Korean Journal of Psychology: General
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Vol.39 No.1
Abstract
The Korean Mental Health Act was amended to Act on the Improvement of Mental Health and the Support for Welfare Services for Mental Patients (in short, Mental Health Welfare Act) in May 2017. The revised act had major changes in the objective of the law, people who are subject to legal protection, and the definition of the term mental illness. These changes (e.g., involuntary hospitalizations requiring both the need for treatment and threat of harm to self or others, and rigorous assessment requirements applied in the admission to and discharge from inpatient units) are expected to greatly influence the direction of policy for the promotion of mental health, and foster social discussion on the process of hospitalization and discharge of people with mental disorders in Korea. Controversial debates persist (e.g., human rights protection of people with mental disorders vs. guaranteed right for timely treatment). Moreover, as the recent media highlighted criminal cases that might be related to severe mental illness, the need for the optimal infrastructure to provide psychosocial rehabilitation in our community and to provide emergency care at an appropriate time gained great attention. Licensed clinical psychologists are mental health professionals with expertise in the psychosocial evaluation process of severe mental illness and non-pharmaceutical psychosocial treatments. Thus, accurate understandings about these recent legal changes and the debates should be made to ensure proper treatment and human rights of their clients. The current study summarized the major revisions of the amended Mental Health Welfare Act including the changed hospitalization and discharge processes, discussed controversial issues relevant, and suggested a future role of clinical psychologists within a recovery-oriented psychiatric rehabilitation paradigm.
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Although most psychological research has implications for real-life problems, it is still very rare in Korea for psychology to be directly applied to solving social problems. To address this issue, it would be helpful to examine how behavioral economics, which has recently gained much attention at home and abroad, is being used to solve social problems. With respect to studying human thinking and behavior, behavioral economics has a lot in common with psychology in the role they can play in the public sector, and can complement each other for the goal of enhancing the effectiveness of public policy. In this paper, we consider the possibilities of applying psychology to solving social problems, especially public policy issues. First, we review how behavioral science, including behavioral economics and psychology, has been used in formulation of public policy in major developed countries over the last decade and present major examples. Then we examine the situation in Korea whereby introduction of both psychology and behavioral economics into public policy is slow, and contemplate on its causes. Lastly, we consider what our discipline needs to do to contribute to advancement of public welfare in Korean society. We expect that this article will stimulate discussion of those interested in solving social problems through psychology.
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This study was to specifically examine the grief process and psychological growth of Korean female adults who bereaved their mother during adolescence. For this, the grounded theory, a qualitative methodology, was applied, and the final 16 interview data were used for the analysis. As a result of Strauss and Corbin’s analysis process, 241 concepts, 76 subcategories, and 15 categories were derived from the open coding. In a paradigm model of the axis coding, the causal conditions were ‘facing mother's death’ and ‘feelings right after death’. The phenomena were three, inclduing ‘the daily sorrows and pains caused by bereavement’. Contextual conditions were four, including ‘emotional change depending on time passed’. Intervening conditions were three, including ‘receiving the comfort and assistance from support system’ and ‘obstacles to grief’. Action/interaction strategies were ‘personal grief rituals’ and ‘coming up with coping strategies’. The consequences was ‘psychological growth’. The process analysis of the axis coding resulted in 6 stages: 1) Confusion, 2) Enduring, 3) Confronting and constantly connecting, 4) Reappraisal, 5) Recovery, 6) Growth. In selective coding, the core category that reflects the results from open and axis codings was named ‘Planting mom and nurturing myself’. The participants' grief and psychological growth experiences in the selective coding were analyzed at the individual, interpersonal, and social levels, and a conditional matrix for the level analysis was established. Discussions on the findings were described, based on the research questions in conclusion. Finally, the implications and limitations of the study and suggestions for future research were discussed.
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The mediational model is one of the most commonly used statistical methods in the social sciences as well as in psychology. However, there are some instances where the results are hard to interpret, one of which is inconsistent mediation. The inconsistent mediation refers to the case that the direct and indirect effects have differing signs or that the magnitude of the direct effect exceeds that of the total effect, which is a suppression effect. Despite the models with the inconsistent mediation is getting more popular and important, there is a lack of research providing guidance on plausible interpretation of the results. This study aims to integrate and classify diverse types of the inconsistent mediation and to propose a typology that one can refer to for proper interpretation of the results. We first review the traditional mediation analysis and its criticism in terms of the inconsistent mediational effect. We then explain the theoretical and methodological concepts of the inconsistent mediation and try to structuralize the patterns of interpretation by exploring empirical studies. Finally, we discuss the implications as well as the limitations of the present study.
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Writing is a demanding task which requires a great deal of cognitive effort, and therefore developing the motivation to write is important in education. In the present study, we developed and validated the Writing Motivation Scale for Korean college students. Based on existing instruments that measure writer’s beliefs and attitudes, we defined six main constructs of writing motivation and generated 37 items to measure them. The Writing Motivation Scale was administered to 183 undergraduates. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that the Writing Motivation Scale consisted of 24 items with four factors: Writing Self-efficacy, Writing Affect, Writing to Think, and Writing Gift. In order to explore its construct validity, 297 undergraduates completed the inventory of the refined Writing Motivation Scale and its related scales. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested an acceptable fit to a four-factor model. Writing Self-efficacy, Writing Affect and Writing to Think were negatively correlated with the sub-scales of Surface Writing Approach and showed positive correlation with those of Deep Writing Approach. Writing Gift were negatively correlated with only the External Motive of Surface Writing Approach. Lastly, implications and limitations of reported findings are discussed.
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Despite the fact that we are told not to judge people by their appearances, when meeting someone for the first time, we automatically pay attention to their face. People’s interest in faces and the popularity of physiognomy have continued to the present day since ancient Greece, and many still believe they can make relatively accurate inferences about social and personal characteristics of others from facial appearances. In line with this strong interest, our face-based judgments have received extensive attention from researchers with diverse perspectives. However, they have received relatively little research attention in Korea. The goals of this article are to review the literature on face perception and impression formation and also, to suggest directions for future research. First, we introduce previous research on the way people make inferences from faces and the real world consequences of such inferences based on faces. Next, we review research on the accuracy of face-based inferences and further discuss when and how facial information leads observers to make wrong decisions and judgments. Finally, directions for future research are discussed.