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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.6.219

Depression Symptom Levels and Its Related Factors Among College Students  

Park, Ui-Su (Department of Medical Administration Information, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University College of Medicine)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.6, 2018 , pp. 219-230 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to identify factors influencing depression symptoms among college students. To accomplish this, a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 546 college students from October 1st to November 30th, 2015. Univariate analysis, logistic regression, and multivariate regression analysis between variables were then conducted using depression symptoms as the dependent variable and other relevant factors as independent variables. The level of depression among the subjects differed significantly according to personal attributes, family life and school life characteristics, as well as health related behavioral characteristics. The risk of depression was significantly higher in the lower group than the higher group of family and friends social support, the lower group than the higher group of self-esteem, the lower group than the higher group of locus of control, and in the high risk stress group than the normal stress group. Factors influencing depression symptoms included religion, social support from family, social support from friends, interpersonal dependency, locus of control, and stress were identified as significant variables, indicating that depression among college students is related to diverse elements including sociodemographic characteristics, social support from family/friends, interpersonal dependency, locus of control, and stress. Depression symptoms significantly increased when social support from family or friends, low psychological behavior characteristics are low, and when stress is high. Thus, it is necessary to understand factors related to depression and reduce them to decrease depression levels of college students.
Keywords
College student; Social support; Self-esteem; Interpersonal dependency; Locus of control; Stress; Depression;
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