Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion (보건교육건강증진학회지)

Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion (한국보건교육건강증진학회)
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Mental Health, Stress, Coping Ability, and Coping Strategies among College Students

대학생의 정신건강수준과 스트레스, 대처능력 및 대처방식

  • Moon, Weon-Hee (Department of Health & Medical Informatics, Daejeon Health Sciences College) ;
  • Chung, Kil-Soo (Department of Nursing, Kyung-in Women's College) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Ja (Department of Infection Control, Chungnam National University Hospital)
  • 문원희 (대전보건대학교 보건의료정보과) ;
  • 정길수 (경인여자대학교 간호과) ;
  • 김미자 (충남대학교병원 감염관리실)
  • Received : 2012.07.31
  • Accepted : 2012.09.18
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health status, stress, coping ability, and coping strategies of college students. Methods: The questionnaires were handed out to 162 college students in the Gyeonggi province. Data was collected using the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) scale of the 90 items, the 'Person in the Rain' drawing test, and the 20-item coping strategies questions. Results: 17.3% of the respondents were belonged to the groups of abnormal or abnormal tendency in the mental health status according to the Global Severity Index (GSI) scores. The clinical/border groups were more commonly used in the 'emotion-focused' coping strategies compared to the normal group. This difference was also statistically significant. Both coping resource and coping ability were significantly associated with the mental health status. Conclusions: These findings suggest that future intervention for effective coping strategies should be carefully designed to promote better mental health among college students. It is also important to detect problematic and weak student's behaviors in the early stages.

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