2013, Vol.10, No.3

The Korean Journal of School Psychology 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.68

pISSN : 1738-463X / eISSN : 2734-0112
https://journal.kci.go.kr/schooljr

This study, undertaken with highschool students (N = 99), draws upon the theoretical framework of deliberate practice (Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Romer, 1993), and grit (defied as perseverances and passion for long-term goals; Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007) in order to identify strong predictors of academic achievement using analysis of diary reports and questionnaires. This study aims to investigate the effect of innate traits (IQ, Big five personality characteristics) with acquired efforts (deliberate practice, grit) on academic grades. The results showed that acquired efforts were still significant indicators of academic achievement when innate traits were controlled. In particular, grit was associated with higher academic grades and this relation was moderated by deliberate practice (hours of study personally). These findings support the results of expertise studies that outstanding performance entails not only innate talent but also focused practice and effort over time.

One report showed that over 50% of adolescents in Korea report having a romantic relationship at any given time. Although having a date is popular now among teenagers, there's no sufficient education service about how to maintain and enhance dating relationships for adolescent so far. Based on these notions, this article presents Harvey and Omarzu(1997)'s Minding Theory, concentrated on maintaining relationships. Minding process has five components: knowing one's partner, relationship-enhancing attribution, acceptance and respect, reciprocity, and continuity. We compared the theory of minding with several other concepts “self-expansion, self-verification, empathic accuracy, equity, social penetration theory, and attachment” well known for contributing to achieve satisfaction in close relationship for better understanding of minding. We also suggested some researches of whethere minding is observale and positively influential in couples, and evidence of minding theory. A few limitations of this study as well as possibilities and implications in youth counseling were discussed.

This study examined the psychometric properties of Parental Career-related Behaviors (Dietrich & Kracke, 2009) in Korean adolescents. The participants were 542 students in middle school and high school. Confirmatory factor analyses, reliability tests, and a multi-group invariance test by gender were conducted. In addition, criterion-related validity was investigated by analyzing the correlation with the Parent Career Behavior Checklist, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, and Career Maturity Scale. The results supported the 3-factor structure of support, interference, and lack of engagement proposed by the original measure. Internal consistency also indicated that it was a reliable instrument. A multi-group invariance by gender was satisfied, and a latent mean analysis showed that male adolescents perceived grater interference than female adolescents. Correlation with other parent-related measures indicated that Korean Parental Career-related Behaviors reflected parents’ intervening behaviors targeting adolescents’ career development and measured dimensions that would be differentiated from other instruments. Career maturity was positively related to support and negatively to lack of engagement. The relationship between career maturity and interference was insignificant.