• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.313-328
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of perceived market influence, which is an important psychological factor influencing consumer behavior in the market, and explain how consumer beliefs related to the market can affect sustainable consumer behavior. First, this study found that gaps in perceived market influence were statistically significant for age and job. Second, environmental concern, organic food consumption (vegetables and meats), and purchase behavior of organic foods were found to be significantly different by degree of perceived market influence of consumers. The mean values were found to be high for the group having strong perceived market influence. This tendency suggests an association between higher perceived market influence consumers and more environmentally friendly consumer behavior. Lastly, this study used Structural Equation Modeling to analyze the effect of perceived market influence as a moderating variable and mediating variable on the relationship between environmental concerns and consumer behavior toward organic foods. The results show a mediating effect on perceived market influence, but a moderating effect could not be found. This result implies that perceived market influence might indirectly affect consumer behavior when transferring environmental concerns to consumer behavior toward organic foods.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.43 no.12 s.214
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• pp.153-163
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• 2005

The purposes of this study were to investigate the differences of appearance behavior and ego integrity of elderly women according to demographic variables, and health, and to examine how the ego integrity of elderly women was influenced by appearance behavior, health, and demographic variables. The subjects were 117 elderly women(aged 60 to 70) in Jinju, Korea who were interviewed face-to face with a survey questionnaire. The results of the study were as follows. There were significant differences in appearance adornment and ego integrity (wise living and attitude toward life) according to age. After controlling for age, there were significant differences in appearance interest, makeup, and ego integrity according to education. There was a significant difference in ego integrity (attitude toward life) according to the presence of a spouse or mate. There were significant differences in appearance interest, makeup, and ego integrity according to health. Health and education had a significant effect on satisfaction with the present living. Health, age(-), and appearance behavior had a significant effect on wise living. Health, age(-), and education had a significant effect on attitude toward life. Education and health had a significant effect on appearance behavior. The present findings indicate that health state and appearance behavior, such as appearance interest and makeup, had a significant effect on the ego integrity of elderly women. On the whole, the ego integrity of elderly women was positively correlated with the level of health state, education, and appearance behavior.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.53-66
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• 2000

This study examined the relationships among resources demands financial management behavior and financial satisfaction of housewives based on the systems approach. The data were collected from 212 housewives living in Pusan and Kyungnam region by the self-administered questionnaire. The major findings of this study were as follows: (1) the communication frequency of husbands and wives was an important factor affecting financial satisfaction; (2) the perceived financial status such as comparison to reference groups and aspiration for financial status in the future had an influence on financial satisfaction as well as the objective variables such as monthly living costs and monthly savings; and (3)financial satisfaction was also affected by financial management behavior. These findings imply that the financial management program focusing on the ways to increase communication among family members and to implement financial behavior effectively should be developed.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.300-309
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• 2018

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of intervention using the therapeutic robot, PARO, on the cognition, emotion, problem behavior, and social interaction of elderly people with dementia. Methods: A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. A total of 33 elderly people with dementia living in a nursing home facility participated in the study, with 17 in the experimental group and 16 in the control group. The intervention program with PARO was administered twice a week for 6 weeks, for a total of 12 sessions. Data were collected before and after intervention, using a questionnaire, direct observation, and video recording. Results: There were statistically significant differences in positive emotions and problem behaviors between the groups. The experimental group demonstrated a significant improvement in social interaction. Conclusion: PARO intervention can be utilized as an effective nursing intervention to increase positive emotions and social interaction, as well as decrease problem behaviors, in elderly people with dementia living in nursing home facilities.

• Korean Journal of Rural Living Science
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.145-157
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• 1994

This article explores : 1) the communication practices with the sellers and 2) the satisfaction with buying behavior of the 217 university students. As a result, there were the tendency of open expression about themselves and the possitive evaluation of their consumer ability related to the communication in the consumer situation. The differences between males and females were found in the aggressiveness, the non-assertiveness, and the responsibility between consumers and sellers. The satisfaction with buying behavior was significantly explained by the concertainty of the control, emotional aggressiveness, self-evaluation, and belief and the responsibility between consumers and sellers.

• Korean Journal of Rural Living Science
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.1-14
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• 1999

The purposes of this study are to identify the factors affecting asset and debt choice behavior of rural households as well as to examine the differences in asset and debt choice behavior between rural and urban households. The data are taken from Korean Household Panel Study conducted in 1996 by Daewoo Economic Research Institute. Among 2,833, a final sample of 2,625 -537 rural and 2,088 urban sample- is used in this study. The results show that, the asset and debt choice behavior of rural households is totally different from that of urban households. The ratio of rural households holding all types of financial assets and sales credit is less than that of urban households while the ratio of holding real asset and loan is greater in rural than urban households. The most influential variable on the ownership of asset and debt is the age of household head. And there exist interrelationships between ownership of different assets and debts.

• Korean Journal of Rural Living Science
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.145-160
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• 1997

This paper is a part of “The Study of the Traditional Korean Ethenic Farmhousing in Yanbian, China”. The purpose of this study is to identify reception behavior and places for guests of the traditional farmhouse. In this study, a survey using questionnaire was conducted in which one hundred and twenty four farmhouses were analyzed thoroughly. The major findings are as follows : 1) Most frequent guest receptions among Dallejae residents are casual meetings of relatives and non-relatives, husbands' birthday parties, one-year birthday Parties of children, wedding receptions, and Whankap (sixtieth birthday party). 2) They receive guests and serve them at Chung-ji-kan and Oot-bang. 3) Reception behavior has undergone change along with social, political, and economical changes. They receive guests with much more hospitalities than before. Only memorial services are simplified compared to the past.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.126-130
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• 2003

The term stress is currently used to cover a wide variety of phenomena, ranging from physical to social and cultural factors. The term has defined psychological stress as an imbalance between perceived or subjective demand and perceived response capability. The behavior science model has provided the accident proneness through the life change unit factors considering human behavior, life style, ideas, culture, and psychological state. Therefore, this paper presents the Korean life change unit model through statistical testing with the proposed life change unit factors on the unmarried workers living in the middle area. The proposed model can be simply used in real fields in order to minimize the industrial accidents.

• Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.610-621
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• 2013

Purpose: The study was designed to identify influencing and mediating factors of health behaviors of stroke patients based on the hypothetical model constructed in this study. Methods: Non-experimental correlational research design was used. One hundred and five stroke patients were conveniently selected from one university hospital located in Incheon. Data were collected with survey and analyzed by path analysis to examine the significant influencing and mediating factors of health behaviors in stroke patients. Results: Age, diagnosis, disability in ADL, knowledge related to health behavior, and self-efficacy had significant direct causal influences on health behavior. And it was shown that knowledge and self-efficacy mediated influence of cohabitation status with family( whether or not living together with family) on health behavior. Self-efficacy also mediated influence of knowledge on health behavior. Conclusion: From the results, it was proposed that providing knowledge related to health behavior and enhancing self-efficacy by educating skill necessary for health behaviors and promoting health related beliefs might increase health behavior particularly for stroke patients living together with family.

• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.473-486
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• 2014

This study examines the relationships between dietary self-efficacy, social support, depression, and weight-control behavior of children and adolescents. A total of 593 students (280 children and 313 adolescents) from schools in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Jeollabuk-do, and Daegu were surveyed using scales for dietary self-efficacy, social support, depression, and weight-control behavior. The data were analyzed through a frequency analysis, means and standard deviations, a t-test, a one-way ANOVA, the Tukey test, the Pearson's correlation, and a stepwise multiple regression analysis. According to the results, weight-control behavior was more likely in girls than boys, high-school students than elementary-school students, and obese/overweight students than normal/underweight students. The factors influencing children's weight-control behavior were general eating habits, the BMI, depression, food choice, and family support, in that order, and those influencing adolescents' weight-control behavior were general eating habits, gender, and the BMI, in that order. These results are expected to be useful as basic data for developing weight-control programs for children and adolescents.