice.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.89-97
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• 2021

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship among psychosocial stress, memory, and successful aging of the community-residing elderly. Methods: 152 people over 65 years old living in D area were interviewed, from August 1st, 2020 to October 30th, 2020. The outcomes were measured by Psychosocial Well-being Index (PWI), Mini-Memory Test (MiMeT) and successful aging. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and stepwise multiple regression. Results: There was a positive correlation between successful aging and memory. There was a negative correlation between psychosocial stress and successful aging, and between psychosocial stress and memory. Psychosocial stress was identified as a predictor of successful aging, which explained 26.4% of total variance of successful aging. Conclusions: When we prepare intervention programs which improve successful aging for community-residing older adults, we need to consider psychosocial stress. In addition, stress management programs for successful aging should be developed to improve current successful aging.

• Korean Journal of Health Psychology
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.537-555
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was two-fold. First, comparisons on the psychological and physical attributes of normal weight, overweight, and obese children were conducted. Second, the influence of BMI and physical fitness interaction on psychological adaptation in children with obesity was explored. Participants were 245 children between the ages of 9 and 13 years (64.5% males). Data on children considered overweight (n = 45) or obese (n = 78) were gathered from the Korean Obese Children's Physical Activity (KOCPA) projects. Normal weight children (n = 122) were recruited from two Seoul elementary schools. Psychological measurements included Weight Efficacy Life-style Questionnaire (WEL), Physical Self-efficacy Scale (PSES), Child Dietary Self-efficacy Scale (CDSS), Self-concept Inventory (SCI), and the Korean version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Intervention TM Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQLTM4.0). BMI (kg/m2) and physical fitness (e.g., aerobic endurance, flexibility) were recorded by experts in exercise physiology. Results showed that children in the high BMI group reported poorer psychological adaption and demonstrated lower physical fitness when compared to the remaining groups. Compared to normal weight children, children considered overweight and obese were found to have lower physical self-efficacy, more negative self-concept, and poorer quality of life. Further, these children also had significantly lower physical fitness levels than their normal weight counterparts. Physical fitness was found to have a significant main effect on weight efficacy (WEL), physical self-efficacy (PSES), and quality of life (PedsQL) in children considered overweight or obese. A significant BMI-physical fitness interaction effect was found for self-concept (SCI) only. Children with higher BMI reported poorer self-concept regardless of fitness level whereas children with lower BMI and higher fitness reported more positive self-concept. Implications and limitations are discussed.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.361-380
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate a moderating effect of social work practitioners' support between psychological crisis and social participation of divorced retired men. For this, psychological crisis, social participation, and social work practitioners' support were completed by 248 divorced retired men registered during the last five years in Hope Job Center for the middle aged group in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. Correlation analysis was performed to determine the general trend of the measured variables based on the collected data, simple regression analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between variables, and hierarchical regression analysis was performed to examine the moderating effect. The results of this study are as follows. First, psychological crisis was found to have a negative correlation with social participation and social work practitioners' support. Second, social worker practitioners' support between psychological crisis and social participation showed a significant moderating effect. Based on these findings, this study is significant in terms of providing needs for interventions of social support through methods such as programs for psychological support and education about social participation for divorced retired men.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.58 no.1
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• pp.347-372
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• 2006

Drinking Problems among college students have been increasing and being severe social problems. When it is compared with other areas, the research about drinking problems of college students are rare. This study was to examine psychosocial factors influencing on problem drinking among college students. The sample size of this study was 414, which made it possible to do statistical inference. AUDIT was applicated to measure the drinking problems in college student. As statistical method, $X^2$-test, t-test, hierarchial multiple regression analysis were used. The main finding provided that drinking problem of college students was more severe than adult one. Especially binge drinking pattern was remarkable. Male student had many alcohol problems than female students. This study also revealed gender, religious activity, first drinking age, sensation -seeking, drinking motivation, parents' drinking problem, schoolwork record, peer influence had significant direct impact in problem drinking of college students. Based on the results of this study, the author suggested some practical implication and preventive program based on the results and added further study tasks.