Given the high percentage of women who experience mental health problems and the great demand for infertility counseling, there is an urgent need to develop infertility counseling as evidence-based practice in Korea in near future. The purpose of this study was to review the current status of infertility counseling as evidence-based practice and provide suggestions and policy directions for infertility counseling in Korea. First, psychological distress and mental health status of infertile women or couples were briefly reviewed. Second, the purposes and content of infertility counseling were presented. Third, the empirical evidence of the efficacy of infertility counseling was reviewed. Forth, the requirements and training of infertility counselors in countries where infertility counseling has been integrated as a necessary component of infertility treatment such as UK, Germany, and Australia were reviewed. We need to develop cost-effective infertility counseling to meet the needs of Korean women and couples and monitor outcomes of the counseling which will be used as evidence and utilized to improve the efficacy of infertility counseling.
This study, using the concept mapping method, analyzed the results of in-depth interview with adolescent single mothers (N = 8). As a result, 51 items for Anxiety factors and 37 items for Needs factors were extracted. Multidimensional Analysis (MDS) and a two-step Hierarchical Cluster analysis were used to identify underlying dimensions and clusters. For the risk factor, five clusters (‘emotional burdens of child-rearing;’ ‘financial burdens of child-rearing;’ ‘fear and concerns about future life;’ ‘concerns about future romantic relationships;’ and ‘concerns about stereotypes’) were distributed on: (a) x-axis for ‘emotional and instrumental factors’ and (b) y-axis for ‘being a woman as a person and as a mother.’ Protective factors regarding the independence of adolescent single mothers consisted of three clusters (‘desire for perceived well-being;’ ‘desire for instrumental and educational supports;’ and ‘desire for social support’) were distributed on: (a) x-axis was for ‘internal and external factors,’ and (b) y-axis was for ‘instrumental and human resources.’ Implications of the current study include: (a) exploring the concept structure of the risk and protective factors of Korean adolescent single mothers who are about to leave the rehabilitative institutions and (b) identifying their unique and lively experiences through the in-depth interview. The study is meaningful in that it explored the risk and protective factors of adolescent single mothers particularly from their own perspectives before leaving the facility.
The purpose of this study was to understand the relations among self differentiation and psychological control parenting based on domain specific theory of self worth. The present study hypothesize a model of the mediating mechanisms of child contingent self worth and anxiety in the relationship between self differentiation and psychological control parenting. Associations among four variables were examined through a correlation analysis. The mediation effect of self differentiation and psychological control parenting was evaluated by structural equation modeling(SEM). A survey was conducted to 217 Korean mothers who have children of elementary school, middle school or high school. The current study concluded as follows: Child Contingent Self Worth and Anxiety showed positive relation with psychological control parenting. Lower self differentiation predicted higher psychological controlling parenting. The relation between self differentiation and psychological control parenting was mediated by child contingent self worth and anxiety. Implications for counseling practice and future research were discussed.
his study examined sexual communication in romantic relationship focusing on the patterns of behavior of those whose sexual advances have been rejected. Study 1 investigated the behavior patterns of those who were rejected when making sexual advances by using a romantic relationship scenario. Study 2 explored how participants predicted the behavior patterns of those who were rejected depending on the gender of the rejectee. We also analyzed how participants evaluated the level of consent to sexual relations depending on the viewpoint of those who made the sexual advance or those who compliance, when the sexual relations by persuasion. The behavior patterns of those who were rejected were classified into five factors including ‘showing discomfort and manipulation’, ‘concern about changes in relationship’, ‘approach and persuasion’, ‘respect and acceptance’, and ‘consideration of feeling.’ In condition where the man was rejected, male participants were most likely to do ‘respect and acceptance’ behavior, whereas female participants were most likely to do ‘approach and persuasion’ behavior. In condition where the woman was rejected, both male and female participants were likely to do ‘respect and acceptance’ behavior. In condition where man had a sexual relation with women through persuasion, female participants rated the perceived women's level of consent who complied with the sexual relations lower than male participants. They also rated the men's perceived women's level of consent higher than male participants. In condition where woman had a sexual relation with men through persuasion, the male participants rated the perceived man's level of consent who complied with the sexual relations higher than female counterparts. Such results were discussed in sexual scripts and cognitive dissonance, and suggested of the risk of date rape.
This study investigated the relationships between mothers’ psychological variables and their follow-up childbirth. Total 1,550 subjects were selected from a sample of longitudinal Panel Study of Korean Children (PSKC), collected in 2008 when their child was under 1 year of age (wave 1) and in 2015 (wave 2), by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE). The results indicated that mothers’ age, parenting stress, and marital satisfaction in wave 1 has affected their follow-up childbirth in seven years. Also, for the mothers who had their first child in wave 1, mothers’ emotional value of children has affected their follow-up childbirth in seven years. These results suggest that psychological support should be considered in developing policies to increase follow-up birth rate.
The purpose of this thesis was to verity the mediating effect of self-criticism on the relationship between workplace bullying and suicidal ideation of hospital nurses, as well as to verify the moderated mediation effect of socially prescribed perfectionism on the relationships among the three variables. A survey was conducted to 241 hospital nurses who live in Seoul, Korea. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS 22.0, Amos 20, and Process Macro. The major findings of this study are as follows. First, significant correlation were found among all variable. Second, it was found that the full mediation effect of self-criticism on the pathway from workplace bullying to suicidal ideation was significant. Third, socially prescribed perfectionism played the moderating role on the relationship between self-criticism and suicidal ideation. Fourth, the moderated mediation effect of socially prescribed perfectionism was found significant on the relationship between self-criticism and suicidal ideation.