Korean Life Research Articles

나의 한국고대사 연구와 삶

나의 한국고대사 연구와 삶

Association between Alcohol Consumption and Mental Health (Perceived Stress, Depressive Mood, Suicidal Ideation, Quality of Life) in Koreans: The Sixth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2015

Association between Alcohol Consumption and Mental Health (Perceived Stress, Depressive Mood, Suicidal Ideation, Quality of Life) in Koreans: The Sixth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2015

Smoking and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in young men: the Korean Life Course Health Study

ObjectiveTo examine the effect of smoking on risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in Korean young men and to examine whether serum total cholesterol levels could modify the effect of...

위례신도시 아파트 주호 평면의 공급유형별 공간적 특성 비교 : 주방·식당 배치를 중심으로

The purpose of this research was to compare and analyze the spatial characteristics of apartment unit plans according to the different types of Housing Supply through the arrangement of kitchen and dining area which are, among other spaces in apartment unit, affected by socio-cultural changes of Korea the most. As a result of precedent researches, it was found Korean apartments had been successfully adjusted to Korean life style. However, the researches were based only upon the most common unit plans for the middle-class who had been the main subjects of apartments. Since apartments have become the most common housing type regardless of social classes, it is necessary to study apartments not only of the majority but also of the minority. This research on the kitchen and dining area of different types of Housing Supply found they had different spatial hierarchies, and the reasons were in the location of each area, the number of bays, and the outdoor adjacency. The meanings of different hierarchies of kitchen and dining area are found in socio-cultural aspects. The factors of spatial characteristics differing in Housing Supply types would help evaluating suitability with the residential features of each Housing Supply type and optimizing the quality of living space design for every social class.

The Relationship between Cold Hypersensitivity in the Hands and Feet and Health-Related Quality of Life in Koreans: A Nationwide Population Survey.

Aim We investigated the distribution of cold hypersensitivity in the hands and feet (CHHF) and examined the association between CHHF and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Koreans. Methods Stratified multistage sampling was used for random selection of 2,201 adults. HRQOL was assessed using the Short-Form 12-Item Health Survey (SF-12). Cold hypersensitivity was measured using a new self-report questionnaire to score the extent of cold sensation in their hands, feet, and abdomen using a 7-point scale. The correlation between CHHF and HRQOL was analysed using multiple regression analysis. Results Cold hypersensitivity was present in the hands of 21.6%, the feet of 23.0%, and the abdomen in 22.5% of participants. Cold hypersensitivity in the hands and feet was observed in 17.9%, at least one body part (hands, feet, or abdomen) in 34.2%, and all three body regions in 12.3% of participants. The prevalence of cold hypersensitivity was significantly higher among women than among men, irrespective of the involved body part. Cold hypersensitivity scores in the hands and feet correlated negatively with body mass index, but not with age. The physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) of the SF-12 were both significantly lower in women with than in those without CHHF. Among men, only the PCS was significantly lower in the CHHF group. Multiple regression analysis, adjusted for sociodemographic variables, age, sex, and body mass index (BMI), confirmed that CHHF had negative effects on PCS and MCS. Conclusions CHHF is more common in women and in individuals with a lower BMI. CHHF has an independent negative effect on HRQOL.

Clothing, Food and Dwelling – Western Views of Korean Life in the Early Nineteenth Century

Despite Chosŏn Korea having been nicknamed the ‘Hermit Kingdom’ by the American William Elliot Griffis in 1882, Englishmen had already been there in the early half of the nineteenth century. This paper considers three journeys by westerners to the Korean peninsula in 1816, 1832 and 1845, utilizing these explorers’ travel diaries to analyze lifestyles in Chosŏn, including clothing, food, and dwelling style. The paper considers westerners’ lively views on the lifestyles of citizens of Chosŏn. Although these narratives from westerners on Chosŏn are tinged with orientalism or racist bias, they still have a great deal of value for historians today who seek to understand everyday life and the social structure of nineteenth-century Chosŏn. This paper sheds light on these useful historical perspectives for the observation of Chosŏn lifestyles in contrast to the high politics of the court, or great power rivalries in East Asia.

Validation of the Korean Life Skills Scale for Sport (KLSSS)

Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a Korean Life Skills Scale for Sports (KLSSS) that original version is the LSSS developed by Cronin and Allen (2017). Methods The subjects were 899 middle school and high school students. The measurement tool was used with LSSS. The validation of KLSSS followed a three-stage of validation procedure; substantive stage, structural stage, and external stage. The result is as follows. Results First, In the substantive stage, KLSSS consisted of 47 items with 8 factors. As a result of the item clarity test, it was confirmed that all the items were appropriate. Second, in the structural stage, KLSSS was explored and confirmed as 5 factors and 18 items. Third, in the external stage, KLSSS showed discrimination and convergent validity. Conclusions KLSSS is composed of 5 factors and 18 items. The factors are teamwork (TW), goal setting (GS), time management (TM), social skills (SS), and leadership (LD). This scale can be used to obtain information on life skills in school physical education or sports.

From colonization to Zaitokukai: the legacy of racial oppression in the lives of Koreans in Japan

ABSTRACTSome scholars have argued that anti-Korean oppression is disappearing from Japanese society, and that race is irrelevant to the current condition of Zainichi Koreans, Japan’s disenfranchised postcolonial minority. In contrast to these views, this article builds on racial formation theory to retrace the historical development of racism in Japan, and to reveal its continuing impact on the lives of Zainichi Koreans. It remarks that Zainichi Koreans have reacted to oppression in various ways, forging new identities and resisting using the means available to them. But it also contends that the persistence of discriminations and inequalities, as well as the recent rise of ultranationalist groups like Zaitokukai, are proofs of the ongoing marginalization and persecution of Koreans in Japan.

КОРЕЙСКАЯ ПИСЬМЕННОСТЬ ХАНГЫЛЬ И МОНГОЛЬСКОЕ КВАДРАТНОЕ ПИСЬМО

Korean is the official language in the Republic of Korea and the DPRK, where it is called Hangul and Chosongyl respectively. For a long time, Koreans had used a complex system of Khancha before in 1444 King Sejon the Great created the Korean alphabet, but Khanch remains an important element in the life of Koreans to these days. The current research aims to find out what writing system was the predecessor of the new writing system, particularly, whether the Mongolian square script could have become the “progenitor” of Korean writing. The question of the origin of Hangul is interesting and, at the same time, challenging for many researchers. In Russia, L. R. Kontsevich, a Soviet and Russian Orientalist-Korean scholar, studied this issue. In this article we examine the theory of American Korean scholar Gary Ledyard and his assumption about Hangul originating from the Mongolian square script.

The Influence of Parent-child Relationship and Multicultural Identity on Self-Esteem and Adaptation to Korean Life in Children and Adolescents of Multicultural Families

The Influence of Parent-child Relationship and Multicultural Identity on Self-Esteem and Adaptation to Korean Life in Children and Adolescents of Multicultural Families

통화정책이 생명보험회사의 수익성, 재무건전성 및 주가에 미치는 영향에 대한 실증 연구(An Empirical Study on the Effects of Monetary Policy on Profit, Solvency, and Stock Price of Life Insurers)

Korean Abstract: 본 연구는 통화정책이 생명보험회사에 미치는 영향을 수익성, 재무건전성 및 주가 등의 측면에서 실증적으로 연구하였다. 이를 위해 한국은행의 긴축적 통화충격이 국내 생명보험회사 운용자산수익률, 재무건전성비율 및 보험주가지수에 미치는 영향을 Uhlig(2005) 의 부호제약 SVAR(Sign Restricted Structural Vector Auto-Regression) 모형을 이용하여 분석하였다. 실증분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 운용자산수익률은 긴축적 통화충격 이후 바로 상승하지 않고 6∼7개월부터 통계적으로 유의하게 상승하는 것으로 나타났다. 재무건전성비율은 긴축적 통화충격 후 3∼4개월 내에서는 일시적으로 하락하였으나, 이후 유의한 변동이 없다가 33∼35개월 지난 시점에서 통계적으로 유의하게 다시 상승하였다. 이는 단기적으로 보유채권의 가치 하락에 의해 재무건전성 비율이 하락하지만, 중장기적으로 운용자산수익률 상승 등 이익이 증가하면서 재무건전성이 개선되기 때문으로 보인다. 보험주가지수는 긴축적 통화충격이후 5개월 시점부터 하락하였다. 이는 운용자산수익률 상승 등 이익 개선 효과보다는 주주요구 수익률 상승에 따른 효과가 더 크기 때문으로 보인다. English Abstract: This study examines the effects of monetary policy on Korean life insurers with respect to investment profitability, solvency, and stock index of insurance companies. The monetary policy shock is identified with the same identification strategy in Uhlig (2005). The estimation results can be summarized as follows. First, the rate of return on investment assets increases in 6-7 months after the contractionary monetary policy shock. It seems that the rate of return will increase when the life insurer reinvests the earnings from sold or matured bonds. Second, the solvency margin ratio decreases shortly after the shock, but it increases in 33-35 months. This result seems to come from the fact that the value of bonds in the asset of a life insurer balance sheet will decline after the shock in the short run but profits from asset returns will increase in the long run. The stock index declines in 5 months after the shock and the stock index does not rise again unlike the solvency margin ratio. This means that the required rate of return for stock will increase after the contractionary monetary policy shock; however, increase of investment return in the long run has relatively little effects on the stock price of insurers.

한국형 라이프스킬 전이 검사지(KLSTS) 타당화

목적: 이 연구는 Weiss, Bolter, 그리고 Kipp (2014)에 의해 개발된 라이프스킬 전이 검사지(Life Skills Transfer Survey; LSTS)를 가지고 한국형 라이프스킬 전이 검사지로 타당한 측정도구인지를 검증하였다. 방법: 이 연구는 3단계 과정을 거쳐 진행되었다. 단계 1에서는 원척도 8요인 50문항을 바탕으로 내용타당도를 검증하였고, 단계 2 에서는 중·고생 323명의 자료를 바탕으로 LSTS에 대한 탐색적 요인분석을 실시하였다. 마지막으로, 단계 3에서는 새로운 연구 참여자인 377명의 중·고생 자료를 사용하여 확인적 요인분석을 실시하였다. 결과: 탐색적 요인분석 결과, LSTS는 8요인 38문항으로 추출되었다(도움주고받기 7문항, 건강관리하기 5문항, 다름인정 3문항, 만나기와 인사하기 6문항, 목표설정하기 5문항, 친구 갈등해결하기 4문항, 형제 갈등해결하기 4문항, 그리고 감정조절하기 4문항). 확인적 요인분석 결과, 적합도 지수들은(CFI=.909, TLI=.900, RMSEA=.051, SRMR=.056) 8요인 38문항으로 구성된 KLSTS의 요인 구성 타당성을 제시했다. 결론: KLSTS는 국내 청소년들의 라이프스킬 전이 정도를 검사하는 타당한 측정도구로 밝혀졌다.

Change in Language Identity and Language Use of Ethnic Koreans Living in Jilin, China

Change in Language Identity and Language Use of Ethnic Koreans Living in Jilin, China

The Validation of Korean Life Skills Transfer Survey (KLSTS)

The Validation of Korean Life Skills Transfer Survey (KLSTS)

Analyzing the Effect of Quality of Life on the View of Life and Death in Korean

Analyzing the Effect of Quality of Life on the View of Life and Death in Korean

Impact of intermediate-dose prophylaxis on progression of haemarthropathy in patients with severe haemophilia A: A 10-year, single-centre experience in Korea.

To determine the impact of 10-year intermediate-dose prophylaxis on haemarthropathy progression in patients with severe haemophilia A (SHA). Prophylactic treatment with intermediate dose was given maximally for 10 years to 42 patients with SHA in a haemophilia treatment centre in Korea. Patients were divided into three groups based on prophylactic treatment started age: 1-10 (group A'), 11-20 (group B'), and ≥21 (group C'). Average annual increase of Pettersson score (P-score) was compared between the treatment groups. Average ages and P-scores at initiation of prophylaxis were 4.65±3.43 years and 2.09±3.25, 16.13±1.73 years and 7.37±4.38, and 28.33±7.25 years and 12.33±6.50 for groups A', B', and C'. Average annual increase of P-score in groups A', B', and C' was 0.039±0.11, 0.063±0.123, and 0.078±0.124. Assuming that intermediate-dose prophylaxis started at the average age, P-score and annual increase of P-score would be the average values of each group; it would thus take 210 and 46.5 years to reach -2SD of the average critical level of haemarthropathy (The level of haemarthropathy (P-score 13.0 ± 2.7) above which there is a significant impact on quality of life in Korean) in groups A' and B'. However, it would take 55 and 15.75 years if the annual P-score increase were +2SD of the average value in groups A' and B'. Intermediate-dose prophylaxis for patients with SHA in Korea would maintain arthropathy below the critical level for most of the patients' lifetime when started before adolescence. However, this would not be achieved in some adolescent patients with rapid progression of arthropathy and in most adult patients.

Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life in Koreans aged 50 or older using KNHANES 2013\u20132014

BackgroundMultimorbidity negatively affects health outcomes and impairs health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We assessed the prevalence of multimorbidity in Koreans aged 50 and older, taking into consideration their socioeconomic status, and estimated the loss in HRQoL due to multimorbidity.MethodsThis study is based on an analysis of data for adults aged 50 and older derived from the cross-sectional nationally representative Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2013–14. The five most prevalent chronic diseases and disease dyads were identified. The impact of the degree of multimorbidity, sex, and socioeconomic status on the European Quality of Life 5 Dimension (EQ-5D) index score were analyzed. Marital status, educational attainment, household income, basic livelihood security benefit, and occupation were considered as socioeconomic factors.ResultsThe analysis included 5996 adults aged 50 years and older with males comprising 46.6%. Two or more chronic diseases were present in 26.8% of the participants aged 50 and older and 37.9% of the participants aged 65 and older. The most prevalent dyadic combination was hypertension and dyslipidemia in the 50 and older group, and hypertension and osteoarthritis in the 65 and older age group. Hypertension dominated the multimorbidity combinations (four of the five most prevalent multimorbidity dyads), while a few conditions such as osteoarthritis had a relatively large influence on quality of life. In addition to the degree of multimorbidity, female and lower socioeconomic status were associated with significantly lower EQ-5D index scores.ConclusionsIntegrated, holistic healthcare based on a patient-oriented perspective for earlier, more effective intervention, targeting multimorbidity is warranted. Special consideration should be given to patients with low socioeconomic status.

Factors influencing on health-related quality of life in South Korean with chronic liver disease

BackgroundThe objective of this study was to determine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among chronic liver disease (CLD) subjects in South Korea using EuroQol five-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D).MethodThe sample consisted of 139 subjects with CLD from the sixth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHNES VI). Data were analyzed using SPSS program for descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe’s test and hierarchical multiple regression.ResultsResults indicated that marital status (P < 0.01), occupation (P < 0.01), basic livelihood security recipient status (P < 0.05), hepatocellular carcinoma (P < 0.05), subjective health status (P < 0.01), and depression (P < 0.001) were significant predictors of HRQoL. Health behaviors (alcohol intake, sleep duration) variables were insignificant.ConclusionIn conclusion, marital status, occupation, basic livelihood security recipient status (BLSRS), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), subjective health status (SHS), and depression were confirmed to be factors affecting the HRQoL. We should be provide to continuous monitoring and education of adequate alcohol intake for patients with CLD. Findings of this study might be used to develop community based health programs and policies for CLD.

Japanese Newspaper and Magazine Articles on Koreans Living in Post-War Japan

Japanese Newspaper and Magazine Articles on Koreans Living in Post-War Japan

Development of a Streamlined Environmental Life Cycle Costing Model for Buildings in South Korea

In the building construction industry, simultaneous and integrated evaluation of a building’s environmental and economic performance in the early planning stage greatly facilitates stakeholders’ decision-making for sustainable building construction. This study aimed to develop a streamlined Environmental Life Cycle Costing (ELCC) model for buildings, applicable to the early planning stage of construction projects. To this end, we selected three of the private cost-related life cycle cost categories that are determinants of stakeholders’ decision-making in the early planning stage of construction and extracted 10 major building materials that account for over 95% of the total direct construction cost. Then, we developed a streamlined ELCC model for buildings by combining the monetary value-based life cycle analysis model, KOLID (Korean Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method Based on Damage-Oriented Modeling), and the present worth method. Finally, we conducted a case study to empirically verify the applicability of the proposed model.