Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Hyunlye Kim

4 Articles

Experience of Peer Support Work among People with Mental Illness in the Community: A Grounded Theory Approach: Myung Sun Hyun, Hyunlye Kim, Kyoung A Nam, Su Young Kim; J Korean Acad Nurs 2022;52(2):187-201. Published online April 30, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.21208

Purpose
This study discovered a substantive theory of the experience and process of peer support work among people with mental illness.
Methods
The participants were members of community-based mental health facilities and had been working as peer supporters for more than six months. The data were collected through in-depth interviews with twelve participants and analyzed using Corbin and Strauss’s grounded theory approach.
Results
The core category was “becoming a healer going with patients in the journey of recovery,” and the core phenomenon was “identity confusion as a peer supporter.” The causal conditions were “starting peer support work without certainty” and “standing at the boundary between the therapist and patient.” The intervening conditions were “willingness to become a successful peer supporter,” “feeling a sense of homogeneity with the patient,” “accepting the mental illness,” and “support from people around.” The action and interaction strategies were “letting go of greed,” “being open about oneself,” “developing professional skills,” “maintaining wellness in the body and mind,” and “being with the patient.” The consequences were “becoming a useful person,” “changing attitude toward life,” “expansion of the sense of self-existence,” “recovering from mental illness,” and “discovering a role as peer supporter.” Finally, the substantive theory of “becoming a healer going with patients in the journey of recovery” was derived.
Conclusion
This study provides a holistic understanding of peer support work and the implications of interventions to help people with mental illness in a person-centered recovery process.

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A model for the involvement of service users as instructors into the psychiatric nursing curriculum in Korea: A qualitative study on participation experience
Suyoun Ahn, Soyoung Shin, Jaewon Joung
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.2024; 33(4): 917. CrossRef
Experience of Mental Health Professionals Collaborating with Peer Supporters in a Community Mental Health Service Team
Sowon Lee, Boyoung Kim, Chung Kil Park
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion.2024; 26(4): 251. CrossRef
Experience of Peer Supporters for Patients with Schizophrenia
Hae Kyung Jo, Se Na Ryu
Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.2023; 32(3): 280. CrossRef

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Job Retention Process among Working People with Mental Illness: A Grounded Theory Approach: Myung Sun Hyun, Kyoung A Nam, Hyunlye Kim, Su Young Kim; J Korean Acad Nurs 2021;51(3):320-333. Published online June 30, 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.21016

Abstract PDF: Purpose
The study was conducted to explore the experiences of job retention among working people with mental illness.
Methods
The participants were members with mental illness at the S Community Mental Health Center in Gyeonggi Province and who had been working for more than six months. The data were collected through in-depth interviews with 11 participants between June 27 and August 20, 2018. The data were analyzed through Corbin and Strauss’s grounded theory method.
Results
The core category was struggling to take root in the community as a productive member. The core phenomenon was the desire to be a productive person, and the causal condition was the willingness to change for a purposeful life. The action and interaction strategies included maintaining regular living patterns, maintaining medication, developing one’s tips for self-management, and self-approval. The intervening conditions were difficulties in forming social relationships, presence of symptoms, social resources, and acceptance of one’s mental illness. The consequences were restoration of family relationships, healthy pleasure through work, social inclusion, development of self-worth, and transition to an independent person.
Conclusion
Working people with mental illness are struggling to take root in the community as a productive member. This study suggests that a holistic understanding of the job retention experience among people with mental illness is required. The findings will provide the basis for developing interventions that can improve job retention among working people with mental illness.

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Development and Effects of a Children's Sex Education Program for the Parents of Lower Elementary Grade Students: Eun Mi Lee, Hyunlye Kim; J Korean Acad Nurs 2017;47(2):222-232. Published online April 28, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2017.47.2.222

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Purpose

This study was done to develop a children's sex education program for the parents of lower elementary grade students and to evaluate its effects on sexual knowledge, gender role attitude, parent efficacy for child's sex education, and marital consistency.

Methods

A quasi-experimental with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The participants were 29 couples (58 parents, experimental group=28, control group=30) from G city. The 5-week (5-session) program was developed based on ‘A theory of protection: parents as sex educators’ and used the case-based small group learning method. Data were collected during July and August 2015. The characteristics of the program developed in the present study were a theoretical-based, client-centered, multi-method.

Results

After the intervention, the experimental group showed a significant improvement in sexual knowledge, gender role attitudes, parent efficacy for child's sex education, and marital consistency, compared to the control group. The effect sizes of the program were .64 (knowledge), .65 (gender role attitudes), and .68 (parent efficacy).

Conclusion

The results of this study provided implications for the parents as effective sex educator and the role expansion of school health nurses.

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The significance of understanding psychosexual development and sexuality education for Vietnamese adolescents
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International Journal of Research Studies in Education.2021;[Epub] CrossRef

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