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http://dx.doi.org/10.6107/JKHA.2014.25.3.073

The Relationship between Physical Environment and Mental Health of the Urban and Rural Adolescents  

Lee, Sunmin (Dept. of housing Environmental Design, Chonbuk National Univ.)
Choi, Byungsook (Dept. of housing Environmental Design, Chonbuk National Univ.)
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Journal of the Korean housing association / v.25, no.3, 2014 , pp. 73-83 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between the physical environment and mental health of the adolescents in urban and rural areas. This study was performed using the questionnaire survey method. The research subjects were high school students in Seoul and Jeollabuk-do rural areas. The questionnaire inquired about the housing, neighborhood, and school environments, and these contents were depended on previous studies. The survey was conducted from August 27 to September 6, 2013, and 446 data were collected. They were analyzed with the SPSS 12.0 program. The main results are as follows. 1) The urban adolescents evaluated physical environment to be better than rural adolescents. Specifically, the urban adolescents evaluated 'facility/accommodation', 'security/health', 'amenity' of the housing environment, 'disorder', 'comfortability', 'nature awareness' of the neighborhood environment, and 'noise', 'overcrowding', and 'security' of the school environment to be higher. 2) The urban adolescents' self-esteem was significantly higher than rural ones. 3) The physical environment factors, which had effects on adolescents' mental health, are different depending on the areas, and so adolescents' physical environment would be designed by the local environment conditions.
Keywords
Physical Environment; Mental Health; Adolescents; Urban; Rural;
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