• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• v.4 no.5
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• pp.433-437
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• 2010

In order to develop an obesity management program for teenagers, we compared obese and non-obese girls attending high schools in terms of their dietary practices related to snack consumption. Dietary records were collected for 7 days. No significant differences were found for the average daily energy intake between obese and non-obese girls. However, the highest energy intake was greater for obese girls while not much difference was found for the lowest amount of energy intake. Obese girls had significantly lower intakes in calcium (P < 0.01), vitamin A (P < 0.001) and folate (P < 0.01). Mean energy intake from snack ($594.1{\pm}312.1kcal$) was significantly higher for obese girls than for non-obese girls ($360.1{\pm}173.1kcal$) (P < 0.001). A significant, positive correlation was observed between energy intake from snack and total daily energy intake (r = 0.34 P < 0.01) only for obese girls. In case of dietary behaviors, obese adolescent girls consumed significantly greater number of items for snacks and fewer foods for regular meals compared to non-obese girls (P < 0.05). This study suggested that obesity management programs for adolescents should focus on providing strategies to reduce snack through enhancing balanced regular meals.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.137-146
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of early menarche on sexual experience among high school girls in South Korea. Methods: The study sample was comprised of 16,286 high school girls. Using statistics from the 11th (2015) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, hierarchical logistic regression analysis was conducted. Results: Among the girls, 5.8% reported early menarche. Early menarche was associated with sexual experience (Odds Ratio (OR), 5.27; 95% Confidence Interval (CI), 4.11-6.77). Controlled for sociodemographic, emotional and health behavior characteristics, early menarche was associated with sexual experience (OR, 3.98; 95% CI, 3.04-5.21). Conclusion: The results indicate that early menarche predicts an increase in sexual experience among female adolescents. Therefore, health education programs and health policy for interventions to improve sexual health are required for girls who are expected to experience early menarche.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.43-51
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• 2007

This study aims at looking into the differences of the adolescent's school adjustment of the high school first and second graders according to their school type, family background factors and family strength. Based on the results, this study is to identify the relative influences of those students' school type, family background factors and family strength factors on their school adjustment by gender. The conclusions of this study are as follows: First, adolescent's school adjustment shows some differences according to their school type and gender but does not exhibit any interaction effect. Second, the parent's educational levels don't show any difference on their school adjustment by both gender. Third, the most important predictor affecting adolescent's school adjustment is family strength factors in boys and girls all together.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.277-287
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• 2007

Antagonism between the Youngnam and Honam regions of Korea as expressed by adolescents and their parents was studied in 167 parent-adolescent pairs (total 334) of Youngnam residents. Adolescents were middle school students 71 (42.5%) and high school students 96 (57.5%), 90 boys (53.9%), 77 girls (46.1%). The instruments were subjects' self-reported social distance and stereotypes. Data were analyzed by t-test, paired t-test, Pearson's Correlation, and hierarchical regression. Major findings were that : (1) adolescents' social distance was positively associated with adolescent and parent negative stereotypes. (2) Adolescent positive/negative stereotypes were positively associated with parent positive/negative stereotypes. (3) Adolescent negative stereotypes exerted an indirect effect on social distance, controlled by parents' negative stereotypes.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.67-78
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• 2006

This study investigated interaction effects of stress and coping strategies on depression among middle school students. The scale created to measure coping strategies included three types of coping strategies : problem-focused, emotion-discharge, and affective-regulation. Two hundred forty-four students were selected from juniors of two middle schools in Seoul. Boys used problem-focused and affective-regulation coping strategies more than emotion-discharge coping strategies. Girls used affective-regulation coping strategies most frequently. The interaction effects of emotion-discharge coping strategies for boys and problem-focused coping strategies for girls were significant. Findings were discussed in developing coping education programs for intervention of adolescent depression.

• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.61-76
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• 2000

Relationships between consumer socialization factors and socioeconomic characteristics and consumptionism propensity were examined using a sample of 529 middle school students in Inchon, Korea. OL.S regression was utilized. ＇Communication with friend＇ and ＇acceptance of mass media＇ had significant positive effects on ＇ego-identity developing and differentiating by uniqueness＇ and ＇other oriented and appearance pursuing＇ propensity, whereas had a significant negative effect on ＇consumption orientation＇, ＇Communication with mother＇ had a significant positive effect on ＇consumption orientation＇. Boys where significantly higher than girls in ＇ego-identity developing and differentiating by uniqueness＇ and girls were significantly higher than boys in ＇other oriented and appearance pursuing＇. ＇Income had significant positive effects on ego-identity developing and differentiating by uniqueness＇.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.38 no.9
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• pp.41-56
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to compare the psychological environment of adolescent family between parents and their children through analysis each party's perception. A survey was conducted on 1235 high school students and their parents from 19 high schools. The main results are as follows: 1. Regarding family cohesion and family adjustment, both the parents and their children showed an average level, whereas parents had a tendency to show a higher level than their children. There is no significant difference between girls and boys and between fathers and mothers as for family cohesion, while the girls and their mothers showed significantly higher level of adjustment than boys and their fathers. 2. The adolescents and their parents showed relatively open communication style and parents have significantly more open communication style than their children. 3. The adolescents felt that they were viewed more negatively by their parents than what their parents actual views were.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.59 no.9
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• pp.355-361
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• 2016

The menarcheal age of Korean women has been rapidly decreasing for the last 50 years, and the average menarcheal age of women born in the 1990s is approaching 12.6 years. In addition, interest in early puberty has been increasing recently owing to the rapid increase in precocious puberty. Generally, out of concern for short stature and early menarche, idiopathic central precocious puberty in female adolescents is treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs. Studies to date have described the association between early menarche and psychosocial problems such as delinquency and risky sexual behavior, as well as physical health problems such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and breast cancer throughout the lifespan of women. However, the pathophysiological mechanism underlying this association has not been clarified thus far. In this article, we review and discuss the existing literature to describe the current understanding of the effects of early menarche on the physical and psychosocial health of adolescent girls and adult women.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.79-81
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• 2021

The film "The World of Us (2016)" shows the acquisition and loss of friendship that occur in the process of interpersonal shifts in latency school girls. Connection to the peer group helps compensate for the latency child's loss of parent-child intimacy and the ensuing feelings of loneliness. The protagonists realize that the relationship is not for retaliation or for victory, but for playing together. However the reality that lies in front of them will not be so easy. Watching this film reminds one of childhood.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.207-214
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• 1998

This study was undertaken to assess eating habits and food consumption pattern of 365 adolescent girls in Kwangju area. Subjects were divided into 3 groups based on relative body weight as obesity index. Anthropometric data showed that mean height and weight were $161.9{\pm}19.0cm$ and $53.3{\pm}7.2kg$ respectively which are similar to those in the Korean Standard Growth data. Mean BMI and relative body weight were 20.50 and 97.1%. Age of menarche in the subjects significantly influenced the obesity index. Food habit score in the underweight group was significantly lower than that in the normal group at ${\alpha}=0.2$ level by multiple range test. Obesity was significantly associated with more frequent and irregular eating. It seems that students in the obese group were concerned on their body weight and tended to consume much vegetable. Obese group consumed more fruits, less butter and fruit juice compared to other groups. It might be suggested that more effective nutrition program might be developed and implemented to ensure good food habit of adolescent girls including obese as well as underweight group.