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Self-Perceived Psychosocial Stress, Anxiety and Depression Symptoms, and Its Related Factors Among College Students

일부 대학생들의 사회심리적 스트레스, 불안 및 우울수준과 그의 관련요인

  • Lee, Myung-Jun (Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Chungnam National University) ;
  • Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University School of Medicine and Research Institute for Medical Sciences)
  • 이명준 (충남대학교 대학원 보건학과) ;
  • 조영채 (충남대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실 및 의학연구소)
  • Received : 2013.03.05
  • Accepted : 2013.06.07
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the level of psychosocial stress, anxiety and depression symptoms among college students, and to reveal its related factors. The survey was filled out by 551 students from Daejon City from April 1, 2012 to July 30, 2012. The independent variables of the questionnaire were socio-demographic characteristics, family life, school life, and other variables health related while the dependent variables were psychosocial stress, anxiety and depression symptoms. As a results, 22.7% of the study subjects were in the high-risk stress group, 15.6% of study subject were in the anxiety disorder group, and 22.1% were in the mild to moderate depression group. In addition, its related factors were influenced by a variety of factors such as gender, family income, satisfaction of family life, grades, social life, satisfaction of school life, subjective sleep quality, subjective health status. Psychosocial stress was significantly influenced by socio-demographic characteristics and family life variables, while anxiety and depression symptoms were influenced more so by psychosocial stress. In order to lower the level of psychosocial stress, anxiety and depression symptoms of college students, the development of programs that monitor the psychosocial stress, socio-demographic characteristics, family life variables, and school variables is imperative.

본 연구는 대학생들이 경험하는 스트레스, 불안 및 우울수준을 파악하고 그에 관련된 요인을 검토하고자 실시하였다. 조사대상은 대전광역시에 소재하고 있는 대학에 재학 중인 대학생 551명으로 하였으며, 자료 수집은 2012년 4월 1일부터 6월 30일까지의 기간 동안에 표준화된 자기기입식 설문지(self-administered questionnaire)를 사용한 설문조사에 의하였다. 설문지의 내용은 독립변수로 학생들의 개인 및 가정생활특성, 학교생활 특성 및 건강관련행위 특성을 조사하였고, 종속변수로는 사회심리적 스트레스수준, 불안수준 및 우울수준을 조사하였다. 연구결과, 조사대상 대학생들이 경험하고 있는 고위험 스트레스는 22.7%, 불안은 15.6%, 우울은 22.1%로 나타났으며, 이들에 관련된 요인으로는 성별, 가정의 경제상태, 가정생활의 만족도, 학교성적, 교우관계, 학교생활에 대한 만족도, 주관적인 수면의질 및 주관적인 건강상태 등을 지적할 수 있었다. 특히, 사회심리적 스트레스에는 개인 및 가정생활 특성 변수가, 불안 및 우울에는 사회심리적 스트레스가 많은 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 대학생들의 스트레스, 불안 및 우울수준을 낮추기 위해서는 개인 및 가정생활 특성이나 학교생활 특성 외에도 사회심리적 스트레스 요인을 적절하게 통제할 수 있는 프로그램의 개발 및 운영이 필요하다고 본다.

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