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A Study on the Degree of Depression and Death Orientation of Some Students Majoring in Dental Hygiene  

Han, Se-Young (Department of Dental Hygiene, Catholic Sangji College)
Jung, Ui-Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hyejeon College)
Cheon, Seok-Yeon (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hyejeon College)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.13, no.3, 2013 , pp. 230-237 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this research, the degree of depression and death orientation of the 332 female students majoring in dental hygiene at colleges located in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province were examined and analyzed through a structured self-administered questionnaire from May to July, 2012, for the purpose of improving their mental health. The results are as follows: 1. The degree of depression of the subject students majoring in dental hygiene was shown that 59.9%, 36.8%, 3.0%, and 0.3% of the students were in the normal group, mild depression group, moderate level of depression group, and severe depression group, respectively. 2. The grand mean and the standard deviation of the subjects'death orientation was $2.09{\pm}0.62$ points. 3. The degree of depression of the subjects whose family's economic level was low, whose satisfaction with their family background was low, whose satisfaction level with their major was low, whose school records was low, who frequently thought about death, and who attempted suicide was high in a meaningful way, and death orientation was meaningfully low. In addition, those in the group with the experience of feeling suicidal were proved to have a significantly high degree of depression, and those without the experience of education about death had a low level of death orientation. 4. The degree of depression and death orientation had a positive correlation. When the study results above are combined, follow-up research needs to be conducted so that differentiated programs linked with the care for mental health for the formation of proper attitudes toward depression and death will be established to help students lead a positive life.
Keywords
Death orientation; Depression;
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