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The exploration of courage construct: The implicit theory of Korean university students

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127
2011, v.30 no.2, pp.483-502


& (2011). The exploration of courage construct: The implicit theory of Korean university students. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 30(2), 483-502.

Abstract

So far there is no consent definition of courage because of lack of empirical studies about its construct. This study was to explore the construct of courage among Korean university students by investigating their implicit theory. In Study 1, we compiled responses from a free-listing task about characteristics of a courageous person for 239 university students. We compiled 3,843 items and classified them into 10 categories of 437 items through the contents analysis. In study 2, we asked 286 university students to complete a questionnaire including 437 items made to 9 point Likert style scale and analyzed 211 items over 6 point of the scale by factor analysis. As a result, we found 4 factors, truthfulness-firmness, altruism-taking risk, one's conviction-being dignified, and challenge. Additionally in study 2, we investigated students' thoughts about three issues relevant to the construct of courage using vignettes developed by us. Those three issues were as follow. Does courage include fear? Is a nobility indispensible in courage? Is courage behavior or trait? The results showed that Korean students thought courage included fear or did not, included a nobility, and courage is not a situational behavior but a dispositional trait. These results were not completely consistent with those in western studies and we discussed the reason of the differences in terms of cultural perspective.

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용기, 암묵이론, 용기의 구성개념, courage, implicit theory, construct of courage

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