The purpose of the present study was to examine whether perfectionistic self-presentation and rejection sensitivity mediated the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and interpersonal satisfaction. For this sutdy, 251 university students completed the questionnaire that consists of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (HMPS), Perfectionistic Self-Presentation Scale - Korean version (PSPS-K), Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ), Scale of Interpersonal Satisfaction. Using structural equation modeling, the results indicated that perfectionistic self-presentation and rejection sensitivity mediated the relation between socially prescribed perfectionism and Interpersonal satisfaction. In addition, the fully-mediated model seems to be the best model to account for the relationships among the study variables. Findings of this study suggest that when working with clients who present with relationship issues, counselors would explore their perfectionistic traits and assist them in modify their coping strategies or cognitive-emotional responses to interpersonal situations. Limitations of this study and implications for future research are discussed.
This study validated the Willingness to Career Compromise scale measuring the individual differences in the tendency of career compromise with Korean college students. Specifically, the factor structure, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and criterion-related validity with career variables were examined. In addition, we investigated the measurement invariance and latent means between men and women. A total of 456 male and female college students participated, and 368 participants returned for test-retest reliability in 6 months. They completed an online survey consisting of the Korean translation of the Willingness to Career Compromise scale, career compromise scale for college students, career compromise scale for unemployed youths, career value discrepancy scale, and career adaptability scale. The results supported one factor structure with an exception of one item. The results also provided the evidence for internal consistency and test-restest reliability. Testing measurement invariance yielded configural, metric, partial scalar invariances across genders. Women reported a higher latent mean than men. Moreover, the Willingness to Career Compromise scale was positively related to two types of career compromise measures, and negatively with internal value discrepancy, career aspiration and career adaptability. This study indicates that the psychometric properties of the Korean Willingness to Career Compromise scale are similar to those of the original scale in general, and it is appropriate for being used across genders.
The purpose of the study was to validate The Situational Self-Awareness Scale (SSAS) developed by Govern & Marsch (2001) which measure spontaneously occurring fluctuations in self-awareness. The preliminary scale was administered to 265 college students (Sample 1) and 9 items with 3 factors were extracted as follows; private self-awareness, public self-awareness, and environmental self-awareness. K-SSAS was verified its reliability and validity. The internal consistency and item-total score correlation coefficient of K-SASS were satisfactory. K-SSAS was found to be significant in correlation with similar measures and was confirmed that it had an appropriate level of construct validity. In order to verify the structural fit, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using data collected from 310 college students (Sample 2) and a three-factor model of K-SSAS was supported. In addition, 2 quasi-experimental studies was conducted in order to verify the specificity of the scale to measure the state-like construct. These results suggest that K-SSAS can be used for measuring changes in situational self-awareness in counseling, psychotherapy, and educational intervention. Finally, the implications and limitations of this study were discussed.
This study was conducted to confirm the validity of the complete mental health screening and explore its implications on intervention. For this purpose, this study classified four different mental health groups and examined how they differed in terms of four social emotional health domains and 12 psychological traits. The AMPQ-II, currently used, school-based mental health screener, and the SEHS-S were conducted. The self-report data of 847 middle school students were analyzed. Results indicated 78.4% were classified into a complete mental health group with 9.8% a vulnerable group, 6.5% a symptomatic, but content group, and 5.3% a troubled group. A complete mental health group was superior than both a vulnerable and a troubled group in all four domains (belief in self, belief in others. emotional competence, engaged living). A symptomatic, but content group was better than a troubled group in all domains. Multivariate logistic regression analyses indicated each group need to improve some psychological traits to experience compete mental health and suggested effective intervention strategies for each group. Finally, with the limitation of a traditional mental health screening, the importance of a complete mental health screening and intervention was emphasized.
The purpose of this study was to verify the mediating effects of anger-in and fear of negative evaluation in the process of internalizing shame of adolescents affecting interpersonal problems. For this purpose, 595 middle school students, 522 high school students, 1,117 students were surveyed in Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungbuk, Chungnam, Jeonbuk, and Kyungnam areas using structural equation model. The results of the analysis are as follows. First, internalized shame of adolescents showed significant positive correlation with anger-in, fear of negative evaluation, interpersonal problem. Second, anger-in mediated the internalized shame and interpersonal problems. Third, the fear of negative evaluation in internalized shame and interpersonal problem was also mediating effect. The implications of this study for the interpersonal problems counseling were discussed. The implications and limitations of this study, and suggestions for follow-up study were suggested.
The study examined the influence of socially-prescribed perfectionism (SPP) on depression and social anxiety, and further investigated the mediating effects of self-focused attention and self-criticism. The questionnaires designed to measure multidimensional perfectionism, social anxiety, depression, self-focused attention, self-criticism scale for adolescents were administered twice at an interval of three weeks to 273 students (83 men, 190 women) enrolled at high schools in Gyeonggi-do Province. The findings for the present study were as follows. First, SPP, depression, social anxiety, self-focused attention, and self-criticism showed all positive correlations. Second, the mediation effect from the SPP to depression via self-focused attention was statistically significant, whereas the indirect effect from the SPP to depression via self-criticism was not. Third, the pattern in depression was the same in social anxiety. The results provide indirect support for the social anxiety cognitive model (Clark & Wells) with regards to social anxiety particularly in Korean high school students. Finally, the implications and limitations of this study and suggestions for future research were discussed.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the self-compassion and resilience of the school counselors had sequential dual mediating effect on job-stress and burnout. Job stress scale, self-compassion scale(SCS), resilience scale(YKRQ-27), and korean counselor burnout scale(K-CBI) were measured for 223 school counselors (27 males and 196 females) working at the Wee class and Wee center in Korea. In order to examine the dual mediation model, structural equation modeling was conducted through AMOS programs. The results of this study showed that job stress affected to the resilience elasticity through the self-compassion and it leaded to the burnout. These results suggest that increase of the self-compassion increases the resilience of the school counselor's job stress, and so the burnout is decrease. In addition, the importance of self-compassion and the ways of intervention are suggested as a way to increase the resilience which acts as a protective factor of burnout. Based on these results, limitations and suggestions of the study were discussed.