2007, Vol.8, No.

Correlation between Internet Addiction and Stress of Information - Technology Centric Society and Suggestions to Cope with them in terms of Christian Counselling Perspectives

Kang, Kyung Mi | 2007, 8 | pp.9~30 | number of Cited : 1

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Clergy’s Stress & Burnout

Kim, Jun Soo | 2007, 8 | pp.33~58 | number of Cited : 16

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Although a certain amount of stress is common, perhaps inevitable, and some stress is positive, too much stress over a time can result in burnout. Dr Hans Selye defines stress as a our body’s response to any demand made upon it. He divides stress into two types: distress as excessive levels of continued, damaging stress, and eustress as a good, positive kind of stress one feels at times of happiness, fulfillment, or satisfaction. One of the tragic thing about burnout is that the people who tend to be the most dedicated, devoted, committed, responsible, highly motivated, and energetic suffer from burnout. Burnout involves unfulfilled expectations, being worn down and tired out because what one thought would happen hasn’t come. Clergy are under stress for many reasons. First of all, Korean pastors work too hard and too long. They prepare and preach more than ten sermons a week, visit numerous church members, attend various committee meetings and do the administrative works. With so much at stake in their job, it is little wonder that jobs with the greatest stress are those where the workers has the least control over how things operate even though he or she is responsible. Lack of control is another reason why many pastors experience burnout in their ministry. Especially the associate pastors have more stress than senior pastors because they have less control while still having the responsibility. They are like middle management, in that they are squeezed by their congregations and by their church hierarchy as they attempt to follow the Spirit. In order to avoid burnout in ministry, clergy need to solve the priority dilemma by placing their family before the ministry. A plan to reestablish priorities would include setting clear boundaries around his life, building open communication lines with people around him, and learning balance between work and rest.

Christian Counseling for Stress and coping of Seminarians through the Holistic Liberation-Growth Counseling

Kim Young Keun | 2007, 8 | pp.59~86 | number of Cited : 3

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This study was to explore the nature of stress experienced by a seminarian and coping styles utilized by them under stress. And this study was to suggest a Christian counseling methodology for solving stress. The major findings of the study included as follows. Firstly, seminarians experienced stress predominantly from such area as church, followed by family and theological study among others. Secondly, coping styles most frequently utilized by seminarians were emotional pacification, the problem solving strategy, social support, and positive interpretation. This study suggested a Christian counseling methodology based on the Holistic Liberation-Growth Counseling of Howard J. Clinebell as the following. 1. A counselor must listen carefully to a client’s story. Persons under stress are looking for an ear that will listen. Careful listening can provide the counselee with an opportunity to examine and heal their inner hurts. 2. Constructive and rational thinking is necessary. Such a constructive and rational thinking can help seminarians grow in the depth and vitality of their spiritual life so that it will empower all aspects of their lives. 3. Social support is necessary to solve the client’stress. When a stressful event occurs on a social basis not an individual basis, its solution can be possible with neighbouring help. It is true that much stess of seminarians originates in churh environment. 4. Counseling program through writing confession could be facilitated. The writing confession of the stressful event would affect positively their solving stress with an increase in emotional catharsis and self-esteem. 5. A participation in group counseling for healing is effective to solve their stress. Sharing in healing group is very helpful to healing and restoration to seminarians’hurts throughout their stressful events. 6. Spiritual direction can provide a client with an insight of thinking, feeling and behaving and a spiritual well being through a restoration of intimacy with God.

Abortion as a Grief Experience

Kwon Oh Gueon | 2007, 8 | pp.89~100 | number of Cited : 0

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Interpreting Life Story for Christian Counseling

Kim, Soo Youn | 2007, 8 | pp.101~126 | number of Cited : 6

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An Approach of Christian Counseling for Main reasons and Solutions to Stress in South Korean Adolescents

Kim, Tae-Soo | 2007, 8 | pp.127~146 | number of Cited : 0

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Tendency of Christian Counseling in accordance with the Level of Psychology Openness

ki young Park | 2007, 8 | pp.147~176 | number of Cited : 2

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This researcher is to clarify that Christian counseling varies according to counselor’s theological & psychological background. This researcher presumed that openness of psychology is a major factor that represents the tendency of Christian Counseling. Results from this research are as follows: Counselor’s psychological openness is one of the important factors which decides Christian Counseling tendency. Tendency of Christian Counseling in accordance with openness of psychology of Christian Counsellor was classified into 5 types. First, opened type. Christian Counsellor makes best use of reference materials for psychology in counseling, and adopts very open posture to psychology. And they are unconcerned with using the Bible & the theological resources. Second, accepted type. This is a standpoint not to lose an identity of Christian Counseling, whilst admitting psychology. But, They take a little more conservative posture than opened type. Third, separated type. They hold a position to separate the area of expertise, whilst they approve theology and the authority of psychology on equal term. Fourth, filtered type. They use the topics that would not turn out to be the problem connected with Bible after having filtered psychology by means of theology. Evangelical Counselors take this type. Fifth, closed type. They adopt a closed posture toward psychology. They don’’t need psychological assistance any more, because they believe that only the Bible can solves counselee’s problem enough. Taken above research results together, Christian Counsellors should know their own tendency toward theology, and openness of psychology. In Conclusion, The evangelical view of Christian counseling is to use the psychological resources filtered theologically, not reject it unconditionally. Also, when conducting counseling having established counseling skills based on such a type they will be able to provide for efficient helps to clients.

An Understanding of Theophostic Prayer Ministry for Coping Stresses

Park,Haeng-Yul | 2007, 8 | pp.177~198 | number of Cited : 0

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A Study of Counseling Ministry as a Model of Church Growth -Focused on the Hanmil Presbyterian Church-

SooMyungShim | 2007, 8 | pp.199~226 | number of Cited : 2

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Personality Theory and Leadership

Ahn, Kyung Seung | 2007, 8 | pp.227~252 | number of Cited : 1

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A Study on the Christian Counseling and Factors Analysis in adolescent Stress

Oh, Yoon Sun | 2007, 8 | pp.253~277 | number of Cited : 1

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The purpose for this study was to determine a scheme on the for christian counseling and factors Analysis according to adolescent stress. The specific objectives of this study were 1) to analyze the difference factors of the christian adolescents stress according to the levels of variable and 2) to analyze the difference on the relievable reaction of the Christian Adolescence according to the evels of variable. 3) A study on the for counselling in christian Adolescents of stress. Data were collected from 420 randomly sampled the high school students in selected 25 church from Seoul and city and district in locality. After data cleaning, 410 questionnaires were used for data analysis. The SPSSWIN 13.0 program was used in analyzing the data, and a series of statistical tests were conducted including frequency, percentile, t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis. The statistical significance level was .05. The major findings of this study were as follows: The degree of general stress is 2.10. we revealed the fact that the Adolescents are exposed to diverse stressors. The stress caused from studying and the future/advance Problem. The more stress a student feel from his/hes parents. In relation to the stress type of adolescent according to factors analysis, the level of respondents identified with the category was as a “girls’high school and general high school”marked relatively higher point. The stress degree from serving on religious is very low. The area of adolescent counseling is the most active one of various counseling activities in Church. But it is unfortunate that few studies on characteristic adolescent counsel been conducted and this has resulted in a low interest of counseling student and practitioners have taken the area hard difficult. Finally, it suggests some priority projects for method of christian adolescent counseling.

Relationship of Cognitive Bias to the Image of God among Christian Undergraduates

Yi Hye-Jin | 2007, 8 | pp.278~299 | number of Cited : 5

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Impact of Christian Faith on Adolescents’Sexuality Perception.

JOSEPH JEON , Ham Hee Young | 2007, 8 | pp.300~320 | number of Cited : 2

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This paper is to clarify the impact of Christian faith on adolescents’sexuality perception. When children grow up and enter adolescence, they not only experience physical maturation including voice change but also develop secondary sex characteristics, getting away from a sexual latency period. Adolescence is a time for growth spurts both physically and psychologically. Sexual hormonal changes speed up sexual development in boys and girls and increase their interests in and concerns about sex. Against this backdrop, this study explores desirable attitude and behavior toward sex among adolescents, taking distinctive aspects of the young into account. The study is based on the following three assumptions: first, there would be difference in sexuality perception between Christian and non-Christian youth. Second, there would be difference in sexuality perception among Christian adolescents in accordance with religious background of their family. Third, adolescents would demonstrate different views on premarital sex in accordance with family’s religious background. A survey was conducted on 314 junior high and high school students living in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Two types of tests questioning about Christian beliefs and sexuality perception respectively were utilized to prove the assumptions. The first test on Christian beliefs was first applied to Christian adolescents by Joseph Jeon in 1988 and has been altered for this study. The second test on sexuality perception was used by Kyungsook Lee at Gongju Graduate School of Educational Psychology in 2006 and has been adjusted for the study with careful consideration on reliability of survey results. To analyze 314 answer sheets collected, frequency analysis, t-test, and one way ANOVA were applied, using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) 12.0. The conclusion of the study is as follows: Christian faith does not have significant impact on sexuality perception among the young. In contrast, the influence of the faith of adolescents themselves and their family as well as assur- ance of salvation on their views about premarital sex appears to be statistically significant. Boys and girls who have long been Christians or have assurance of salvation, or whose entire family believes in Christianity disclose negative views toward premarital sex. The study sheds light on the correlation between Christian belief and sexuality perception of adolescents and will lay the groundwork for teaching the youth sound culture and attitude toward sex.

Stress Management and Christian Counseling

Hahn Sook Ja | 2007, 8 | pp.321~347 | number of Cited : 1

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In biblical approach, stress is stemmed from the sin of human being. And those morally degraded are to suffer from profound feeling of guilt. Furthermore, any hasty efforts to escape from suffering would cause rather serious stress. On the contrary, bible shows how great people overcome their stress by recovering the relationship with God, repenting their sin. It means stress should be cured in the course of recovering the relationship with God as a matter of sin and salvation. Anybody can suffer from stress, and stress itself is unavoidable. In some sense, if it weren’t for stress, there wouldn’t be any vitality of life. Therefore, it’d be desirable for counselors to let their clients know the fact that stress is no matter to get rid of, but a matter to control. For those having negative thoughts on stress as a disaster, Christian counselors can help, through cognitive dispute, to change their thoughts so as to accept the stress positively. Undoubtedly, it’s desirable to face stress directly. However, if not possible for clients to control the stress, the cognitive counseling method is recommended, which helps clients to have self-encouragement, to relaxation training, to have hopeful thoughts, and to redefine the problem. The more one gets social supports, the safer from stress. Therefore, counselors should figure out and encourage each client’s strength or social supports which are helpful in coping with stress. By using adequate self-talk method, Christian counselors can help clients to express their anger caused by stress in a calm and much objective manner. Above all, it’s the most important for counselors to guide their clients understand the meaning of suffering as a trial and view the suffering from a different standpoint. In the meantime clients express their anger, there’s no need to forgive those who harm them or to try to escape from the past. Since God is there when they are in stress, and the suffering they have to endure now is nothing but a dust when compared with the glory they will share with God in the future. And the ability to forgive only belongs to Jesus. For better management of stress, to stay away from excessive desire and to be moderate in everything including thought, feeling, and behavior is needed, together with well-balanced food, regular exercise, relaxation/meditation, and adequate rest. All theses are quite possible by following the life of obedience. The ability to control and release stress is accompanied with the life obeying God fully, promptly, and completely while praying all the time in humble mind

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