ISSN : 1229-0688
Vol.24 No.3
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The purpose of this study was to investigate relations among covert narcissism, negative transference, and working alliance of client using a path analysis. For this research, 236 clients who were older than 19 years and received counseling at university counseling centers, private counseling center, and youth counseling centers were surveyed. The results supported effects of negative feelings and negative perceptions on the association between covert narcissism and working alliance. Negative feelings of client on counselors showed mediating effects on working alliance through negative perceptions and negative wishes. In conclusion, this research revealed the dynamic structure of covert interpersonal reaction as negative transference including perception, emotion, and behavior aspects between covert narcissism and working alliance. Finally, suggestions for the limitations of this study and ideas for further research are discussed and proposed.
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The purpose of this study was to develop a group counseling program which can improve multicultural couples' relationships and to identify the effects of the program. Participants were five couples from multicultural families of foreign women and Korean men living in urban areas. They attended eight sessions for a couple of weeks and the components of the sessions were improvement in marital intimacy, communication skills, anger control, conflicts management, couple yoga, and understanding cultural differences. After 3 weeks the participants were interviewed and the interview data of 10 respondents were analyzed by consensual qualitative research(CQR). Results showed that the participants improved in understanding their spouses and improving communication skills and anger control and reported improvement in marital satisfaction. Findings in this study demonstrate implications for availability of a professional counseling intervention for multicultural couples.
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In the present study, the group counseling program for internet addiction and cyber delinquent children was developed and its effectiveness on internet addiction was evaluated. Twenty-one students were participated in group counseling. They were assigned to either an experimental group(11 subjects) or a control group(10 subjects) for six sessions. To examine the treatment effect, all subjects completed the Internet Addiction Scale, Cyber-Delinquency Behaviors Scale, Social Interest Scale, and Self Encouragement Scale at three times (e.g., before the first session, after the last session, and two month follow-up). And repeated measure ANOVA was used to analyze the outcomes. Results showed that the Individual Group Counseling was effective in reducing internet addiction and cyber delinquency behaviors as well as increasing social interest and self encouragement. Implication for further research are discussed.
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This study was aimed to examine the construct validity of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. In particular, authors tested if the model of Masten and Reed(2002) assuming two core properties of resilience (i.e., stress and adaptation) was supported by this scale. Stress, college adaptation, and resilience were measured among 260 undergraduate students in Seoul. Results of MANOVA showed that adaptation exhibited a significant main effect on CD-RISC subscales except spirituality. The interaction effects of stress and adaptation on resilience subscales were significant except the spirituality. Results of this study indicated that CD-RISC is a valid scale to measure resilience, known as adaptation in stressful situations. Further suggestions for future research and implications of the spirituality are discussed.
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This study was designed to develop the mathematics self-efficacy scale for high school and college students. The pilot questionnaires were developed by literature review and survey, and the experts evaluated those items of candidate. Finally the mathematics self-efficacy scale with 20 items was created. To identify the factor structure of the scale, the questionnaire was administered to college and high school students. Responses were analyzed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Five factors were identified, including mathematics problem-efficacy, mathematics success-efficacy, mathematics occupation- efficacy, mathematics learning-efficacy and mathematics subject-efficacy. Characteristics of mathematics self-efficacy were well represented by the five-factor solution. Additionally, boys reported higher scores on mathematics occupation-efficacy and mathematics subject-efficacy of the scale than girls. Finally, mathematics self-efficacy was significantly related to mathematics anxiety, mathematics attitude, mathematics belief, and mathematics related career choice. Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future research were discussed.
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The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Korean Female Gender Role Conflict Scale for young adolescent girls(K-FGRCS-Y). 31 6-points Likert-scale items were initially developed which dependent on gender-role discrepancy theory, socialized dysfunction characteristic theory regarding female gender role. Six items were deleted because of three item selection criteria in which items’ average scores for girls should be significantly higher than these for boys, higher than 3.5, lower than 5.5 (or it’s standard deviation be higher than .75). Exploratory factor analysis with 25 items was performed for 290 young adolescent girls and a three-factor structure with 15 items were identified with the deletions of ten items. Three factors were Fear of Physical Unattractiveness(FPU), Fear of Victimization(FV), Dependence and Passivity(DP). Confirmatory factor analysis with 295 young adolescent girls were performed and the three-factor structure of K-FGRCS-Y was fitted well to their responses. Additionally, convergent, discriminant, and criterion-related validities were examined.
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The purpose of this study was to identify the conceptual structure of career barriers perceived by female college students in the process of career decision. In doing so, 15 female college students were interviewed, resulting in the collection of 312 ideas. By being synthesized and edited, the final statements reduced to 50. At the next step, the 15 participants classified and rated these 50 final statements. Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis were employed to extract dimensions in the previously classified and rated statements. Results showed that concept map was consisted of two dimensions(‘individual-environment’, ‘subjective-objective’) and seven clusters(‘Lack of preparation for career’, ‘Constraints in job environment’, ‘Limitation in career selection due to social environment’, ‘Anxiety coming from career preparation’, ‘Strain due to others’ attention’, ‘Realistic self-understanding and low expectation in labor market’, ‘Conflicts between personal hopes and external conditions’). This study provided practical implication to a researcher and practitioner who develop a counseling program to resolve career barriers.
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The purpose of this study was to conduct the pilot study in which the need for establishing the Counselor’s Law in Korea and its contents were described. We derived the clauses related to the seven core elements including professional knowledge and skill, community service, exclusivity, license and qualification standard, professional organizations, autonomy and self-discipline, and moral principles. By analyzing the composing elements of the three representative professions’ laws in Korea (i.e., Medical Law, Attorney’s Law, and Certified Accountant’s Law,) and the counselor’s law in the United States (i.e., Minnesota State Law for Licensed Professional Counseling), authors have composed the elements of professionalism that should be included in the Counselor’s Law in Korea. Authors also tentatively wrote the text of the Korea’s Counselors Law. Then, authors finally constructed a draft of Counselor’s Law in Korea by creating its provisions.
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The primary purpose of this study was to empirically examine the types and prevalence rates of traumatic events in a nationwide sample of South Koreans (N = 968). In doing so, online and offline surveys were employed. We also investigated the types of events which could lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Consensual qualitative research (CQR) methods identified a total of 46 discrete traumatic events, including 26 new ones (e.g., failure or hardship in schoolwork, business and employment, losing face in a group) which were not revealed in previous research. Most respondents (72%) reported having experienced a traumatic event in their lifetime, the most common event reported being traffic accident. Women reported more traumatic events and were more likely to meet criteria for PTSD than did men. Lifetime exposure to relationship failures as well as assaultive violence including sexual assault were associated with higher posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Implications for counseling practice and research are discussed.
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the reasons that might lead college students to contemplate suicide seriously and the reasons which they choose not to commit a suicide. Semi-structured interview was arranged to 18 college students who met criteria for the research purpose. Statements were selected through case studies. Several clusters and their degree of importance were computed by concept mapping method. The results for the reasons of suicide-related behavior were grouped into five clusters including ‘disappointment at oneself and hopelessness’, ‘feeling of not being accepted’, ‘feeling of isolation and frustration’, ‘thoughts of incompetence’, ‘unbearable surrounding conditions’. Four clusters for the reasons of choosing not to commit a suicide were, ‘change in perspectives’, ‘worries about family and friends’, ‘social supporters’, and ‘fear of death’. On the basis of current results, implications of suicide prevention and suggestions for the future research are discussed.
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This study examined a total of 173 papers published in ‘Korean Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy’, ‘the Korean journal of counseling’, master’s/doctoral dissertations, and ‘Journal of Counseling Psychology’ over a 10-year period(2002-2011) to analyze the trends of the qualitative researches from those papers and to review research procedures. Results showed that research topic, subject, and methodology which were the most frequently employed by majority of papers were personality /adjustment(16.8%) for topic, adults(29.6%) as research subject, and CQR(28.3%) for methodology. In particular, JCP showed high concentration on multi-culture(25.5%) for topic, adults(31.9%) as research subject but all seven research methodologies were evenly used. Evaluation of qualitative research procedures including research focus, setting, a researcher role, and reporting findings revealed that the majority of studies and the papers at JCP shared similar results. Based on the results thus far, this study suggests academic recommendations and follow-up studies regarding qualitative research for counseling.