Child Health Nursing Research
- Volume 11 Issue 4
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- Pages.436-443
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- 2005
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- 2287-9110(pISSN)
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- 2287-9129(eISSN)
The Relationship between Depression and Health Behavior in Adolescents
청소년의 우울성향과 건강관련행위간의 관계 연구
- Park, Nam-Hee (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Inje University) ;
- Kim, Mi-Oak (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Pusan University)
- Published : 2005.10.01
Abstract
Purpose: This study was done to explore the levels of depression experienced by adolescents, and to compare health behavior between depressed and non-depressed adolescents. Method: Participants were chosen by a stratified random sampling of adolescents in the second grade of a high school in P city. Levels of depression and health behavior of the students were measured using questionnaires. Data collection was done in May, 2002. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and logistic regression using the SPSS WIN 10.0 Program. Results: The prevalence of depression (CES-D) among the students was