• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.338-344
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• 2015

Background: The present study aims to investigate job stressors and stress relievers for Korean emotional laborers, specifically focusing on the effects of work conditions and emotional labor properties. Emotional laborers are asked to hide or distort their real emotions in their interaction with clients. They are exposed to high levels of stress in the emotional labor process, which leads to serious mental health risks including burnout, depression, and even suicide impulse. Exploring job stressors and relieving factors would be the first step in seeking alternatives to protect emotional laborers from those mental health risks. Methods: Using the third wave data of Korean Working Conditions Survey, logistic regression analysis was conducted for two purposes: to examine the relations of emotional labor and stress, and to find out job stressors and relievers for emotional laborers. Results: The chances of stress arousal are 3.5 times higher for emotional laborers; emotional laborers experience double risk-burden for stress arousal. In addition to general job stressors, emotional laborers need to bear burdens related to emotional labor properties. The effect of social support at the workplace is not significant for stress relief, unlike common assumptions, whereas subjective satisfaction (wage satisfaction and work-life balance) is proven to have relieving effects on emotional laborers' job stress. Conclusion: From the results, the importance of a balanced understanding of emotional labor for establishing effective policies for emotional laborer protection is stressed.

• 감성과학
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.35-46
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• 2019

인공지능기술은 사용자의 언어, 목소리 톤, 표정을 인지하고 학습하여 다양한 맥락에서 사용자의 감정에 대응할 수 있도록 발전하고 있다. 여러 인공지능 기반 서비스 중에서 특히 사용자와의 커뮤니케이션이 중요한 서비스 다수는 감정을 표현하는 인터랙션을 제공한다. 그러나 인공지능 시스템의 감정을 표현하는 수단으로서의 비언어적 인터랙션에 관한 연구는 아직 미비하다. 이에 조명효과 중 특히 색상과 깜빡임 운동을 중심으로 인공지능 디바이스의 감성 인터랙션을 연구하였다. 본 연구에서 구현한 인공지능 디바이스 프로토타입은 red, yellow, green, blue, purple, white 6가지의 조명 색상과 느림, 중간, 빠른 세 단계 속도의 깜빡임 효과로 감정을 표현한다. 프로토타입을 활용하여 20대부터 30대 남녀 50명을 대상으로 인공지능 디바이스의 색상별, 속도별 조명 효과가 표현하고 있는 감정에 응답하는 실험을 진행하였다. 실험 결과 각 조명 색상은 기존 색채감성연구에서 드러난 감성적 이미지와 대체로 유사한 감정을 나타내는 것으로 평가되었다. 조명의 깜빡임 속도는 감정의 각성과 밸런스의 변화에 영향을 주었으며, 이때 각성의 변화 양상은 모든 색상에서 유사한 기조를 보였다. 밸런스 변화 양상은 기존 색채감성연구의 감성적 이미지와 어느 정도 관련이 있지만 색상 별 차이가 있는 것으로 관찰되었다. 인공지능 시스템을 탑재한 사물의 종류와 인공지능 디바이스가 점점 다양해지는 현 시점에서, 본 연구결과는 조명을 통한 인공지능의 감성 인터랙션을 설계할 때 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.3-8
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• 1994

With the recent development of sleep medicine, insomnia has been perceived as a disease from a simple symptom. As there are various causes in a disease, proper treatment according to each cause is necessary for a more effective treatment In general, insomnia is classified into five categrories of physical, physiological, psychological, psychiatric and pharmacological aspects. However, such categorizations are often insufficient in treating insomnia. Furthermore understanding of the developmental mechanisms of insomnia is required. The function of sleep is developed and maintained through the balance of the reciprocal forces of sleep and arousal. These forces are contantly regulated by what is called a circadian rhythm. Sleep is induced by this rhythm which is affected by factors such as awakening time in the morning, amount of intellectual function, amount and time length of physical exercise and sunlight Insomnia could develop when this rhythm is delayed and leads to a "forbidden zone" which is a very difficult period for inducing sleep about two to four hours before the routine bedtime. Whereas sleep gradually develops in line with the circardian rhythm, arousal can occur very abruptly by any cause triggered by emotional discomfort or anxiety. Such characteristic and emotional factors as perfectionism, separation anxiety, secondary gain, insecurity, and negative cognition may provoke the inner anxiety and fear for insomnia, which can lead acute insomnia to a chronic one. As chronic insomnia is developed by multiple causes and factors, integrated approaches through analysis of above mentioned factors will be more effective in the treatment of insomnia than a simple administration of hypnotics.

• 감성과학
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.37-42
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• 1999

Long-term exposure to loud noise affects performance since it changes arousal level, distracts attention, and also is able to evoke subjective stress accompanied by negative emotional states. The purpose of the study was to analyze dynamics of subjective and physiological variables during a relatively long-lasting (30 min) exposure to white noise (85 dB[A]). Physiological signals were recorded on 15 college students during 30 min of intense auditory stimulation. Autonomic variables, namely skin conductance level , non-specific SCR number, inter-best intervals in ECG, heart rate variability index (HF/LF ratio of HRV), skin temperature, as well as respiration rate were analyzed on 5 min epoch basis. Psychological assessment (subjective rating of stress level) was also repeated every 5 min. Statistical analysis was employed to trace the time course of the dynamics of subjective and autonomic physiological variables and their relationships. Results showed that the intense noise evoked subjective stress as well as associated autonomic nervous system responses. However it was shown that physiological variables endured specific changes in the process of exposure to the loud white noise. Discussed were probable psychophysiological mechanisms mediating reactivity to long-term auditory stimulation of high intensity, namely short-term activation, followed by transient adaptation (with relatively stable autonomic balance) and then a subsequent wave of arousal due to tonic sympathetic dominance.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.22-32
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• 2017

Purpose: This research was conducted to determine the effects of fall prevention exercise and education on physical fitness, fall efficacy, and fall prevention behavior among community-dwelling older adults. Methods: This study applied nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from January 8th to March 4th, 2015. There were 24 subjects in the experimental group and 21 in the control group from two different senior citizen center in B city. The fall prevention program consisted of exercise, education, and telephone coaching was developed using self-efficacy theory: 'Performance accomplishment', 'Vicarious experience', 'Verbal persuasion', 'Emotional arousal'. Then, it was conducted once a week for 8 weeks. Data were analyzed with $x^2$ test and t-test using the SPSS program. Results: The findings indicated that fall prevention program conducted on older adults is good for improving their muscular strength in lower extremities (t=6.25, p<.001), physical balance (t=2.66, p=.014), physical flexibility (t=2.88, p<.001) and fall prevention behavior (t=6.19, p<.001). Conclusion: The fall prevention program can be used for community-dwelling older adults as a nursing intervention that enables older adults to enhance their self-care continuously. It is necessary to conduct a follow-up study to see if a self-help meeting could improve self-efficacy.