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http://dx.doi.org/10.5934/kjhe.2014.23.6.999

The effects of negative life events in pre-adulthood on adulthood depression: Mediator effect of interpersonal maladjustment  

Jung, Joo Won (Department of Home Economics Education, Dongguk University)
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Korean Journal of Human Ecology / v.23, no.6, 2014 , pp. 999-1012 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine depression in adulthood caused by the influence of negative life events (disaster accident, physical violence and emotional abuse) in pre-adulthood and explore the mediator effect of interpersonal maladjustment. To carry out such task, 974 people who have had negative life event experiences before the age of 18 were chosen based on the data from the 2012 Korean General Social Survey(KGSS) and Stata 10.0 was used to do the analysis. As a result, it was found that there was a direct relationship between negative life events in pre-adulthood and depression in adulthood. Specifically, experiences from an accident or disaster had a direct impact on depression. Moreover, experiences of physical violence and emotional abuse not only had a direct influence on depression, but also through maladjustment, it had an indirectly partial mediator effect that increases the chances of depression. Through this result, it was evident that negative life events from pre-adulthood had a negative effect on continuous interpersonal maladjustment as well as psychological welfare throughout the adulthood. Therefore, there needs to be thorough prevention measures on negative life events in pre-adulthood and strongly take post treatment into consideration. Through building a safe life environment, great deal of social support from social organizations should be prepared systematically.
Keywords
Negative life events; Interpersonal maladjustment; Depression; KGSS(Korean General Social Survey);
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