• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.151-166
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• 2004

Background: Spirituality has been an important part of Transpersonal Psychology and is believed to have a large effect on the mental health because it has been systematized. The aim of this study was to determine the level of spiritual disposition on human beings along with its effects on one's mental health. Materials and Methods: The study targeted 400 women residing in Youn-Gil city of JiLin Prov., which is a district of the Cho-Sun tribe in China. Their spiritual well-being was studied using the Spiritual Well-being Scale-Korean Version. The spiritual well-being scale consists of 2 sub-scales of religious well-being and existential well-being. The study was evaluated using a lie scale, psychotic trend, and a combined anxiety-depression scale. The results were considered to be factors of one's mental health. The correlation between the spiritual well-being and each tendency was analyzed by regression analysis. Results: The total score of the Cho-Sun tribal women according to the spiritual well-being scale was 68.29 which was much less than the 100.65 of Korean Christian women. There was no significant correlation between the spiritual well-being and the Lie trend. However, it was found that 86%(344) of Cho-Sun tribal women scored above 70 in the Lie trend with a mean score of 74.57 which is higher than normal populations. Regarding the correlation between the spiritual well-being and psychotic trend, the psychotic trend became significantly higher when the religious well-being was at a high level. On the other hand, the psychotic trend became significantly lower when the existential well-being was at a high level. Regarding the correlation between the spiritual well-being and anxiety, the anxiety was significantly higher when the religious well-being was at a high level. However, the anxiety level was significantly low when the existential well-being was at a high level. Regarding the correlation between the spiritual well-being and depression, the depression level was somewhat significantly high when the religious well-being was at a high level. However, the depression level was significantly low when the existential well-being was at a high level. Conclusion: This study evaluated the effects of spiritual well-being on a person's mental health among Cho-Sun tribal women in Youn-Gil city of JiLIn Prov., P.R. of China. The results found that the religious well-being, which is a sub-scale of spiritual well-being, had negative effects while the existential well-being had positive effects on the mental health. These results proved that a person's religious disposition had negative effects on their mental health in a communitarian society.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.415-429
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of attention deficit disorder evaluation scale-school version(ADDES-SV). Between October 1996 and November 1996, ADDES-SV was administered to 263 elementary school students in the second grade and between Jun 1996 and October 1996, 28 attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patients. In the reliability test, the test-retest reliability coefficient was significantly high and that of inattention was 0.88, that of impulsivity was 0.80, that of hyperactivity was 0.83 and total score was 0.83. In the reliability test by internal consistancy, the Cronbach $\alpha$ coefficient was significantly high and that of inattention was 0.98, that of impulsivity was 0.87, that of hyperactivity was 0.87(p<0.05). The half-sprit reliability coefficient by first-second half method showed high correlation and that of inattention was part 1: 0.96, part 2: 0.96 impulsivity was part 1: 0.95, part 2: 0.93, hyperactivity was part 1: 0.92, part 2: 0.94(p<0.05). Inter-rater reliability by pearson correlation coefficient was significantly high and that of inattention was 0.92, that of impulsivity was 0.87, that of hyperactivity was 0.89 and total score was 0.89. The concurrent validity between ADDES-SV and CAP scale was 0.85 in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patient group and 0.79 in normal control group(p<0.05). In discriminant validity test between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patient group and normal control group, the patient group showed higher score(p<0.05). The total discriminant capacity of the patient group in ADDES-SV was 94.6%. In this point of view, ADDES-SV scale showed high reliability and validity in applying to Korean subjects and was proved to be the useful screening test tool for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder research.

• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.127-134
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• 2012

Objectives : Perceived stress scale is a self-report inventory to estimate the degree of individual perceived stress in daily life. The aim of this study was to introduce this scale and test the reliability and validity of the Korean version of PSS. Methods : The total of 154 female hospital workers were included in this study. The survey questionnaires were conducted for demographic information. All participants were required to complete PSS, Hamilton Anxiety scale and Beck Depression Inventory. Reliability and validity studies were conducted and internal consistency was examined. Results : The mean score of the PSS reported in this sample was $20.69{\pm}4.56$. The overall Cronbach's alpha was 0.819, and the test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.66. PSS had a significant positive correlation with the HAM-A(r=0.49, p<0.01), and the BDI(r=0.55, p<0.01). Factor analysis yielded 2 factors with eigenvalues of 3.924 and 2.608, accounting for 65 percent of variance. Factor 1 represented "stress" and factor 2 represented "control of stress". Conclusions : This study indicates that the PSS is appropriate for estimating the perceived stress levels. These results support the use of PSS in large sections of the population in Korea.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06e
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• pp.297-302
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access) 채널을 통과하면서 여러 가지 형태로 손상된 음성에 대한 주관적 음질 평가를 할 수 있는 객관적 척도에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 즉, CDMA 채널을 통과한 음성 신호에 대하여 주관적 음질 평가 방법 중 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 MOS(Mean Opinion Score) 테스트를 수행하고, 이 MOS 테스트 결과를 추정할 수 있는 객관척도 알고리즘을 시뮬레이션 하였다. 이러한 연구 결과로 PSQM(Perceptual Speech Quality Measure)을 CDMA 채널 환경에 맞게 수정하여 우수한 성능의 객관적 음질 평가 방법을 얻었다.

• Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.25-38
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• 2021

Objective : This study aimed to establish an analytic methodology that can objectively evaluate the proverb comprehension levels that vary based on the aging process. Method : This study recruited 70 normal elderly aged ≥ 65 years and performed proverb comprehension tasks using an explanation method. A scoring estimation method was designed on 3 and 5-point scales. The difficulty and discrimination levels were calculated based on the two scales, thereby selecting the final questions and evaluation scale. Results : First, the item discrimination index on the 5-point scale was relatively higher than that on the 3-point scale, and 10 items were finally selected. Second, in terms of proverb comprehension ability, the elderly group aged 70 ~ 84 years showed significantly lower performance than those aged 65 ~ 69 years. Additionally, subjects with ≥ 10 years of education showed significantly higher performance than those with 9 ≤ years of education. Third, the performance of the proverbs comprehension task negatively correlated with the reaction time of the executive function task. Conclusion : Proverb comprehension is a task that can distinctively show a deterioration of brain functions in line with the aging process even among the normal elderly group and therefore, can estimate the difference more effectively with an increase in the score of the evaluation scale.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.121-126
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• 1999

본 연구는 생활 소음이 유발하는 유해성을 객관적으로 평가할 수 있는 감성 척도를 개발하고, 그 척도를 이용하여 생활 소음과 소음에 대한 감성간 관계를 반영하는 감성 지수를 도출하고자 수행되었다. 먼저 소음에 대한 주관적 느낌을 잘 기술해주는 27 개의 형용사를 선정한 뒤, 세 가지의 실제 주거 소음을 들려주며 소음에 대한 감성을 27 개의 형용사에 대해 평가하게 하였다. 이 결과에 대한 요인분석을 실시하여 '지배성', '쾌/불쾌', '각성' 차원의 세 개 차원으로 구성되는 14 개의 최종적 소음 감성 척도를 개발하였다. 다음으로 실제 주거 생활에서 소음과 감성간 관계를 알아보기 위해 실제로 4 가지의 주거 소음을 들으면서 인지적 과제를 수행하게 하여 소음에 대한 느낌을 소음 감성 척도상에 평가하게 하는 실험을 실시하였다. 이 결과 소음의 크기가 증가할수록 소음에 대한 감성이 부정적으로 나타나는 직선적 관계가 얻어졌고. 이를 기초로 일차 방정식 형태의 소음-감성 지수를 도출하였다.

• Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.7-17
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• 2002

편마비 환자의 인지 기능과 운동 및 신체적 기능에 관련된 변인을 분석하고자 하였다. 본 연구는 인지 기능이 편마비 환자에게 미치는 영향과 인지 영역의 손상이 편마비 환자의 독립적 기능 및 수준 향상의 예언 인자로서의 고려해야 할 개념을 검사나 평가 척도로 비교, 분석 하였다. 연구 대상은 전라북도에 소재한 한방병원에 입원 및 통원하고 있는 52-73세의 연령 범위에 있는 편마비환자 20명 이다. 편마비 환자의 기능적 능력, 운동 회복, 신체적 기능 그리고 인지적 상태를 평가하기 위해 편마비 환자를 위한 임상적 결과 변인 척도, 운동 평가 척도와 바델 척도 그리고 기능적 독립성 측정 척도를 평가도구로 사용하였다. 편마비 환자의 신체적, 운동 그리고 기능적 능력 상태를 평가도구에 의해 측정된 결과를 분석한 바 운동, 신체적 그리고 인지적인 영역과 기능적 독립 측정 척도 및 바델 척도와 관련성이 있음을 보여주고 있다. 편마비 환자의 신체적, 인지적 결함이나 손상 부위, 손상의 본질에 따른 대상의 선정과 운동 조절 형태에 관한 지식 그리고 인지와 신경학적 결함 정도를 심도있게 다루어 기능적 능력 향상의 임상적 효과를 높이고자 하는데 연구의 의의가 있다.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.345-354
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is finding alternative parameters of the HRV so as to minimize the subjective errors by STAI and BDI, could be have two types of significant correlation levels depending on normalized method. Particularly, the LF/HF presented as the quantitative physiological parameter that can reflect both state-anxiety and trait-anxiety.

• Information Systems Review
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.289-303
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• 2001

The online stock transactions are gaining popularity at an incredible speed these days as more and more investors are adopting Internet as a new and convenient way of handling such transactions. As a consequence, the market for online stock exchange services is getting increasingly competitive; measuring and managing the quality of such services have become a crucial issue to the survival and growth of the stock brokerage houses. Unfortunately, however, little research effort to date has been made as to developing a set of valid and reliable measures for assessing investor perceptions of the quality of the online stock exchange service. The present study generates and tests a new set of multi-item measures for the quality of the online stock exchange service from an investor's perspective. This set of measures can be used in various stages and aspects of formulating online marketing strategies for stock brokerage firms. Marketing implications of this instrument for service providers are discussed.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.68-81
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• 2000

This paper proposes a single metric to measure and evaluate the retrieval effectiveness of image database retrieval system that requires an ordered ranking. There are four conditions to be a good ranking system. First, the number of relevant images among the retrieved should be as large as possible. Secondly, the number of irrelevant images should be smaller. Third, the average rank of relevant images should be higher. Last, the relevant images should be clustered close together. The conventional evaluation measures only reflect a part of the conditions listed above, and the evaluated results are coarse or inaccurate. The proposed NDS, however, resolves all those problems. In order to prove the efficiency of the NDS, we generate patterns of ${\_nC_r(_10C_5=252, _20C_9=167,960)}$ to evaluate and compare with other measures. The patterns were generated automatically by a recursive function call on the assumption the 'r' relevant images are retrieved within the range of 'n'.