The purpose of this study is to verify the mediated effects of perfectionistic self-presentation and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship of rejection sensitivity and SNS(Social Network Service) addiction proneness. For this, online surveys were conducted on 388 female Korean university students in their 20s who are using SNS. The results of this study are as follows. First, there was a significant correlation between rejection sensitivity, perfectionistic self-presentation, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and SNS addiction proneness. Second, maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies had a partial mediating effect on rejection sensitivity and SNS addiction proneness. Lastly, it was discovered that perfectionistic self-presentation and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies sequentially double-mediated the relationship of rejection sensitivity and SNS addiction proneness. The significance of this study is as follows. First, it is meaningful to reveal the interpersonal factors and effects that affect the SNS addiction proneness among female university students in their 20s, who account for the highest percentage of SNS usage in Korea. Second, it is meaningful to verify the double-mediating effects of perfectionistic self-presentation and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the impact of rejection sensitivity on SNS addiction proneness. Third, based on the mediating effect of the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in the relationship between rejection sensitivity and SNS addiction proneness, it seems that it is helpful to reduce the SNS addiction proneness that obtaining an adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies that can properly coordinate maladaptive emotion caused by rejection sensitivity and perfectionistic self-presentation by identifying the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies.
The purpose of the study was to understand the lived experience of view on ‘Single MotherS by Choice’among 20-30s voluntary single womens. Transcribed data were analyzed using the hermeneutic phenomenological method developed by van Manen. The results of this study are as follows. First, 20-30s voluntary single women have experienced negative social perceptions of non-marriage, but have expectations for change. Second, they experienced frustration with the reality that only married couples were allowed to give childbirth. Third, they approach childbirth from the perspective of women's subjectivity. Fourth, they demand a change in the childbirth and childcare system in Korean society that childbirth is the result of marriage. Finally, they are creating new values of life while experiencing confusion of their own prejudice and support for single mothers by choice. This study provides a better understanding of the lives of 20-30s voluntary single women. It helps to understand their views on single mothers by choice, women's right to self-determination and subjectivity.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of embitterment in the relations between victimization of gender discrimination and cyber violence of women in their 20s. For this purpose, participants were recruited from online websites and social network services commonly used by female adults. The self-report data of 249 participants was analyzed. The results indicate that victimization of gender discrimination did not have a direct effect on cyber violence; however, the mediating effect of embitterment was significant in the relationship between victimization of gender discrimination and cyber violence. In other words, although womens’ experience of receiving unfair treatment due to their gender status did not predict the perpetration of cyber violence by itself, it contributed to the perpetration of cyber violence through increased embitterment.
The study examined the mediated moderating effect of grit through social support on the relationship between work-family conflict and life satisfaction of working mothers. Data from 288 working mothers were analyzed via SPSS 26.0 and SPSS PROCESS Macro (v.3.5). First, work-family conflict was negatively related to grit, social support and life satisfaction. Grit was positively correlated with social support and life satisfaction. and social support was positively correlated with life satisfaction. Second, the relationship between work-family conflict and life satisfaction was partially mediated by social support. Third, grit moderated the effect of work-family conflict on life satisfaction. Fourth, the mediated moderation effect of grit in the relationship between work-family conflict, social support from family, and life satisfaction was statistically significant. For social support from colleagues, the interaction effect of work-family conflict and grit was not significant This study is meaningful in that it explained the mediating effect of social support as work-family conflicts affect life satisfaction of working mothers. Specifically, the study revealed that grit, a personal psychological characteristic of working mothers, can help increase life satisfaction in the context of high work-family conflict. Interventions should seek ways to increase grit and family social support of working mothers.