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Effects of dental hygiene student's adult attachment type on depression, self-esteem, empathy and career decision

치위생과 학생의 성인애착유형이 우울, 자아존중감, 공감능력과 진로결정에 미치는 영향

  • Yang, Jin-Young (Department of Dental Hygiene, Daejeon Institute of Science and Technology)
  • 양진영 (대전과학기술대학교 치위생과)
  • Received : 2021.12.25
  • Accepted : 2021.12.28
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the importance of healthy attachment formation by examining the effects of dental hygiene students' adult attachment patterns on depression, self-esteem, empathy, and career choice, and to present basic data for career guidance that considers individual characteristics. Students enrolled in the dental hygiene department at a university in Daejeon were the subjects of this study, and data were collected from September 14 to October 14, 2020 through self-reported questionnaires. Frequency analysis, ANOVA, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were performed. As a result of classifying adult attachment styles into three types, out of a total of 158 people, 62 (39.2%) had the avoidant attachment style, 56 (35.4%) had the secure attachment style, and 40 (25.3%) had the anxious-ambivalent attachment style appear. Self-esteem according to attachment type (F=26.224, p<0.0001), empathy (F=3.944, p<0.05), depression (F=12.702, p<0.0001), career indecisiveness (F=4.367, p<0.05). Based on the results of identifying the sub-factors that affect the dental hygiene and adult attachment styles of students with depression, self-esteem, empathy and career choice, this study intends to use them as reference materials for career decision taking into account individual characteristics.

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본 논문은 2020학년도 대전과학기술대학교 교내학술연구비(1044342-20200514-HR-022-01) 지원에 의하여 수행된 것임.

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