Korean Journal of Psychology: General
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ISSN : 1229-067X
Vol.32 No.3
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The purpose of this study was to explore the sources of meaning in life and effects of efforts for meaning on well-being among Korean college students and middle-aged. The result can be summarized as follows: First, college students reported family, friends, achievement, pleasure in daily life, and self-growth as main sources in meaning. Middle-aged reported family, physical health, mental health, and a sense of financial security as main sources in meaning. Second, the different results were reported between the group with high efforts for meaning and the group with relatively lower efforts for meaning in terms of well-being. Lastly, this study analyzed the influential elements and factors in subjective well-being and psychological well-being based on multiple regressions. This study concluded that meaning in life and efforts for meaning have a significant impact on well-being.
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The mediating effects of maladaptive cognitive and behavioral coping between covert narcissism and hostility were exploratively examined in this study. Covert Narcissism, Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategy(Self blame, Blaming others, Rumination, Catastrophizing), Maladaptive Anger Coping Behavior(Avoidance, Aggressive expression) and Hostility were measured from 404 university students. The results are as follows: 1) covert narcissism showed statistically significant positive correlations with maladaptive cognitive and behavioral coping. 2) maladaptive cognitive and behavioral coping were partially mediated between covert narcissism and hostility as the verification results about mediating effects according to the procedure which are suggested by Baron and Kenny(1986). These findings suggest that cognitive and behavioral therapeutic intervention such as stopping catastrophizing or avoidant coping patterns be effective for covert narcissistic individuals in order to help themselves lower their level of hostility. This study has significant implication at the point of understanding clearly the relationship between covert narcissism and hostility.
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This research aimed to explore the possibility and effectiveness of using dreams is counseling elderly. Using Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR), 12 elderly were interviewed on dream experience. Based on the analysis, three core ideas, three domains in each core ideas and 24 categories were drawn. In the “Past” core idea, “Attitude on past dreams”, “Unfinished issues” and “Application in counseling” domains were retrieved. In the “Present” core idea, “Facets and frequency of dreams”, “Reflecting the present”, and “Usage of dreams” domain were drawn. Finally in the “Future” domain, “Nightmare”, “Preparation of death” and “Request in counseling” were developed. Several suggestions were discussed for the possibility and the effectiveness of using dreams in counseling elderly.
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In many scales in social science, negatively worded items were often employed to prevent bias of response tendency. However, using the negatively worded items in the scale might reduce its reliability and distort its factor structure. In order to clarify those problems, researchers have suggested to employ a factor structure including a method factor accounting for negatively worded items. In this study, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem scale which employs two types of items(i.e., positively and negatively worded items) was investigated to uncover its factor structure. Additionally, measurement invariance and latent mean difference between males and females were studied. In conclusion, the factor model considering the method factor of negatively worded items was preferred over others. Measurement invariance between males and females were supported and females showed the lower self-esteem level than males after controling for the effect of the method effect. Finally, limitation and implication of the current study are discussed.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of multiple placement changes and problem behaviors of adolescents in residential care. Additionally, resilience was examined as a moderator between multiple placement changes and internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors. A total of 162 adolescents in residential care in Seoul participated in this study. Adolescents were asked how many times they experienced placement changes and completed the Korean Resilience Scale and Youth Self Report (YSR). Caretakers completed the Child Behavior Check List for ages 6-18 (CBCL 6-18). The results showed that the increased number of placement changes negatively affected internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors assessed by both adolescents and caretakers. Resilience moderated the negative effect of multiple placement changes on internalizing behavior problems reported by the caretaker. The present findings could provide useful information for designing and implementing appropriate intervention plans for adolescents with experience of multiple placement changes. Implications and limitations of this study were also discussed.
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In this study, we attempted to explore conceptual structure of comfort food perceived by college students. To do so, we had 25 college students produce their ideas on comfort food from which we draw 63 statements regarding comfort food. Using these statements, we performed multi-dimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis to construct conceptual map of comfort food. The results produced 6 clusters as components of comfort food. The comfort food components by college students were the followings: food which is reminiscent of happy memories, food which gives warmth and relaxation, familiar food related to intimacy, healthy food. The 2 dimensions which classify the comfort food clusters were external-internal and physical-emotional dimension. In addition, our participants judged the first cluster, that is, food which is reminiscent of happy memories to fit best to the concept of comfort food. Limits of the current study and future research are discussed.
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This research explored the effect of self-disclosure and working alliance, the significant relationship variables in supervision, on supervision satisfaction of supervisor and supervisee in supervision setting. 170 pairs of supervisors and supervisees, who operated individual supervision, completed questionnaires after the supervision; a total of 168 pairs' results were analyzed through APIM analysis method. According to APIM analysis on self-disclosure influence on supervision satisfaction, disclosure of supervisor and supervisee was positively significant in partner effect as well as actor effect. The relative comparison test result indicated that between the self-disclosure actor effect and partner effect, the supervisee's actor effect was more positively significant than the supervisor's disclosure effect on the supervisee's satisfaction. After conducting APIM on working alliance and satisfaction, only actor effect had positively significant influence on working alliance including both supervisor and supervisee. The research suggests its significance of supervisor variable, which affects supervision satisfaction as well as factors that need to be considered in supervision education.
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This study examined the relationships among Sociotropy, Emotion Dysregulation, and Binge Eating Behavior. Based on the theoretical background, the result of this study supposes that relationship between Sociotropy and Binge Eating Behavior is moderated by Emotion Dysregulation. For this research, the self-report data of 643 female college students in Seoul and metropolitan area were analyzed. The results have shown that Sociotropy provided with a significant prediction for binge eating behaviors and, among the sub dimensions of Emotion Dysregulation, impulse control difficulties which were lack of emotional awareness, non-acceptance of emotional responses and limited access to emotion regulation significantly predicted Binge Eating while lack of emotional clarity and difficulties of engaging in goal-directed behavior presented no significant prediction. Lastly, hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to verify the moderation effect. The result confirmed that Emotion Dysregulatin was a moderator controlling the Sociotropy-Binge Eating relationship. And among the subordinates of Emotion Dysregulation, impulse control difficulties and lack of emotional clarity were involved in moderation effect on Binge Eating.
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The aim of this study is to investigate the meaning of work, process of career seeking and career decision of Korean university students who experience substantial career seeking and decision process as a task for entering adulthood. To identify the subjective experience of university students, 6 focus group interviews were conducted with 27 male and female students currently attend universities located in Seoul. Common contents were obtained from the interviews by classifying the primary categories and the sub-categories based on ‘Consensual Qualitative Research’ method. As a result, ‘meaning of work’, ‘experience while on career path development’, and ‘influences from family’ were determined as 3 primary categories and 22 sub-categories were also gained. Responses were mainly focused on peripheral aspects such as financial rewards and social acknowledgement in general. It is found that the students were largely affected by family in the process of career development and they determine their career identity through interaction with others, various experience, self-exploration and self-comprehension. On the basis of this study, implications, limitations and suggestions are presented for further studies in terms of career counseling and educational approach for university students.
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There are various assessments regarding the ways in which to evaluate children’s competency to testify before the investigative and/or forensic interview proceeds. Basic competencies of children to testify concerning the ability to perceive, remember and communicate events could be demonstrated by prompting the children’s report of a recent event. Among the basic competencies, the focus has been on children’s truth-lie competency which concerns children’s understanding of the difference between truth and lies and the recognition of the importance of telling the truth. Children’s truth-lie competency has been evaluated by procedures such as asking children whether simple statements are true or not, and by asking children to promise to tell the truth. Researchers and legal professionals in America and Britain have incessantly discussed whether child victims and witnesses are required to establish truth-lie competency before being allowed to testify. Unfortunately, there have been only a limited number of studies in Korea up to now with respect to the systematic and analytical ways of evaluating children’s competency to testify and how these competencies may associate with the actual accuracy of children’s testimony. Thus, the goals of this paper were to deliberate the difficulties children have in testifying about the truth and lies by studying psychological perspectives on the emergence of children’s understanding of truth and lie, children’s moral evaluation of truth and lies, and children’s understanding of the intentionality of lies, in particular. Ultimately, this organization of knowledge would be helpful in apprehending how children’s competency to testify in court should be evaluated and interpreted during investigative and/or forensic interviews.
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This study aims to figure out how major variables of emotional experience and expression such as affect intensity, emotional attention, emotional clarity and ambivalence over emotional expression are combined to form a certain spontaneous group, and whether personal differences in this emotional process lead to any difference in interpersonal ability and psychological wellbeing. As a result of cluster analysis targeting a total of 337 local university students(184 male students and 153 female ones), the subjects were divided into three groups: first, ‘Confusion Group’ with high affect intensity, emotional attention, average emotional clarity and high ambivalence over emotional expression; second, ‘Repression Group’ with low affect intensity, emotional attention, emotional clarity and high ambivalence over emotional expression; last, ‘Honesty Group’ with high emotional attention, emotional clarity, affect intensity slightly below the average and low ambivalence over emotional expression. This study found a significant difference in interpersonal ability and psychological wellbeing between the groups. ‘Honesty Group’ was generally most adaptive and ‘Repression Group’ turned out to be most inadaptable. Lastly, the implications and limitations of this study were also discussed based on the research findings.
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This study examined two aspects of self-regulation- emotional and behavioral regulations, and how they were related to behavior problems among 262 adolescent boys. Specifically, we hypothesized that behavioral regulation would mediate the relation between emotional regulation strategies of reappraisal and suppression, and behavior problems. Adolescent self-reports of emotional and behavioral regulations and behavior problems were used. Additionally, teachers reported behavior problems of adolescents. Results revealed that reappraisal emotional regulation strategy was positively associated with behavioral regulation, and negatively associated with behavior problems. The behavioral regulation partially mediated the link between reappraisal emotional regulation strategy and behavior problems of adolescent boys. However, suppression emotional regulation strategy was not related to behavrioal regulation but positively associated with behavior problems. There was no mediational effect of behavioral regulation on the relation between suppression emotional regulation strategy and behavior problems. In conclusion, reappraisal emotional regulation strategy appeared to have a more positive association with adolescent boys' behavioral regulation. Adolescent boys who exercised better behavioral regulation in turn, showed lower levels of behavior problems. However, suppression emotional regulation strategy was positively associated with higher levels of behavior problems when it was not related to adolescent boys behavioral regulation.
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The current study examined the mediating role of personal self-esteem and collective self-esteem, in the relationship between counselor's burnout and occupational stress. For the purpose of the study, 243 counselors completed a questionnaire packet including the occupational stress, personal self-esteem, collective self-esteem and burnout. The Correlation analysis, structural equation modeling and multi-group analysis were used by using SPSS 18.0 program and Amos 18.0 program. The results indicated that personal self-esteem partially mediated on the relationship between occupational stress and burnout, but collective self-esteem did not. The multi-group analysis showed that the final model can be used both novice and experienced counselors groups in the same way. When counselors have high level of personal self-esteem, they experience low level of burnout. The result indicated that personal self-esteem could be a preventive factor for counselor's burnout. Finally, the limitations of this study and the implications for future research were discussed.