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The Influence of Dental Hygienist Images and Career Advice among High School Teachers

인문계 고등학교 교사가 지각한 치과위생사 이미지와 치위생직 진로 권유 의사에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2017.01.14
  • Accepted : 2017.02.08
  • Published : 2017.04.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of dental hygienist images and career advice among high school teachers. A self-reported questionnaire was administered to 212 high school teachers in Gwangju, South Korea. The questionnaire contained subject's general characteristics, images of dental hygienists, and career advice. We performed an independent t-test, the Kruskal-Wallis test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis, and logistic regression analysis using the IBM SPSS ver. 21.0 software. Using a five-point scale, the average of all the dental hygienist images was 3.50, with personal images receiving the most positive rating at 3.83 and social images receiving the least positive rating at 2.86. The images of dental hygienists were significantly more positive in instances where the subjects recognized the dental hygienist or received treatment within one year. There were positive correlations among different kinds of images. Through multiple regression analysis, occupational images were associated with business and social images. Business images were associated with occupational and personal images. Personal images were associated with business images, especially in cases where the subjects recognized the dental hygienist. Social images were associated with occupational images, especially in cases where subjects received treatment within one year. Through logistic regression analysis, career advice was associated with social and occupational images. Therefore, our study provides suggestions on how to enhance positive recognition of social images of dental hygienists.

본 연구는 교사들의 치과위생사 이미지와 치위생직 진로 권유의사를 알아보기 위하여 2016년 2월 1일부터 2월 28일까지 광주광역시에 소재한 인문계 고등학교에서 근무하고 있는 교사 212명을 대상으로 연구 참여에 동의한 대상자에 한해 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 치과위생사 이미지 전체 평균은 3.50점이었으며, 영역별로는 개인적 이미지(3.83점)가 가장 높게 나타났다. 연구대상자의 일반적 특성과 치과위생사 이미지 분석 결과, 치과위생사의 소개나 설명을 들은 경험이 있는 경우, 최근 치과치료를 받은 경험이 1년 이내인 경우 유의하게 높게 나타났다(p<0.01, p<0.001). 치과위생사 이미지의 요인 간의 상관관계에서는 통계적으로 유의한 양의 상관관계를 나타냈다. 치과위생사의 이미지에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석한 결과, 직업적 이미지는 업무적 이미지(B=0.429)와 사회적 이미지(B=0.253)가 높을수록, 업무적 이미지는 직업적 이미지(B=0.328)와 개인적 이미지(B=0.510)가 높을수록, 개인적 이미지는 업무적 이미지(B=0.710)와 치과위생사에 대한 소개나 설명을 들은 경험(B=0.215)이 많을수록, 사회적 이미지는 직업적 이미지(B=0.392)가 높을수록 그리고 치과치료를 받은 경험이 1년 이내(B=0.158)일수록 치과위생사의 이미지가 높았다. 교사의 치위생직 권유 의사에 미치는 영향력을 알아본 결과, 사회적 이미지와 직업적 이미지 점수가 1점 증가할 때 권유 의사가 있을 가능성이 증가하였다. 따라서 치과위생사의 사회적 이미지를 향상시키기 위해서는 전문직에 합당한 근무조건 및 환경 개선이 필요하고, 새로운 전문지식 및 기술 습득을 위한 교육의 기회를 확대하여야 할 것으로 생각된다.

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