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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2016.14.7.45

Relationship between Self-Perceived Psychosocial Stress and Depressive Symptoms among Male High School Students  

Shin, Eun-Sook (Department of Health Administration, Joongbu University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.14, no.7, 2016 , pp. 45-56 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the association between depressive symptoms and psychological stress, and to investigate the factors affecting depressive symptoms among male high school students. The study subjects were 573 male students surveyed from a self-administered questionnaire in October 2015. As a result, the distribution of psychosocial stress of surveyed students was 14.8% of health group, 71.9% of latent stress group, 13.3% of high-risk stress group. Depressed level of 71.4% of the distribution is normal group, mild depression group 25.30%, moderate depression group 3.0%, 0.3% was severely depressed group. The factors influencing the students' depressed levels were subjective health status, whether breakfast, sleep hour per day, academic achievement, worries, satisfaction with school life, perceived family income and psychosocial stress has been selected. In particular, the stress is related to the high depression. Therefore, it is considered that stress management is necessary in order to reduce the students' depression.
Keywords
High school student; Depression; Stress; School life; Health status;
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