Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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Subjective Health Status, Mental Health and Internet Addiction Tendency of Adolescents in Multi-cultural Families Compared to General Families

일반가정과 다문화가정 청소년의 주관적 건강상태, 정신건강과 인터넷 중독 성향

  • Received : 2018.09.18
  • Accepted : 2018.12.20
  • Published : 2018.12.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine impact of multi-cultural family on subjective health status, mental health and internet addiction tendency compared to general family in Korean adolescent. The data were derived from the 13th Korea youth risk behavior web-based survey 2017 in Korea and analyzed considering complex samples analysis. The subjects were general families 61,320(98.5%) and multi-cultural families 956(1.5%). Multi-cultural youth had higher rates of unhealthy and unhappy and the percentage of depression, suicidal ideation, weekday and weekend smartphone overdependence, experience problems with using smartphone in friend than general youth. In addition, suicidal ideation 1.270 times, weekday and weekend smartphone overdependence 1.359 times and 1.297 times respectively and experience problems with using smartphone in friend 1.603 times was increased in multi-cultural youth compared to general youth. Therefore, it is very meaningful that this study provided basic data of intervention program to improve mental health and internet addiction tendency of multi-cultural youth.

본 연구의 목적은 일반가정과 비교하여 다문화가정이 청소년의 주관적 건강상태, 정신건강 및 인터넷 중독 성향에 미치는 영향력 정도를 확인하는 것이다. 2017년 제 13차 청소년건강행태온라인조사의 원시자료를 이용해 복합표본분석을 하였다. 대상자는 일반가정 61,320명(98.5%), 다문화가정 956명(1.5%)이었다. 연구결과, 다문화가정 청소년은 일반가정 청소년보다 건강하지 못한 편, 불행한 편, 우울 경험, 자살생각, 주중과 주말 스마트폰 과의존, 친구나 선후배 관계에서 스마트폰 관련 문제적 경험 비율이 유의하게 높았다. 또한, 다문화가정 청소년은 일반가정 청소년에 비해 자살생각 1.270배, 주중과 주말 스마트폰 과의존 각각 1.359배, 1.297배, 친구나 선후배 관계에서 스마트폰 관련 문제 경험이 1.603배 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로, 본 연구결과는 다문화가정 청소년의 정신건강 및 인터넷 중독 성향을 개선할 수 있는 중재 프로그램의 기초자료를 제공하였다는 것에 매우 큰 의미가 있다고 생각된다.

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Table 1. General characteristics according to genera family and multi-cultural family in Korean adolescent

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Table 2. Comparison of subjective state , mental health and internet addiction tendency according to general family and multi-cultural family in Korean adolescent

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Table 3. The effect of multi-cultural family on subjective state, mental health and internet addiction tendency in Korean adolescent

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