감사개입이 대학생의 취업스트레스 및 정신건강 변인들에 미치는 효과와 매개변인으로서의 삶의 의미 = The effect of gratitude intervention on job seeking stressand mental health variables and meaning in life as a mediator

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Based on the findings that job seeking stress may affect mental health, the necessity to applying psychological interventions to undergraduate students, especially vulnerable to job seeking stress, has increased. In this context, the current study was conducted to examine the efficacy of a gratitude intervention for reducing job seeking stress and improving mental health among undergraduate students. Moreover, to shed light on its mechanism of action, this study proposed meaning in life as a potential
mediator of treatment efficacy, based on previous studies and literature review. For undergraduate students who were suffering from job seeking stress and agreed to participation in this study, a gratitude intervention was conducted. And participants in the psycho-education group as a comparison group, and those in the gratitude intervention group were matched up considering their mental health variables such as job seeking stress. Both participants in the gratitude intervention group(n=17) and in
the psycho-education group(n=20) received four-session interventions corresponding to the purpose of each group. The gratitude intervention consisted of educations about both the nature of stress and concepts of gratitude, as well as the practices of gratitude. The psycho-education group comprised educations about the nature and etiology of abnormal behaviors and mental disorders, particularly
cognitive-behavioral theory. Compared to the participants in the psycho-education group, those in the gratitude intervention group demonstrated improvement in depressive symptoms, perceived stress, life satisfaction, mental well-being, and happiness. Whereas the difference of measurement time in job seeking stress was significant
between pretreatment and posttreatment, and also between pretreatment and 10-day follow-up, the difference between groups was not significant. Moreover, improvement in meaning in life partially mediated the efficacy of a gratitude intervention for mental health, with the exception of job seeking stress and depressive symptoms. In conclusion, these results suggest that the gratitude intervention is an
efficacious intervention for undergraduate students’ mental health, and that efficacy of gratitude training for mental health may be mediated through increase in meaning in life. Lastly, the theoretical and clinical implications of this study, as well as its limitations are discussed.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론 1
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 4
• 1. 취업스트레스와 정신건강 4
• 1) 취업스트레스의 개념 4
• 2) 취업스트레스와 우울 5
• 3) 취업스트레스와 행복 6
• 2. 감사의 개념 및 감사개입의 효과 7
• 1) 감사의 개념과 주요 특징 7
• 2) 감사와 스트레스 및 정신건강과의 관계 8
• 3. 매개변인으로서의 삶의 의미 9
• 1) 삶의 의미의 개념 및 결과 9
• 2) 감사와 삶의 의미 10
• Ⅲ. 연구의 필요성 및 목적 12
• 1. 연구의 필요성 및 문제 제기 12
• 2. 연구의 목적 및 가설 14
• Ⅳ. 연구 방법 17
• 1. 참가자 17
• 2. 측정도구 17
• 3. 연구절차 19
• 4. 감사 개입 프로그램의 주요 특징과 구성요소 20
• 5. 심리교육의 주요 특징과 구성요소 26
• 6. 자료 분석 방법 28
• Ⅴ. 결과 30
• Ⅵ. 논의 77
• 참고문헌 83
• Abstract 92
• 부록 94