• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.48
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• pp.85-116
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to analyze conditions that robots depicted in cinematographic works like animations or movies sympathize with and form an attachment with the nuclear person and organize characterizing strategies for emotional sympathetic robots. Along with the development of technology, the areas of artificial intelligence and robots are no longer considered to belong to science fiction but as realistic issues. Therefore, this author assumes that the expressive characteristics of emotional sympathetic robots created by cinematographic works should be used as meaningful factors in expressively embodying human-friendly service robots to be distributed widely afterwards, that is, in establishing the features of characters. To lay the grounds for it, this research has begun. As the subjects of analysis, this researcher has chosen robot characters whose emotional intimacy with the main person is clearly observed among those found in movies and animations produced after the 1920 when robot's contemporary concept was declared. Also, to understand robots' appearance and behavioral tendency, this study (1) has classified robots' external impressions into five types (human-like, cartoon, tool-like, artificial bring, pet or creature) and (2) has classified behavioral tendencies considered to be the outer embodiment of personality by using DiSC, the tool to diagnose behavioral patterns. Meanwhile, it has been observed that robots equipped with high emotional intimacy are all strongly independent about their duties and indicate great emotional acceptance. Therefore, 'influence' and 'Steadiness' types show great emotional acceptance, the influencing type tends to be highly independent, and the 'Conscientiousness' type tends to indicate less emotional acceptance and independency in general. Yet, according to the analysis on external impressions, appearance factors hardly have any significant relationship with emotional sympathy. It implies that regarding the conditions of robots equipped with great emotional sympathy, emotional sympathy grounded on communication exerts more crucial effects than first impression similarly to the process of forming interpersonal relationship in reality. Lastly, to study the characters of robots, it is absolutely needed to have consilient competence embracing different areas widely. This author also has felt that only with design factors or personality factors, it is hard to estimate robot characters and also analyze a vast amount of information demanded in sympathy with humans entirely. However, this researcher will end this thesis as the foundation for it expecting that the general artistic value of animations can be used preciously afterwards in developing robots that have to be studied interdisciplinarily.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.5
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• pp.500-503
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• 2001

연구 주제는 우리 모두가 성자하면서 느끼고 경험했을, 그러나 고단한 일상 속에 파묻혀 잊고 지냈을, 유년시절의 이야기를 조그마한 시골지역을 비경으로 잔잔하게 그려내는 데 초점을 맞추었다. 도시에서 이사온 한 초등학생에게 시골마을은 제대로 포장된 도로도, 이층집도 없는 곳이었지만 주변에는 친구들과 뛰어 놀기에 부족함이 없는 경이로움으로 가득 찬 곳이었다. 이때의 느낌과 에피소드가 여러 장면 속에 봄부터 겨울까지 일년 사계절을 배경으로 담겨져 있다. 이런 의도 속에서 각 그림의 주제와 등장인물간의 조화를 맞추며, 각각의 그림은 개별적으로 독립적인 이야기를 담고 있으면서도 전체적으로 서로 연관된 고향이라는 주제의 하나의 이야기이다. 독특한 표현세계의 추구를 위한 기법연구로 한국화 기법을 만화와 접목을 통해 동양적인 정서와 회화적인 표현이 접목된 만화를 연구함으로써, 대중성과 예술성이 보완된 작품을 시도하고자 하였다. 과정 속에서 본인은 전형적인 우리나라 시골 어린이들의 생생한 감정과 동작의 움직임, 각가지 얼굴표정과 제스처를 만화적인 기법으로 표현하고자 하였으며, 한편으로는 그림의 배경이 되는 우리의 자연과 산하를 동양화 기법으로 특징을 잡아내고자 노력하였다. 이와 함께 독자의 이해를 높이기 위해 매 장면마다 그에맞는 이야기를 나레이션 형식으로 삽입하여 평면 작품으로 제작하였고, 또한 그 작품을 CD-ROM 속에 담음으로써 영상화된 화면에서 제작하고자 하였다. 이번 작품 제작을 통하여 본인의 의식 깊은 곳에 영향을 주고, 낳고 키워준 고향의 이야기들을 표현함으로 본인을 포함한 도시생활에 찌들어 있는 현대 대중들에게 위로와 휴식을 줄 수 있는 작품이 되고자 노력하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.79-86
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• 2013

In general, food depicted in animated films symbolically conveys cultural emotions. And yet, as diverse studies have shown, even from the perspective of cultural semiotics, there are different ways to interpret food symbolism. This study focuses on food depicted in American and Japanese animation, through a comparative analysis of scenes from "The Simpsons" (1989-present), the longest-running American animated program, and "Atashin'chi" (2002-2009), a much-beloved animated sitcom that follows the daily experiences of a Japanese family. It is hoped that the research presented here may be applied as a criterion in the production stage for understanding the cognitive function of cultural underpinnings and symbolic expression in animated works.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.229-234
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• 2009

The field of design is expanding and diversified in modern society while several new functions are presented by converging a variety of fields of knowledge. There are changes happening in people's way of thinking, sensitivity and behaviors as they are seeking for a new way of expression and aesthetic values. Accordingly, the black and white drawings are increasing as a new way of recognition of tradition or new materials. This paper is to make a study of the expression methods and their analysis of the black and white drawings, based on their historical and social background, and has suggested black and white expression methods as an aesthetic value consistent with the traditional oriental beauty and emotional sensitivity. This paper is also aimed at studying practical usage of the expression of black and white drawings shown in the TV-CM design, and expanding the scope of design by analyzing the conception, features, and classification of the black and white drawings and searching for a new technique or an oriental expression method.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.54-60
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• 2016

Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties identifying and describing feelings, impoverished fantasy life, and concrete and poorly introspective thinking. Alexithymic patients have been reported to show a stable deficit with regard to processing and regulating emotions. Eating disorders are characterized by a persistent disturbance of eating or eating-related behavior that significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning. Like alexithymic patients, patients with eating disorders show the impaired capacity to process and regulate emotions. There is a robust body of literature showing patients with eating disorders are more alexithymic than healthy controls. Specifically, patients with eating disorders experience difficulties identifying and describing emotions. Childhood maltreatment can increase the risk for depression and alexithymia, which can in turn lead to disordered eating symptoms. Also, higher levels of alexithymia are correlated with a less favorable clinical outcome in patients with eating disorder. Therefore, treatments to help processing and regulating emotions of eating disorder patients with pronounced alexithymic traits may seem to lead to a higher possibility of recovery.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.91-102
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze musical songs from an academic perspective by applying vocal techniques that can express songs in depth in three dimensions. Singing a musical song cannot be completed with just the musical part, rather, it should be accompanied by the analysis of various aspects such as the emotional state of the scenes and the characters. To this end, this study performed a multi-dimensional analysis of fields such as theatrical structure, lyrics, musical structure, and dynamics. In addition, the study explored and applied Estill Voice Training(EVT) that actors can best express songs with the emotions of the theater and music. EVT categorizes voice into six tones: speech, sob/cry, falsetto, twang, opera, and belting. In this study, in addition to these six sounds, the positions of vocal cords and larynx were also applied to seek ways to effectively express songs using "Gar Nichts" from the musical "Elisabeth" as a case study. "Gar Nichts" is a song sung by the protagonist Elisabeth, which expresses the self and the conflict at the peak of pain. Musically, this song requires various sound and voice-changing techniques to cover the range of "G#3-Gb5." As a result, it was confirmed that in order to embody the emotions of the characters and the songs in depth, the analysis of scenes and characters as well as various singing techniques need to be applied in harmony.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.480-490
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• 2018

This study investigated the profiles of anger expression (anger control, anger in, anger out) and their variation in forms, and determined the differences in depression, aggression, and negative affect intensity of middle school students. For this purpose, the survey responses of 296 middle school students in Seoul were analyzed. The major study results are as follows. (1) Cluster analyses yielded four anger expression profiles: cluster 1 was characterized by high scores for anger control, anger in and anger out, cluster 2 by low scores for anger control, high scores for anger in and anger out, cluster 3 by low scores for anger control, anger in and anger out, and cluster 4 by low scores for anger in, high scores for anger control and anger out. (2) Between-cluster differences in depression, aggression, and negative affect intensity were all significant. The posteriori test indicated that cluster 4 was higher than the other three clusters in terms of depression. Cluster 3 was higher than the other three clusters on aggression, cluster 2 was higher than cluster 4 in terms of aggression. The interventions by aggression expression cluster are discussed and the implications of this research to education and counseling are explained.

• Korean journal of health promotion
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.147-158
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• 2018

Background: This study was designed to investigate the effects of usual negative emotional experiences on biological aging progression of human. Methods: A total of 237 subjects who visited the Health Promotion Center at Chungnam National University Hospital from May 2013 through September 2013 was enrolled. Each subject had been drawn up a structured questionnaire about usual experiences of depression, anxiety, anger, and anger expression. The degree of biological aging progression of each subject was computed by a specific formula which consisted of chronological age and biological age reflecting obesity and aging of main organs. Results: Trait anger and low education level showed the significant correlations with biological aging (r=0.160, P=0.014, and r=-0.189, P=0.024, respectively). Trait anger and low education level solely displayed the significant $R^2s$ for biological aging in consequence of multivariate analyses; $R^2=0.044$, P=0.020, and $R^2=0.022$, P=0.038, respectively. Conclusions: This study suggests that the significant relationship between usual anger experience (i.e., trait anger) and biological aging would be present. In addition, lower education level may be related with biological aging.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.201-211
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• 2009

The goal of this study is to examine the differences in emotional intelligence and interpersonal relationship disposition in Korean adolescents according to the internet addiction level. The results are as follows: First, Some significant differences in respondents' emotional intelligence are found according to the internet addiction level. Specifically, the internet addicted group have lower scores than the non-addicted group in various aspects such as emotional awareness, emotional expression, emotional control, and emotional application. Second, the internet addicted group show a tendency to have less independent-responsible, sympathetic-receptive, and sociable-friendly disposition than its counterparts in the respect of interpersonal relationship. Third, the internet addicted group are disposed to have more competitive-aggressive, and defiant-distrustful disposition than the respondents in the other group.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.587-597
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• 2016

This study is to investigate the influence of leisure experience type and self-efficacy, on subjective well-being in ski resort. The study is to examine the moderating role of leasure experience type (ski related experience and non ski related experience) between self-efficacy and subjective well-being. Further, the relationship between subjective well-being and recommendation intention was investigated. As a result, self-efficacy significantly influenced on subjective well-being (satisfaction of leisure, positive affect). Respondents who are high self-efficacy group have higher subjective well-being (satisfaction of leisure, positive affect) than one who are low self-efficacy group in the ski related leasure experience scenarios. In the non ski related leasure experience scenarios, however, respondents who are low self-efficacy group have higher subjective well-being (satisfaction of leisure, positive affect). Besides, subjective well-being (satisfaction of leisure, positive affect) plays a mediating role between self-efficacy and recommendation intention.