Comparison on predictors of mental health service use among Asian older adults

Seokho Hong 한국사회복지학회 2019 Asian Social Work and Policy Review Vol.13 No.1

Studies have mostly examined mental health service use of older Asian immigrant combining all Asian Americans into one group whereas immigration backgrounds and socioeconomic status of each Asian minority group are different. Therefore, this study aimed to identify predictors of mental health service use within specific ethnic groups among older Asian adults focusing on Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Vietnamese in California. The Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations (BMVP) is used to guide the secondary data analysis of a sample of 3,453 older Asian immigrants from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). Logistic and linear regression analyses are performed to examine predictors of mental health service use and the frequency of mental health service use, respectively. As results, mental health‐seeking patterns differ by ethnicity within the older Asian immigrant sample, not being married (Korean), higher levels of acculturation (Filipino), lower levels of neighborhood cohesion (Korean and Vietnamese), higher levels of perceived safety (Korean) and lower levels of perceived safety (Vietnamese), higher levels of mental distress (Korean and Filipino), and having perceived need (all) were related to more visits for mental health services. The study findings highlight the necessity of cultural competency services and programs for each Asian ethnicity.

Effect of Various Plant Extracts on Testosterone Production in H₂O₂ and hCG-Stimulated TM3 Cells

Seokho Kim,Jeong Yoon Lee,Yoo-Hyun Lee 한국식품영양과학회 2020 한국식품영양과학회 학술대회발표집 Vol.2020 No.10

Comfort with discussions about death, religiosity, and attitudes about end‐of‐life care

Seokho Hong,John G. Cagle 한국사회복지학회 2019 Asian Social Work and Policy Review Vol.13 No.2

In end-of-life (EOL) care research, death anxiety and religiosity are often overlooked. Terror management theory (TMT) may provide a useful conceptual model with which to examine how comfort discussing death and religiosity influence attitudes related to EOL care. A telephone-based survey was conducted among community-dwelling adults in the Unites States. Via random sampling, with over-sampling of Hispanics/African Americans, 123 completed survey interviews (response rate = 46%) were ana-lyzed. Respondents were more likely to have better attitudes toward EOL care if they were older or white, religiously active, and comfortable with the subject of death. Religiosity and comfort discussing death were correlated with each other and re-mained significant predictors of attitudes about EOL care even without demographic covariates. Findings suggest that promoting an open dialogue about mortality may improve attitudes about EOL care and utilization of palliative care services. The study also provides evidence about the utility and applicability of TMT for EOL care.

Sharp and Bright Photoluminescence Emission of Single-Crystalline Diacetylene Nanoparticles

Seokho Kim,Hyeong Tae Kim,Dong Hyuk Park,Piao Xianling,Chunzhi Cui 한국물리학회 2016 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.69 No.3

Amorphous nanoparticles (NPs) of diacetylene (DA) molecules were prepared by using a reprecipitation method. After crystallization through a solvent-vapor annealing process, the highly crystalline DA NPs show different structural and optical characteristics compared with the amorphous DA NPs. The single crystal structure of DA NPs was confirmed by using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) and wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS). The luminescence color and the photoluminescence (PL) characteristics of the DA NPs were measured using color charge-coupled device (CCD) images and high-resolution laser confocal microscope (LCM). The crystalline DA NPs, emit bright green light compared with amorphous DA NPs and the main PL peak of the crystalline DA NPs exhibits relatively narrow, blue-shift phenomena due to enhanced interactions between the DA molecules in the nano-size crystal structure.

Applying Fire Risk Analysis to Develop Fire-safe Modular Walls: Guidance to Material Selection, Design Approach and Construction Method

Seokho Lim,Joonsoo Chung,Mihyun Esther Kim 대한건축학회 2022 Architectural research Vol.24 No.2

For the past decade, South Korea had experienced catastrophic building fires, which resulted in consider-ably high number of casualties. This motivated research to develop fire-safe wall assemblies. In this study Fire Risk Analysis (FRA) is conducted as part of the project designing phase to ensure fire safety of the final product. Traditional approach was to consider fire performance at the end of the designing stage, when PASS/FAIL fire test results are required to be submitted to the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). By applying a fire risk analysis to guide the designing phase, overall fire safety of a wall assembly can be achieved more systematically as conducting FRA allows designers to clearly identify elements that are more vulnerable to fire and simply replace them with other practical options. Severity of fire risk is determined by considering the fire hazards of a wall assembly such as the exterior layer, insulation, vertical connectivity, and external ignition sources (e.g., photovoltaic panels). Frequency of fire risk is assessed based on the factors affecting fire likelihood, which are air cavity and fire-stopping applied in the design, and random design changes occurring during on-site construction. Fire risk matrix is proposed based on these fire risk factors and efforts to reduce the fire risk level associated with the wall assembly are given by systematically assessing the fire risk factors identified from fire risk analysis. Current study demonstrates how fire risk analysis can be applied to develop fire-safe walls by reducing the relevant fire risks– both severity and frequency.

A numerical study on the feasibility evaluation of a hybrid type superconducting fault current limiter applying thyristors

Seokho Nam,Woo Seung Lee,Jiho Lee,Young Jin Hwang,Tae Kuk Ko 한국초전도저온학회 (구 한국초전도저온공학회) 2013 한국초전도저온공학회논문지 Vol.15 No.4

Social Distance toward Immigrants among Koreans

( Seokho Kim ) 대한민국역사박물관 2015 Journal of Contemporary Korean Studies Vol.2 No.2

The social distance scale is the primary measure used to determine the level of intergroup prejudice. It has been frequently applied in research on interracial prejudice in South Korean society. Such research, however, has tended to apply the social distance scale, imported from the West, in an uncritical fashion. The uncritical acceptance and application of the social distance scale has resulted in ignorance of the basic assumptions upon which it is premised and constructed. As a result, in culture spaces where levels of ethnic diversity or the history of interracial relations differs, research using the social distance scale has not yielded the expected results. In this vein, this article briefly examines the development of the social distance scale as a measure by which to determine levels of mutual understanding and closeness between ethnic/national groups. It also discusses the problems inherent in applying the original concept of social distance, which was created in the United States, a far more multiracial and multicultural society, without any adjustment for the South Korean social context. By analyzing the 2010 Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), this article shows that the social distance felt by South Koreans toward immigrant groups is racially stratified. Americans and Europeans are at the very top, North Korean refugees and Chinese Koreans are next, with the Chinese and Southeast Asians at the very bottom. The fact that Americans and Europeans are ahead of ethnic Koreans (North Koreans and Chinese Koreans) in this hierarchy demonstrates that South Koreans feel a sense of difference from ethnic Koreans from China and North Korea. That is to say, even though South Koreans see these relations as the result of ethnicity and blood, and hence unavoidable, they also desire not to become closely associated with Koreans from North Korea and China in their everyday lives.

Packages of Unified modeling for Radiative transfer, gas Energetics, and Chemistry (PUREC)

Seokho Lee,Jeong-Eun Lee 한국천문학회 2017 天文學會報 Vol.42 No.1

A dust continuum radiative transfer module

Seokho Lee,Jeong-Eun Lee 한국천문학회 2016 天文學會報 Vol.41 No.2

Lack of Dream-Capital among Korean Youths

Seokho Kim,Hongjung Kim,Sangkyu Lee,Eunji Kim,Ohjae Gowen 서울대학교 사회발전연구소 2018 Journal of Asian Sociology Vol.47 No.3

This paper attempts to provide empirical evidence in understanding the ways that contemporary youth pursue their dreams in Korea. This paper examines the rational aspect of “dreaming” or “non-dreaming” by employing two concepts: dream-capital and penetration. In this paper, dream-capital is conceptualized as a seed that facilitates the accumulation of other capitals. It is the total capacity to dream and is composed of four dimensions: imagination, hope, optimism and resilience. Penetration is defined as the “cognitive judgment about the (un)realizability of dream.” It refers to the discrepancy that exists between judgment about the capacity, condition and qualification required to fulfill one’s dream and judgment about the extent to which one thinks she is equipped with that capacity, condition and qualification. Penetration consists of four factors: individual traits, ascribed status, individual qualifications, and national/social conditions. By analyzing the “Korean Youth Values Survey” data, this paper first examines how the general level of dream-capital is influenced by the total penetration score. And then, it also investigates the effects of four types of penetration on four dimensions of dream-capital. The results confirm that dream-capital is strongly affected by penetration. The ability to penetrate insufficient resources in pursuing dreams leads to lowering of dream-capital. Second, penetration on ascribed status and societal factors are found to be important predictors of dream-capital. These results reveal that for youth, the judgment made on their ascribed status rather than judgements made on individual trait or qualification plays a more important role in promoting dream-capital. The results imply that dreams are pursued and formed in close relation to rational cognitions among Korean youth. Korean youth are more likely to have dreams for long-term future when they believe that those dreams can be realized. Dreams are then rationalized fantasies.