대학 신입생의 내면화된 수치심과 외로움의 관계에서 사회적 자기효능감과 자기침묵의 순차적 매개효과

Abstract

The Sequential Mediating Effects of Social Self-Efficacy and Self-Silencing in the Relationship between Internalized Shame and Loneliness of College Freshmen GA EUN KIM Advisor : Prof. Na-Rae Kim, Ph. D Department of Counseling Psychology Graduate School of Chosun University This study examined the sequential mediating effects of social self-efficacy and self-silencing in the relationship between internalized shame and loneliness of college freshmen. For this purpose, a survey was administered to college freshmen enrolled in the second semester of their first year at a four-year university as of the second semester of 2023, and a total of 314 participants (135 males and 179 females) were used in the analysis. The data collected were analysed using SPSS 29.0 and PROCESS Macro 4.2, in particular, the simple mediation effect was checked using PROCESS Macro model 4, and the sequential mediation effect was checked using PROCESS Macro model 6. The findings of this study are summarised as follows. First, the relationships between internalized shame, social self-efficacy, self-silence, and loneliness were significantly correlated; second, social self-efficacy and self-silence were simple mediators of the relationship between internalized shame and loneliness. Third, the sequential mediation of social self-efficacy and self-silence on the relationship between internalized shame and loneliness was significant. These findings suggest that internalized shame leads college freshmen to have lower social self-efficacy, the belief that they can perform well in social situations, and lower social self-efficacy leads to self-silencing behaviour, which in turn leads to distant interpersonal relationships and increased loneliness. These findings suggest that counselling interventions to increase social self-efficacy and decrease self-silencing behaviours are needed to reduce loneliness in college freshmen. Key word: College freshmen, Internalized Shame, Loneliness, Social Self-Efficacy, Self-Silencing