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'수줍음 청소년 인지편향 연구' 국제학술지 게재(‘Study on Cognitive Biases in Shy Adolescents’ Published in International Journal)
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'수줍음 청소년 인지편향 연구' 국제학술지 게재(‘Study on Cognitive Biases in Shy Adolescents’ Published in International Journal)
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“수줍음 높은 청소년, 모호한 사회상황 더 부정적으로 해석”
- 국립부경대 연구팀, 수줍음 청소년 인지편향 연구 국제학술지 게재

△  왼쪽부터 장펑 박사과정생, 허균 교수, 현순안 학술연구교수.

 

수줍음 척도가 높은 청소년은 정서 상태가 부정적이거나 중립적일 때뿐 아니라 긍정적 정서 조건에서도 모호한 사회적 상황을 더 부정적으로 해석하는 경향이 강하다는 연구 결과가 나왔다.

국립부경대학교 대학원 교육컨설팅학과 장펑 박사과정생과 허균 교수, 국립순천대학교 현순안 학술연구교수 연구팀은 논문 ‘Online Interpretation Bias in Shy Adolescents Across Emotional Valence Conditions’를 통해 이 같은 청소년의 사회인지 및 정서처리 연구 결과를 발표했다.

이 논문은 SSCI 등재 국제학술지 'Advances in Cognitive Psychology' 2026년 22권 2호(2026년 6월)에 게재예정이다. 이 학술지는 인지심리학, 정서처리, 주의, 기억, 사회인지 등 인간 인지과정을 다루는 국제학술지로, 이번 논문은 청소년의 수줍음과 온라인 해석편향을 정서 조건별로 실험적으로 규명했다는 점에서 의미가 크다.


이 논문은 수줍음 척도가 높은 청소년이 애매한 사회적 단서를 어떻게 해석하는지, 그리고 이러한 해석 경향이 행복, 중립, 분노와 같은 정서 조건에 따라 달라지는지를 분석한 연구다. 연구진은 중학생을 대상으로 수줍음 척도 검사를 실시한 뒤, 고수줍음 집단과 저수줍음 집단을 구분하고 E-Prime 2.0 기반 온라인 해석편향 과제를 활용해 반응시간과 해석 수용률을 분석했다.

분석 결과, 수줍음 척도가 높은 청소년은 수줍음 척도가 낮은 청소년보다 모호한 사회적 상황에서 부정적 해석을 더 강하게 수용하고, 부정적 의미를 더 빠르게 받아들이며, 부정적 해석을 거부하는 데 더 오랜 시간이 걸리는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 긍정적 해석편향에서는 집단 간 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다.

이에 따라 연구진은 수줍음 척도가 높은 청소년이 겪는 사회적 어려움이 단순히 소극성의 문제가 아니라, 모호한 사회적 정보를 위협적으로 해석하는 안정적인 인지처리 경향과 관련될 수 있다고 설명했다. 특히 긍정 정서 조건에서도 부정적 해석편향이 유지된다는 점은, 수줍음 척도가 높은 청소년을 지원할 때 단순히 긍정 정서 유도보다 부정적 해석 도식을 직접 완화하는 교육적·상담적 개입이 필요함을 시사한다.

허균 교수는 “이번 연구는 수줍음 청소년의 사회인지적 특성을 실험심리학적 방법으로 규명한 연구로, 청소년 상담과 학교생활 적응 지원을 위한 중요한 근거가 될 수 있다”며, “특히 SSCI 등재 국제학술지 게재를 통해 교육학 기반 청소년 정서·인지 연구의 국제적 확장 가능성을 제시했다”고 밝혔다.

한편, 연구팀의 장펑 박사과정생은 ‘Global PKNU 해외대학 교직원 대학원 학위과정’ 프로그램으로 중국에서 국립부경대로 유학 온 이후 연구에 전념해 왔다. 장펑 박사과정생은 현재 국립부경대 대학원 교육컨설팅학과에서 수학하고 있으며, 중국 뤼량사범대학 소속 연구자로서 청소년 발달, 정서처리, 교육심리 분야 연구를 지속하고 있다. 2025년도 PhiNX 보호학문 대학원생 연구장려장학금 프로그램 지원을 받아 KCI 등재 학술지 <수산해양교육연구>에 논문을 게재하는 등 지금까지 KCI 논문 3편을 게재하여 연구 성과를 축적하고 있다.

현순안 학술연구교수는 국립부경대 대학원 교육컨설팅학과에서 교육학 박사학위를 취득한 뒤 순천대 학술연구교수로 재직하면서 교육공학, AI 교육, 교육평가 및 청소년 인지·정서 연구에 매진해 왔으며, 이번 연구에서 청소년의 수줍음과 해석편향의 구조적 관계를 이론적·실증적으로 해석하는 데 기여했다. 또한 최근 연구재단의 2026년 인문사회학술연구교수로 선정돼 국립부경대 수해양교육연구소(소장 원효헌 교수) 학술연구교수로 5년간의 연구 지원을 받아 연구를 수행할 예정이다.

이번 연구를 지도한 허균 교수는 교육공학, AI 기반 교육, 빅데이터 분석, 고급 양적연구방법론 분야를 중심으로 연구를 수행해 왔으며, 대학원생과 신진연구자의 국제 및 국내 학술지 논문 게재를 지속적으로 지도하고 있다. 이번 성과는 국립부경대학교 학부의 수해양산업교육과(학과장 이태호 교수)와 대학원의 교육컨설팅학과 및 수해양인적자원개발학과의 청소년 교육심리 연구 역량과 글로벌 연구 경쟁력을 보여주는 사례로 평가된다. <부경투데이>

 

“Adolescents with Higher Levels of Shyness Tend to Interpret Ambiguous Social Situations More Negatively”

- Pukyong National University Research on Cognitive Biases in Shy Adolescents Published in International Journal

 

Research has found that adolescents with higher levels of shyness are more likely to interpret ambiguous social situations negatively not only when experiencing negative or neutral emotional states, but also under positive emotional conditions.

 

A research team consisting of Ph.D. candidate Feng Zhang from the Department of Educational Consulting at the Graduate School of Pukyong National University, Professor Kyun Huh of the same department, and Research Professor Soon-An Hyun of Sunchon National University reported these findings in their paper titled “Online Interpretation Bias in Shy Adolescents Across Emotional Valence Conditions.” The study explores social cognition and emotional processing patterns among adolescents.

 

The paper is scheduled for publication in 'Advances in Cognitive Psychology' Volume 22, Issue 2 (June 2026) of , an SSCI-indexed international journal. The journal publishes research on human cognitive processes, including cognitive psychology, emotional processing, attention, memory, and social cognition. The study is particularly noteworthy in that it experimentally investigated the relationship between adolescent shyness and online interpretation bias under different emotional conditions.

 

The research examined how adolescents with varying levels of shyness interpret ambiguous social cues and whether these interpretation patterns differ depending on emotional conditions such as happiness, neutrality, and anger. To conduct the study, the researchers administered a shyness scale assessment to middle school students and classified participants into high-shyness and low-shyness groups. They then analyzed response times and interpretation acceptance rates using an online interpretation bias task developed on the E-Prime 2.0 platform.

 

The analysis revealed that adolescents with higher shyness scores were more likely than their less shy peers to adopt negative interpretations of ambiguous social situations, accept negative meanings more quickly, and take longer to reject negative interpretations. In contrast, no statistically significant differences were found between the two groups with regard to positive interpretation bias.

 

Based on these findings, the researchers explained that the social difficulties experienced by highly shy adolescents may not simply stem from passivity or reserved behavior but may instead be associated with a stable cognitive processing tendency to interpret ambiguous social information as threatening or negative. The fact that negative interpretation bias persisted even under positive emotional conditions further suggests that educational and counseling interventions for highly shy adolescents should focus not only on fostering positive emotions, but also on directly reducing and restructuring negative interpretive schemas.

 

Professor Kyun Huh stated, “This study employed experimental psychological methods to identify the social-cognitive characteristics of shy adolescents and may provide important evidence for adolescent counseling and support programs aimed at helping students adapt to school life. In particular, publication in an SSCI-indexed international journal demonstrates the potential for broader international expansion of educational research on adolescent emotions and cognition.”

 

Meanwhile, Ph.D. candidate Feng Zhang has been devoted to research since coming to Pukyong National University from China through the university’s ‘Global PKNU Graduate Degree Program for Faculty and Staff of Overseas Universities.’ Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in the Department of Educational Consulting at the Graduate School of Pukyong National University, Feng Zhang is also affiliated with L?liang University in China, where he continues to conduct research in the fields of adolescent development, emotional processing, and educational psychology. With support from the 2025 PhiNX Protected Academic Disciplines Graduate Student Research Scholarship Program, Zhang published a paper in the KCI-indexed journal Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education and has continued to build a strong research record, publishing a total of three KCI-indexed papers to date.

 

Research Professor Soon-An Hyun earned a Ph.D. in Education from the Department of Educational Consulting at the Graduate School of Pukyong National University and has since been conducting research as a research professor at Sunchon National University. Her work has focused on educational technology, AI in education, educational assessment, and adolescent cognition and emotional development. In the present study, she contributed to the theoretical and empirical interpretation of the structural relationship between adolescent shyness and interpretation bias. In addition, Soon-An Hyun was recently selected as a recipient of the 2026 Humanities and Social Sciences Research Professor Program funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea. Under this program, she will carry out research with five years of support as a research professor at the Institute of Fisheries and Marine Education at Pukyong National University, directed by Professor Hyo-Heon Won.

 

Professor Kyun Huh, who supervised the study, has conducted extensive research in the fields of educational technology, AI-based education, big data analytics, and advanced quantitative research methodologies, while continuously mentoring graduate students and early-career researchers in publishing their work in both international and domestic academic journals. The achievement is regarded as a notable example of the research capabilities and global competitiveness of Pukyong National University in adolescent educational psychology, reflecting the collaborative strengths of the university’s Department of Fisheries and Marine Industry Education (Chair: Professor Tae-Ho Lee), as well as the graduate programs in the Department of Educational Consulting and the Department of Fisheries and Marine Human Resource Development.