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The Association of Self-esteem and Social support with Depressive symptoms in College Students

일부 대학생들의 자아존중감 및 사회적 지지와 우울과의 관련성

  • Ji, Eun-Mi (Department of Medical Information, Hyechon University) ;
  • Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University School of Medicine)
  • 지은미 (혜천대학교 의료정보과) ;
  • 조영채 (충남대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2014.01.14
  • Accepted : 2014.05.08
  • Published : 2014.05.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to estimate self-esteem, social support and depressive symptoms among college students, as well as to reveal its related factors. The self-administered questionnaire was filled out by 471 students from university located in Daejon city and Chungnam during two weeks from April 23, 2013. As a results, lower the self-esteem is, the depression level comes out to be higher. Also weaker social support is the factor to give rise to depression. Self-esteem and social support showed negative correlation with depression. Social support showed positive correlation with self-esteem. According to hierarchical multiple regression analysis, following factors influence depression level with explanatory powers of 23.8%: sex, age, stress for body shape, perceived economical status, studying time, self-esteem, and social support. In the conclusion, this result imply that depression level of college students is closely related to self-esteem and social support. Especially, social support showed higher correlation with depression.

본 연구는 대학생들의 개인적 특성, 가정생활, 학교생활 및 건강관련행위 특성에 따른 자아존중감, 사회적지지 및 우울수준을 파악하고, 특히 자아 존중감 및 사회적지지와 우울과의 관련성을 규명하고자 실시하였다. 조사대상은 대전 충청지역에 소재하고 있는 4년제 대학에 재학 중인 남녀 대학생 471명으로 하였으며, 자료 수집은 2013년 4월 23일부터 약 2주에 걸쳐 표준화된 자기기입식 설문지를 사용하여 수집하였다. 연구결과, 조사대상자들의 자아존중감과 사회적지지에 따른 우울 수준은 자아존중감이 낮을수록(p=0.000), 사회적지지가 낮을수록(p=0.000) 우울수준이 유의하게 높았다. 조사대상자들의 자아존중감과 사회적지지는 우울수준과 유의한 음의 상관관계를 보였으며, 사회적 지지와 자아존중감은 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 위계적 다중회귀분석 결과, 조사대상자들의 우울수준에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 성별, 연령, 체형에 대한 스트레스 유무, 주관적인 경제 상태, 공부시간, 자아존중감 및 사회적지지가 유의한 요인으로 지적되었으며 이들의 설명력은 23.8%이었다. 위와 같은 결과는 조사대상 대학생들의 우울수준은 자아존중감 및 사회적 지지와 유의한 관련성이 있음을 시사하고 있으며, 특히 우울수준은 사회적지지에 의해 더 큰 영향을 받고 있음을 알 수 있다.

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