Purpose
The purpose of this study was to explore the structure of variables in studies related to unmarried mothers (UMs) based on Neuman's systems model, and the stressors and stress responses of UMs.
Methods
Whittemore and Knafl’s methodology for integrative reviews was applied. The literature was searched using five electronic databases (KISS, KMbase, KoreaMed, NDSL, and RISS) and a total of 99 variables were collected from 15 studies published between 2009 and 2019.
Results
The main stressors for UMs were a sense of loss and burden caused by childbirth and childrearing. The main stress responses were parenting stress and depression, respectively. Within the basic structure of variables related to UMs, self-esteem played a crucial role by helping UMs adapt to their situation. Meanwhile, social support of UMs was significantly correlated with parenting stress, depression, and self-esteem.
Conclusion
In order to understand UMs' stress, is necessary to explore their sense of loss, burden, and self-esteem. Furthermore, it is important to assess the level of parenting stress and depression of UMs and to provide effective interventions to alleviate these stressors. The results of this study provide useful knowledge that can be applied to nursing assessment and interventions for stress management in UMs.

Citations

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  Eleanor E. Wozniak, Dougal Julian Hare, Lynsey Gregg, Anja Wittkowski
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• Effectiveness of a natural wellness group program using interactive real-time video for unmarried mothers: A quasi-experimental study
  Kyung-Sook Bang, Sungjae Kim, Sinyoung Choi, Gumhee Lee, Misook Kim, Da-Ae Shin, Jan Christopher Cwik
  PLOS ONE.2023; 18(4): e0284340.     CrossRef
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  Gumhee Lee, Sungjae Kim
  BMC Nursing.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
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  Kyung-Sook Bang, Sungjae Kim, Gumhee Lee, Yeseul Jeong, Da-ae Shin, Misook Kim
  Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health .2022; 60(3): 31.     CrossRef
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  Gumhee Lee, Eunjin Yang
  Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health .2022; 60(3): 40.     CrossRef
• The experience of unmarried mothers raising their children in residential facilities: a phenomenological qualitative study
  Sungjae Kim, Kyung-Sook Bang, Yeseul Jeong, Gumhee Lee, Da-Ae Shin, Misook Kim
  BMC Women's Health.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
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  Mostafa SHABAN, Huda Hamdy MOHAMMED, Sahar Hassan
  Journal of Integrative Nursing.2022; 4(3): 166.     CrossRef
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  Kyung-Sook Bang, Sungjae Kim, Gumhee Lee, Sinyoung Choi, Da-Ae Shin, Misook Kim
  International Journal of Environmental Research an.2021; 18(16): 8684.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study was done to explore the experiences of ego identity development in Korean nursing students.
Methods
Data were collected from 16 nursing students through in-depth interviews. The main question was, “Could you tell me your experience of developing an ego identity?” Data were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory methodology.
Results
The core category of the experiences of ego identity development in Korean nursing students was ‘trying to be a different new person’. Action/interaction strategies were ‘solving the problem using experiences’, ‘making one’s own success story’, and ‘making harmony with others’. Consequences were ‘being sure of oneself as a new person’.
Conclusion
Korean nursing students tried to use their experiences, achieve success, and harmonize with others. Their efforts were influenced by conflicts and supports of people around. Therefore, nurse educators should understand contextual and intervening conditions of nursing students, and try to help them achieve ego identities.

Citations

• Influence of perceived parental child-rearing attitudes and ego identity on college adjustment among Korean nursing students
  Hye Seon Choi, Sona Lee, Eunju Seo
  BMC Nursing.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
• Changes of ego identity and psychosocial maturity in nursing students: A longitudinal study
  Hyun Young Koo, Jae Suk Lee
  Nurse Education Today.2020; 94: 104574.     CrossRef
• Experiences of the Development of Parent-Child Relations among Korean College Students
  Hyun Young Koo
  Child Health Nursing Research.2018; 24(4): 420.     CrossRef

Purpose
This study was done to examine whether depression, self-esteem, and social support influence suicidal ideation among college students.
Methods
Using a correlation study design, participants were recruited from two universities selected by convenience sampling. Data were collected from June 1, to August 31, 2014 from the 206 participants included in the study. The data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 18.0.
Results
There was a significant correlation between depression, self esteem, social support, and suicidal ideation. Suicidal ideation was negatively correlated with self-esteem (r=-.64, p<.001) and social support (r=-.45, p<.001), while, suicidal ideation showed a positive correlation with depression (r=.69, p<.001). The significant predictors related to suicidal ideation were depression, self-esteem, and social support.
Conclusion
Findings indicate that sensitively assessing depression in college students and efforts to reduce depression can reduce the risk of suicide. Self-esteem and social support of college students are also important resources for suicide prevention.

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  Jaedong Oh, Jooyoung Lim, Hayoung Oh
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  Athar Izadi, Mahrokh Keshvari
  Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research.2025; 30(3): 302.     CrossRef
• ‘SHAPING’ The Response to Students at-Risk: Suicidal Thoughts, Self-Harm Behavior, Past Suicide Attempts and Help-Seeking Preferences Among Students in an Irish College
  Louise Doyle, Brian Keogh, Lucia Nwabueze, Nina Slingerland, Aviejay Paul, Ciaran Carr, Chuck Rashleigh
  Journal of College Student Mental Health.2025; : 1.     CrossRef
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  Qingqi Zhang, Bingtao Zhou, Xiaoqian Liu, Da Yi, Ai Ma, Yumeng Liu, Ke Qi
  Psychology Research and Behavior Management.2025; Volume 18: 2193.     CrossRef
• The relationship between physical activity and college students' perceived social support: The mediating role of social–emotional competence and its gender differences
  Junwen Shu, Zhaojun Chen, Bingbing Zhong, Zifan Ding, Shaohua Tang, Zongchen Sun, Yuan Gao, Hangzhi Zhou, Guanghao Cao, Chong Liu, Chunlei Zhang, Yanfeng Han, Hao Chen, Chungui Hu, Chencheng Wang, Jun Yan
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  Špela Selak, Nuša Crnkovič, Andrej Šorgo, Branko Gabrovec, Katarina Cesar, Mark Žmavc
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  Hee-Hong Min, Hye-Jin Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health.2022; 46(1): 40.     CrossRef
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  Yan Yan, Xiaosong Gai
  Frontiers in Psychology.2022;[Epub]     CrossRef
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  Narges Babakhani, SeyedehZahra Masoumi, Batoul Khodakarami, Hossein Mohagheghi, Maryam Farhadian
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  Lindsey A. Snaychuk, Melanie L. O’Neill
  Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma.2020; 29(8): 984.     CrossRef
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  Ah Ra Lee, Hye Kyung Lee
  Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nurs.2020; 31(1): 96.     CrossRef
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  Min-Jeong Park, Mi Young Chung
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  Ju-Hee Nho, Sung-Hee Yoo
  Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2018; 24(1): 80.     CrossRef
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  Jing Guo, Chengcheng Liu, Dexia Kong, Phyllis Solomon, Mingqi Fu
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  Young Eun Lee, Eunyoung Kim, Sun Young Park
  Child Health Nursing Research.2017; 23(3): 385.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This study was done to investigate the predictors of maternal confidence between primipara and multipara mothers.
METHODS
The participants enrolled in this study were 145 mothers between 2 and 5 days postpartum. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive analysis, t-test, chi2 test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.
RESULTS
The predictors of maternal confidence among primipara mothers were social support, self-esteem, mode of delivery (R2=.287, p<.001). Whereas, gender of baby, antenatal fetal attachment, and educational status explained maternal confidence among multipara mothers (R2=.270, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
The results indicate that when nurses develop programs to encourage maternal confidence for new mothers, they should take into account the differences between predictors of maternal confidence according to the mothers' experience of birth.

Citations

• Knowledge, confidence, and educational needs of newborn care among North Korean refugee women: a descriptive study
  In-Sook Lee
  Child Health Nursing Research.2023; 29(1): 72.     CrossRef
• A review of the empirical measures on becoming a mother and their relevance to the American Indian/Native Alaskan mother: implications for research and policy
  December Maxwell, Sarah R. Leat
  Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social W.2022; 31(2): 63.     CrossRef
• The Relationship Between Participating in Online Parenting Communities and Health-Promoting Behaviors for Children Among First-Time Mothers: The Mediating Effect of Parental Efficacy
  Minyoung Woo, Sun-Mi Chae
  Journal of The Korean Society of Maternal and Chil.2022; 26(3): 183.     CrossRef
• Prenatal nursing intervention studies published in Korean nursing journals: a scoping review
  Seo Yun Kim, Hae Won Kim
  Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2020; 26(2): 109.     CrossRef
• Participation in Prenatal Education, Knowledge and Attitude related to Delivery, Postpartum Care, Newborn Care in Nulliparous Women
  Mi-Young Kim, Gwang-Suk Kim, Sue Kim, Hye-Jung Lee
  Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing.2016; 22(3): 139.     CrossRef
• Maternal attitudes, depression, and anxiety in pregnant and postpartum multiparous women
  Laura E. Sockol, Cynthia L. Battle
  Archives of Women's Mental Health.2015; 18(4): 585.     CrossRef
• Factors Influencing Maternal-Fetal attachment among Pregnant Women
  Seung-A Lee, Sung-Hee Lee
  Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperati.2015; 16(3): 2020.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
This descriptive correlational study was designed to examine the relationship of attachment security to social anxiety and depression. In addition, the mediating effect of self competency in relation to attachment security and the other variables was investigated.
METHODS
Data were collected from 194 students in grade 5 or 6, and descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and hierachical multiple regression were used with SPSS/PC 12.0 program to analyze the data. The instruments used were Kerns, Klepac and Cole's Security Scale, La Greca & Stones' Revised Social Anxiety Scales for children (SASC-R), Cho and Lee's Korean form of Kovacs' children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and Harter' Self-perception Profile for Children.
RESULTS
There were significantly negative effects between attachment security and the variables, social anxiety and depression. Also, self competency was negatively correlated with social anxiety and depression. Self competency had a significant mediating effect on the relation of social anxiety and depression to attachment security.
CONCLUSION
For the effective management and prevention of social anxiety and depression in school-aged children, programs including strategies to increase self competency should be developed. These programs can increase self competency which has a mediator role between attachment security and the other variables (social anxiety and depression).

Citations

• Self‐Perceived Competence in Mainland China: A Multiwave Longitudinal Examination of Internalizing Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents
  Joseph R. Cohen, Dana M. Sheshko, Alyssa M. Ames, Jami F. Young, Amy P. Hansford, Xiongzhao Zhu, Shuqiao Yao, John R. Z. Abela
  Journal of Research on Adolescence.2015; 25(3): 564.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purposes of the study were to develop and test a model which explains the relationship among factors affecting behavioral problems in elementary school children.
METHODS
The participants for the study were 368 elementary school children and their mothers at 3 elementary schools in one city. Data analysis was done using the SPSS 17.0 program for t-test, -test, and ANOVA and the AMOS 17.0 program for theoretical model testing.
RESULTS
The theoretical model showed a significant goodness of fit to the empirical data (Goodness of Fit Index: .96, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index: .93 Comparative Fit Index: .95, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation: .06, Standardized Root Mean Square Residual: .02). Six paths were found to be statistically significant including from child rearing attitude to self-esteem, stress, stress coping and behavioral problems, and from self-esteem to stress and behavioral problems. Child rearing attitude showed a significant effect to behavioral problems by total effect. Self-esteem affected behavioral problems by total and direct effects.
CONCLUSION
Child rearing attitude and self-esteem of children are important factors affecting behavioral problems in elementary school children.

Citations

• Application of Latent Class Analysis to Predict Children’s Internalizing Problems
  Young Ae Lee
  Korean Journal of Child Studies.2020; 41(3): 25.     CrossRef
• Development and exploratory testing of a school‐based educational program for healthy life behaviors among fifth grade children in South Korea
  Shin‐Jeong Kim, Seong‐Sook Baek, Kyung‐Ah Kang
  Japan Journal of Nursing Science.2017; 14(1): 13.     CrossRef
• Professional Identity of Elementary School Health Teachers: A Grounded Theory Approach.
  Jin Ok Kwon, Jina Oh, Eun Ha Kim, Dae Dong Hahn
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(1): 64.     CrossRef
• School Adaptation Program for School-Age Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems
  Haeryun Cho, Shin-Jeong Kim, Myung Soon Kwon, Jina Oh, Woojae Han
  Child Health Nursing Research.2015; 21(2): 141.     CrossRef
• The Influence of the Laughing Programs on Self-esteem and Stress Coping Behaviors in Elementary School Student
  Jin-Soon Bae
  Journal of the Korean Society of School Health.2015; 28(1): 22.     CrossRef
• Children's Emotional and Behavioral Problems Reported by Parents and Teachers and Associating Factors
  Jong Il Yuh, Kyung Hwa Lee
  Korean Journal of Human Ecology.2014; 23(3): 367.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the self-image of adolescents with cancer.
METHOD
This study was a descriptive study. The participants in the study were 75 adolescents recruited from four medical centers in Seoul and all were receiving cancer therapy. Korean Offer Self-Image Questionnaire was used and data were analyzed using the SPSS program.
RESULT
& CONCLUSIONS: The self-image of adolescents with cancer exists within the average range, but all groups of adolescents with cancer had a more positive self-image than Korean reference groups. The reason why adolescents with cancer showed a relatively positive self-image despite their painful experiences, is because they developed new value systems and view point through their experiences and learning to cope with their situation. This research revealed that relapse affects the self-image of adolescents and therefore it is important to note that adolescents with relapses need more intensive interventions to maintain their positive self-image. In order to help with their coping process, further research on the factors that affect self-image in adolescents with cancer is also needed.

PURPOSE
The purpose of the study was to investigate the status of visual health behavior of school-age children and to identify the predicting variables of the school-age children's visual health behavior.
METHOD
The subject was 764 children in grades 4 to 6, enrolled in 2 elementary schools located in urban area. The data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis, and stepwise multiple regression.
RESULT
The findings were as follows: 1. The mean of the score of the visual health behavior of school-age children was 41.59(SD=7.22) and there was a significant difference according to grade. 2. There were significant correlations between visual health behavior and self-efficacy for visual health behavior (r=.51, p=.000), motivation for visual health(r=.45, p=.000), perceived benefits(r= .34, p=.000), self-concept(r=.32, p=.000), knowledge of visual health(r=.30, p=.000), health perception for vision(r=.16, p=.000), health locus of control(r=.11, p=.002), and perceived barriers(r=.-.12, p=.000). 3. Self-efficacy for visual health behaviors, knowledge of visual health, motivation for visual health, self-concept, health perception for vision, and perceived benefits were identified as predictor variables of the visual health behavior of the school-age children from the stepwise multiple regression analysis. The total percent of variance accounted by these 6 variables were 36.9%.
CONCLUSION
From the result, it is suggested that the development of comprehensive visual health education program including the component of self-efficacy, health motivation and self-concept to promote the visual health of school-age children.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of parent- adolescent communication on self-concept and problem behavior of adolescents.
METHOD
The participants in this study were 480 students from middle schools in Daejeon City. Data were collected from May 19 to 30, 2008 and analyzed using SPSS WIN 14.0 version.
RESULT
The mean scores for communication with fathers and mothers were 2.98 and 3.35 respectively and for self-concept, 2.80. The highest reported percentage for problem behavior over the past year were going to the noraebang (Karoki) or videobang (PC Cafe) (78.6%). Significant differences were found for the influence of parent-adolescent communication on self-concept and problem behavior. Communication with fathers and with mothers was positive correlated (r=.365, p<.001). The difference in self-concept for communication with fathers was F=60.40, p<.001, and with mothers, F=51.74, p<.001 and for problem behavior, for communication with fathers, F=3.33, p<.05, and with mothers, F=10.05, p<.001. For self-concept and communication with fathers the correlation was r=.512, p<.001, with mothers, r=.453, p<.001 There was a negative correlation between self-concept and problem behavior(r=-.248, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
This results suggest that practical parent-adolescent communication programs should be developed and applied to bolster communication of adolescents with their parents.

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of a psychomotorik program on the self concept, sociability and aggression in preschoolers.
METHOD
The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. There were 34 subjects in the experimental group and 34 in control group among 68 preschoolers in a nursery in the city of G. The experimental group received an 12 weeks psychomotorik. The out come variables were measured before and after the program. Collected data were analyzed by Fisher's exact test, t-test, chi-square-test, repeated measures ANOVA & ANCOVA using the SPSS 15.0 program.
RESULT
After psychomotorik program, self concept, sociability were increased and aggression decreased in the experimental group.
CONCLUSION
Psychomotorik program was effective in increasing self concept and sociability and decreasing aggression. The program should be effective in psychological development of preshoolers.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between high school students' self-differentiation, family function and their level of stress.
METHOD
A questionnaire which consisted of questions on general characteristics of the high school students, and 36 questions on self-differentiation, 17 questions on family function, and 37 questions on level of stress was used to collect the data. Participants were 201 second grade high school students from Bucheon City. Descriptive statistics, T-test, ANOVA, correlation and multiple regression were used with SPSS 10.0 to analyze the data.
RESULTS
The mean scores for self-differentiation, family function, and levels of stress were 3.27, 3.39, and 2.61 respectively. The relationship between self-differentiation and level of stress revealed a significant negative correlation. The relationship between self-differentiation and family function showed a significant positive correlation. The relationship between family function and stress level showed a significant negative correlation.
CONCLUSION
The results of the study show that variation in level of stress was related to family regression, recognition/emotional function, family projection, role recognition and emotional support and emotional cutoff which together explained 40.9% of the variance in level of stress.