• 복식
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.87-102
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to identify conceptual constructs of well-being consciousness and appearance management behaviors, and to examine the effects of these two variables on attitudes toward Korean herbal cosmetics for Korean and Japanese consumers. A survey was carried out among female consumers between the ages of 20 and 50, and a total of 500 responses were analyzed by descriptive analysis, reliability test, t-test, and confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling and multi group analysis. The results of this study were as follows: 1) The result of CFA and the reliability test on well-being consciousness and appearance management of Korean and Japanese respondents clearly showed factorial structures on each of the variant assessments. 2) In regards to the well-being consciousness, Korean and Japanese respondents highly tended to perceive well-being as a benefit to the physical health and an eco-friendly lifestyle respectively. In the area of appearance management, Korean and Japanese respondents had similar patterns that showed high scores of skin care and weight control. Both Korean and Japanese consumers showed favorable attitudes toward Korean herbal cosmetic products. 3) The consumers' well-being consciousness revealed to have positive influences on appearance management behavior. Both well-being consciousness and appearance management positively influenced attitudes toward Korean herbal cosmetics. 4) As a result of MGA, the well-being consciousness had more positive impacts on Korean respondents' attitudes toward Korean herbal cosmetics than the appearance management variable when compared to the Japanese respondents. On the other hand, appearance management had more positive impacts on Japanese respondents' attitudes to-ward Korean herbal cosmetics than well-being consciousness when compared to the Korean respondents. These results suggest that differentiated marketing strategies for Korean herbal cosmetics are crucial when targeting Korean and Japanese consumers.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.63-74
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• 2013

This study suggests that some of the negative arguments related to naturalized plants raised in academic discussions are unreasonable through an analysis of trends in the academia's research on naturalized plants in South Korea. A total of 117 academic papers related to "naturalized plants" on the Korean Studies Information Service System (KISS) website were re-classified by space, the number of vascular plant species, the number of naturalized plant species, naturalization index (NI), and urbanization index (UI). Correlation between human interference and naturalized plant distribution, and between sizes of conservation areas and naturalized plant distribution were analyzed. According to the results, while there was a tendency between urban population and UI ($r^2$ = 0.70, p = .000), the number of visitors in national parks had no relation to either the NI or the UI (r = 0.028 and r = 0.013, respectively). Likewise, there was no correlation between national parks or conservation areas and naturalized plant distribution (r = 0.014, r = 0.17, respectively). The average NI and the UI of forest areas were approximately twice as low as those of national parks. In estimated regression equation, when one hypothesizes that the entire 4,952 taxa of plants growing in South Korea, the number of naturalized plants, combining paleo-naturalized plants and neo-naturalized plants, amounted to 2,398 taxa, 48.43%. In the academia, Korean Endemic Plants are less than one quarter of 4,952 taxa. Such results signify that, contrary to discussions in the academia, it is meaningless to distinguish between naturalized plants and native plants. In certain aspects, academic discussions on naturalized plants in Korea have proceeded in a manner similar to cultural exclusion by mono-culturalism in a multi-cultural environment.

• 농촌계획
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.171-182
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• 2016

Since FAO introduced the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems(GIAHS) in 2002, 36 sites of 15 countries so far have been listed on GIAHS. This study aims to find the important agricultural heritages of Korea and to prepare the methods for them to be selected as GIAHS. We have analyzed the proposals of the 36 GIAHS listed in order to study the characteristics of their components of the agricultural heritage which worked for being selected. To analyze the components of the agricultural heritage first, agricultural heritage was classified into 13 types and 42 components in light of GIAHS criteria. Then central themes were set to analyze the relevant contents in the proposals. They were, the type of GIAHS Site, significant agricultural landscape, the agriculture-forestry-fisheries-livestock linkage systems, the multi-layered, inter-cropping, circulation cultivation systems, the soil and water management systems, the conservation of agrobiological diversity and genetic resources, the history of the agricultural heritage, the succession of traditional farming techniques, the cultural diversity and so on. Most GIAHS are located in mountains, grasslands, rivers and coasts, desert than in plains, through which GIAHS assure us that it is the heritage of human challenge to overcome the harsh geographic environment and maintain a livelihood. In these sites the traditional farming techniques are carried on, such as mountain clearings, terraced rice paddies, and burn fields, and the unique irrigation systems and agricultural landscapes are well maintained, and the eco-friendly traditional farming techniques utilizing abundant forest resources and agriculture are well handed down. The origin or home of crop growing, a variety of genetic crop storage, the world's largest crop producer and preserving cultural diversity are also important factors for the selection.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.81-94
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• 2010

This qualitative research was designed to explore the use of housing among Korean Chinese people in Harbin, China. Focusing on the use which based on the epistemology of housing adjustment, this was particularly designed to examine its cultural assimilation and acculturation on the way of life course, it employed the in-depth interview on the oral history of 5 interviewees in their 60s and 70s, individualized interviews were conducted from May 28 to 31 in 2010. Key findings were summarized as follows; 1. The free market reform in China resulted in privatization that allowed respondents to become homeowners, and the ownership was viewed as part of family asset centered upon a sense of solidarity. 2. Although homeowners in multi-story houses were responsible to decorate interior spaces, the common features in using interior spaces were found: entrance had no thresholds; kitchen was small, lack of storage cabinets, tile-flooring; washers were installed inside bathroom; and newly built apartment didn't have proper space to store Korean fermented foods. It was observed that housing adaptation outweighed housing adjustment. Those who used to live in Chinese houses with indoor-wearing-shoes or Russian houses with indoor-wearing-slippers were receptive to the use of dining table and bed, and the community heating system discouraged the use of individual electric water heater because of high electricity cost. 3. In daily life, eating habit wasn't much changed to the Chinese style, meals were shared, dish sterilizer was popular, and Kimchi fridge wasn't used. Because of the influence of the Chinese culture, such Korean traditions as ancestral rites and bedroom allocation tradition faded away, but traditional family values remained unchanged. In conclusion, Korean Chinese people experience normative housing deficits and adaptation selectively incurred. It's implied that residential design meets the needs resulting from the dual culture in terms of cultural assimilation and acculturation.

• Psychiatry investigation
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.1019-1029
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• 2018

Objective We investigated how mental health awareness among North Korean refugees transformed depending on temporal-spatial context changes. Methods In 2013, we conducted interviews with 10 refugees (eight women) who had been in South Korea for over a year and performed a qualitative analysis of the change in mental health awareness in the differences between living in North Korea, escape (a related period of forced sojourn in a third country), and settlement in South Korea. Results We classified 39 concepts into five main categories. The first two categories (while living in North Korea) were "a mindset for the system, but not for individual mental health" and "being confined in a social environment that was indifferent to mental health." A third category appeared during escape: "focusing on survival amid continuity of intense suffering." The final two categories appeared when settling in South Korea: "recognition of mental health amid cultural shock" and "introspection and sorting oneself out." Conclusion This qualitative study enabled a better multi-dimensional understanding of the social and cultural aspects involved in improving mental health awareness among North Korean refugees in South Korea. It is desirable to integrate mental health as a part of daily life and to expand training for North Korean settlers.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.118-127
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• 2013

본 논문은 성북동의 역사문화자원 주변경관을 대상으로 경관 형용사 분석에 의한 시각적 특성을 분석하고, 시각적 특성과 선호도와의 관계를 파악하고자 하였다. 연구는 성북동에 위치하고 있는 역사문화자원 주변 경관사진 30장을 선정하여 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 경관 선호요인을 파악하기 위하여 16개 형용사를 척도화하여 요인분석을 실시하였다. 마지막으로 이미지 요인이 시각적 선호도에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 분산분석과 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같이 요약될 수 있다. 첫째, 성북동 내 역사문화자원이 분포하고 있는 주변에 나타나는 경관에 대한 30장의 사진을 대상으로 16개의 형용사 어휘에 대한 선호도 평균분석을 실시한 결과, 전체적인 선호도 평균치는 3.72로 분석되었는데, 이들 중 4.5점 이상의 사진은 VP8번, VP9번, VP10번, VP12번, VP15번의 순으로 높게 나타났으며, 전체적으로 높은 선호를 보인 곳은 마포 최사영 고택과 성락원 주변경관으로, 이는 역사문화자원 주변에 대한 서울시 경관계획에 의해 고도를 제한함으로써 역사문화환경보존지역에서 문화재와 조화를 이루고 있으며, 북한산에서 북악산으로 이어지는 조망경관이 양호하게 확보되고 있는 것이 중요한 이유로 판단된다. 둘째, 역사문화자원 주변경관에 대한 시각적 특성을 요인 분석한 결과, 요인 1(심미적 요인), 요인 2(문화적 요인), 요인 3(물리적 요인) 등 3가지 요인으로 요약되어 구분할 수 있었으며, 시각적 선호도와 이미지 요인에 대한 회귀분석 및 분산분석 결과는 심리적 요인이 성북동의 역사문화자원 주변경관에 대한 시각적 선호 이미지를 설명하는 가장 중요한 요인으로 나타났다. 이는 역사문화자원에 대한 조망이 불가능한 상태에서 역사문화자원 주변에 위치한 주거지역에 대한 심미적 요인이 높은 것으로 분석된 것이다. 셋째, 역사문화자원 중 정비되지 않은 주거지역 주변경관에서는 부정적인 측면의 인자가 부각되고 있으며, 역사문화자원과 조화될수록 물리적, 문화적, 심미적 특성의 3가지 영역에서 긍정적인 측면의 인자가 높게 부각되고 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 향후, 본 연구에서 표출된 인자에 대한 요인을 분석함으로써 역사문화자원 주변의 경관관리에 있어 중요하게 고려되어야 할 요인을 도출하기 위한 다각적 분석이 필요하다.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.69-86
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• 2012

This study determined the influence of personality patterns on marital adjustments mediated by communication effectiveness for 298 international marriages in South Korea. The results are as follows: (a) The mediator effects of personality patterns and communication effectiveness on the marital adjustment of international marriages were found to be significant; in addition, a mediator path with marital adjustment as a dependent variable was verified. (b) The extroversion, agreeableness, and openness of husbands were found to have a positive effect on their communication and marital adjustment in regards to the personality patterns of international. (c) Conscientiousness was identified as the only factor that affects the marital adjustment of a wife in regards to personality patterns. The implications of this study will be discussed in the conclusion part.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2006

The ability to customize garments for fit in the apparel industry is directly tied to the availability of comprehensive and accurate sets of anthropometrical data for each consumer. The data for apparel sizing systems is available from three major standard/ research organizations: ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), ISO (International Standard Organization), and NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics). However, these standards ignore various head shapes and are outdated for the development future head products. This creates a data gap an ever changing multi-cultural society such as the United Sates. Although major government and industry safety organizations recognize the importance of safety for head products, few studies were found to support their reasoning. The purpose of this study is to provide accurate head dimension data for developing safety head products by analyzing various head shapes in the United Sates which includes various ethnic backgrounds. This study was carried out on 105 males in the United States. Factor analysis, cluster analysis, Moreover, Duncan analysis were all used for analyzing various head shapes.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.45-57
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• 2015

Objectives: This study identified a multicultural families and households youth targeting adolescents drinking behavior and sexual status, and alcohol problems and gender analyzes and the relevance of the cup and behavior. Methods: This study analysed drinking problem and sexual behavior among adolescents of multi-cultural and general families which is based on the primitive data from the Ninth Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, 2013. All analysis were conducted using SPSS version 18. Results: Multicultural family adolescents showed significantly higher in lifetime's drinking experience, beginning age of drinking, binge drinking, CRAFFT and sex experience than general family adolescents. Conclusions: Therefore the result of this study suggests that families, schools and society should perceive and solve the problem concerning the drinking behavior and sex experience of the multicultural familiy adolescents.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.377-388
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• 2014

There have been a lot of studies about overseas factory location in order to meet various needs of industries according to the international economic developments. However, most of the studies were written about generic theory for general industries or mainly concerned to high capital industries. This study is focusing on the sewing and apparel industries which represent labor intensive and small-medium type of enterprises. For this study, AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) methods were applied to make proper analysis after wide range of survey to clarify determinants which provide a guidance for overseas factory location. As a result of the analytical researches done in the thesis the most important which should be taken consideration while determining of overseas factory location for sewing and apparel products industry are as follows - economic factors(0.569), geographic factors(0.171), social and cultural factors(0.157), regulations and institutional factors(0.103). In the last, S company is examined for example to show how this determinants have practically been applied.