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The Effects of Acceptance Action of Christian University Students on Faith Maturity and Strengths Knowledge: Focusing on the mediating effects of positive coping

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2018, 26(1), pp.127-161
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2018.26.1.127
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : March 29, 2018
  • Accepted : April 27, 2018
  • Published : May 30, 2018

Oh, Yoon Sun 1 Kim Mi-Sook 1

1한국성서대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze and verify the effects of christian university students’ acceptance action on faith maturity and strengths knowledge, focusing on the mediating effects of positive coping. For this, a total of 450 christian university students were selected for sampling. Frequency analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis on collected data were conducted by using the SPSS Win 21.0 statistics package program. Through AMOS 24.0, the structure equation modeling analyses were conducted. The results of the study were as follows. First, acceptance action, faith maturity, strengths knowledge and positive coping were positively correlated. Secondly, it was found that acceptance action had direct positive effects on faith maturity. Third, it was found that acceptance action had direct positive effects on strengths knowledge. Forth, it was found that faith maturity had direct positive effects on strengths knowledge. Lastly, it was identified that positive coping of christian university students played a mediating role in relations between acceptance action and faith maturity, and between acceptance action and strengths knowledge. It was found that acceptance action, positive coping and faith maturity had direct positive effects on strengths knowledge. Based on these results, practical and policy implications, and suggestions for the future study were discussed.

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