This study aims to examine the influence of the participation in the festivals on the development of the self identity and the network quotient and the influence of the emotional outlooks based on the participation in the festivals and the emotional o...
This study aims to examine the influence of the participation in the festivals on the development of the self identity and the network quotient and the influence of the emotional outlooks based on the participation in the festivals and the emotional outlooks produced by the interaction with others on the development of the self identity with the young people who participated in the 2004 Yeosu International Youth Festival as the subjects.
The sampling of the subjects of the investigation was conducted by using Random Sampling, with the 500 people in all, a group of 250 people who participated in the cultural festival and the other group of 250 people who did not participate in it, as the subjects. The questionnaires were written and collected by the method of self-administration, and 421 questionnaires(84.2%) were accepted as valid samples.
The materials were analyzed by using the statistical program of SPSS WIN 12.0.1 package and LISEL 8.30. In terms of the verification of the construct validity, the validity of the questionnaires were confirmed after the exploratory factor analysis was conducted by the confirmatory factor analysis using LISREL and the reliability was verified by Cronbaqch's a. And T-test was conducted to examine the differences in the self identity and the social network quotient on the basis of the participation and non-participation in the festival, and the Convariance Structure Analysis was conducted in order to examine the influence of the emotional outlooks based on the participation of the young people in the festival and the emotional outlooks produced by the interaction with others on the self identity and the social network quotient.
The following conclusions were obtained as a result of the verification of the hypotheses for the realization of the purposes of this study according to these ways of the study and analysis of the materials.
First, the findings of the analysis of the differences in the self identity based on the participation and non-participation in the festival have shown that the participants have the higher self identity than the non-participants in terms of subjectivity, self acceptance, future certainty, initiative and intimacy factor. However, they have shown no significant differences in goal-oriented factors.
Second, the findings of the comparative analysis of the differences in the social network quotient based on the participation and non-participation in the festival have shown that the participants of the festival have significantly higher social network quotient than non-participants in the factors of network capital, network maintenance, network consideration, network quality, and network expansion. However, they have shown no significant differences in the factor of network mind.
Third, it has been shown that the emotional outlooks(self-development, self-confidence, relaxation of tensions, sense of obligation) based on the participation of the young people in the festival have a significant influence on their self identity(subjectivity, self acceptance, future certainty, goal-oriented factor, initiative, and intimacy).
Fourth, it has been shown that the emotional outlooks of the young people in the interaction with others(other-consciousness, belongingness, and independence) have a significant influence on their self identity(subjectivity, self acceptance, future certainty, goal-orientedness, initiative, and intimacy).
Putting these findings together, it is shown that the participation of the adolescents in cultural festivals has a positive influence on the development of their self-identity, and, in particular, it is also shown that the emotional outlooks produced by the participation in cultural festivals and the emotional outlooks obtained through the interaction with others have a positive influence on the self-identity of the adolescents.
Accordingly, it is necessary to study those programs producing no oppositions and the methods of participation for the development of the self-identity of the adolescents, and it is also necessary to develop natural programs and incentives to smooth the complex and diverse interactions among the participants.