J Nurs Acad Soc.  1987 Apr;17(1):33-43.

Self-Actualization of College Students in Distance Education Analyzed from Nursing Counseling

• Lee SW
• Park MZ

Abstract

This study was to explore the level of self-actu-alization of the students in Korea Air and Correspondence University. The study subjects consisted of 507 students who visited the counseling center for taking advices to several psychosocial problems due to distance education through nursing counseling. The self actualization of the subjects evaluated by the self-actualization Inventory standardized by Kim and Lee in Korea. It consisted of 130 two-choice comparative value and behavior judgements. The items also consisted of two basic scales; one is inner directed scale (107 items) and the other is time competence (23 items) which included eight subscales, each of which measures a conceptually important element of self-actualization. Analysis of finding was as follows; 1) The self-actualization mean score of the total subjects was characterized by normal value within normal range of scale. The highest subscale score was NC scale; the lowest scale was EX scale. 2) The mean score of time competence scale of female student was higher than male student's time competence scale. 3) There was no significant differences in self actualization among 4groups in age. 4) There was also no significant differences in self-actualization between the group taken one time nursing counseling and the group taken two more times nursing counseling. 5) The problems of Job, learning, personality and further study, significantly had effects on the score of self-actualization level.

MeSH Terms

Counseling*
Education, Distance*
Female
Humans
Korea
Learning
Male
Mental Competency
Nursing*
Reference Values
Weights and Measures