• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.1631-1643
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• 2016

Depressive symptoms are one of the biggest mental health issues among Korean American adolescents. Previous studies have found that parental warmth and intergenerational family conflict have a major impact on depressive symptoms among Korean American adolescents. This cross-sectional study examines the mediation effects of intergenerational family conflict between perceived parental warmth and depressive symptoms among 97 Korean American adolescents aged 14 to 18 years old in the Pacific Northwest region. The results revealed that 60% of participants experienced depressive symptoms. In addition, mother-adolescent conflict significantly mediated between perceived parental warmth and depressive symptoms while father-adolescent conflict did not significantly mediate. The finding suggests the need to develop intervention programs for Korean American adolescents and their parents that focus on creating an understanding of the difference between Korean culture and American culture, identifying early signs of depressive symptoms, and decreasing intergenerational family conflict by teaching parents to express parental warmth effectively.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제48권9호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of perceived parental acceptance on social anxiety and depressive symptoms in children. Seven hundred and thirty eight 5th and 6th graders completed questionnaires. Regression analyses indicated that low levels of paternal acceptance was associated with higher social anxiety and depressive symptoms. Gender was a moderator of the effects of maternal acceptance on social anxiety and depressive symptoms. With high levels of maternal acceptance, girls were significantly less likely to report social anxiety and depressive symptoms, compared to boys. These results highlight the important role of parental acceptance in manifestations of social anxiety and depressive symptoms and clarify the relation of maternal acceptance to social anxiety and depressive symptoms as a function of gender.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.106-112
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• 2022

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the clinical and psychological factors influencing depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with epilepsy. Methods: We administered self-reported questionnaires assessing children's depressive symptoms (Children's Depression Inventory, CDI) and anxiety (Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, RCMAS) to children and adolescents with epilepsy (n=87, age range=6-17 years). We asked their parents to complete questionnaires on epilepsy-related variables, parental stress (Questionnaire on Resources and Stress, QRS), parental anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI), family functioning (Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale, FACES), children's attention problems (Abbreviated Conners Parent Rating Scale Revised, CPRS), and children's behavioral problems (Korean Child Behavior Checklist, K-CBCL). Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed to identify predictive variables affecting depressive symptoms. Results: Family adaptability (r=-0.240, p=0.026), family cohesion (r=-0.381, p<0.001), children's attention problems (r=0.290, p=0.006), children's anxiety (r=0.714, p<0.001), children's behavioral problems (r=0.371, p<0.001), parental anxiety (r=0.320, p=0.003), and parental stress (r=0.335, p=0.002) were significantly correlated with children's depressive symptoms. Children's anxiety (β=0.655, p<0.001) and parental stress (β=0.198, p=0.013) were significantly related to their depressive symptoms (adjusted R²=0.539). Conclusion: Clinicians should detect and manage children's anxiety and parental stress, which may affect depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with epilepsy.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.145-149
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• 2007

Objectives : This study characterized the extent to which youth depressive symptoms, parental alcohol problems, and parental drinking account for differences in alcohol-related problems among a large sample of adolescent females. Methods : The stratified sample consists of 2077 adolescent females from twelve female-only high schools located in a large metropolitan city in the Republic of Korea. Students completed a questionnaire about alcohol use and alcohol problems, their parents' alcohol problems, and a number of risk and protective factors. Data were analyzed using tobit regression analyses to better characterize the associations among variables. Results : Almost two-thirds of students who consume alcohol had experienced at least one to two alcohol-related problems in their lives and 54.6% reported at least one current symptom of depression, with nearly one-third reporting two depressive symptoms. Two-thirds of the students indicated that at least one parent had an alcohol-related problem, and that approximately 29% had experienced several problems. Results of tobit regression analyses indicate that youth alcohol-related problems are positively associated with depressive symptoms (p<0.01) and parent drinking problems (p<0.05). Parental drinking is no longer significant when the variable parental attention is added to the model. Decomposition of the tobit parameters shows that for every unit of increase in depressive symptoms and in parent drinking problems, the probability of a youth experiencing alcohol problems increases by 6% and 1%, respectively. For every unit of increase in parental attention, the probability of youth experiencing drinking problems decreases by 5%. Conclusions : This study presents evidence that alcohol-related problems and depressive symptoms are highly prevalent among adolescent females. Although a comprehensive public health approach is needed to address drinking and mental health problems, different interventions are needed to target factors associated with initiation of alcohol problems and those associated with increased alcohol problems among those who already began experiencing such problems.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2013

This study investigated the differences between adolescents' own perceptions of their psychopathology and perceptions by clinically depressed parents of their adolescents' psychopathology. The study also examined parental characteristics that accounted for discrepancies between parents and adolescents. The clinical sample consisted of 61 adolescents and their parents who were diagnosed with a major depressive disorder. The adolescents and parents evaluated the adolescents' psychopathology in separate interviews with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Youth Self-Report (YSR). Parents reported on current depressive symptoms and parenting practices using questionnaires. The results revealed that parent-adolescent discrepancies were greater in regard to affective and anxiety problems compared to oppositional defiant and conduct problems. Parental rejection was associated with differences in scores for affective problems after controlling for parents' current depressive symptoms and adolescents' age and gender. The findings highlight the importance of considering adolescents' affective and anxiety problems when treating depressed parents. Furthermore, the findings suggest that parental rejection may play a pivotal role when interpreting the discrepancy concerning adolescents' affective problems.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.338-348
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• 2020

본 연구는 아버지와 어머니의 우울수준의 종단적 상호관계를 파악하고, 아버지와 어머니 우울수준이 초등학교 자녀의 언어발달, 문제행동 및 학교적응에 미치는 영향은 어떠한지를 살펴보았다. 본 연구는 한국아동패널 4-8차년(2011~2015년)도 자료를 활용하여, 변수들 간의 종단적인 변화 관계를 추정하는데 적합한 잠재성장모형을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석대상은 1,754 가구의 아버지, 어머니, 자녀였다. 분석결과 아버지 우울수준 초기값이 어머니 우울수준 변화율에 미치는 영향과 어머니 우울수준 초기값이 어머니 우울수준 변화율에 미치는 영향만이 통계적으로 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 어머니 우울은 어머니 자신의 우울 문제 뿐 아니라 아버지 우울 문제에 의해서 영향을 받는 우울의 자기효과와 상대방 효과가 동시에 나타났다. 아버지의 우울수준 초기값과 어머니 우울수준 초기값은 어머니 우울수준 변화율을 매개로 하여 자녀의 수용어휘, 내재화 및 외현화 문제행동, 학교생활적응, 학업적응, 또래적응에 간접적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 학령기 자녀의 건강한 발달과 학교적응을 위해 아버지 및 어머니 둘 다를 위한 우울 예방 및 개입 프로그램이 마련되어야 할 것이다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.65-78
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• 2008

This study examined whether parental psychological control influences adolescents' depressive feelings through personality features of dependency and self-criticism. Participants were 315 high school students (M=16 years) who completed questionnaires tapping two types of parental psychological control and student personality and depressive symptoms. Both girls and boys perceived equal levels of maternal and paternal separation-anxious psychological control. Boys perceived higher achievement- oriented psychological control of fathers than mothers; girls perceived equal levels of maternal and paternal achievement-oriented control. Structural relations between types of psychological control, personality features, and depressive symptoms were equivalent for both mothers and fathers and for both boys and girls. Results confirmed that separation-anxious and achievement-oriented control have negative effects on adolescents' adjustment through differential pathways; dependency and self-criticism, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2010

Objectives : The purpose of the current study was to evaluate subject quality of life in depressed parents of boys with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMB/ BMD). In addition, a specific relationship between subject quality of life and the severity of depressive symptom was explored. Methods : The participants were 15 depressed parents who had moderate to severe depressive symptoms and 35 nondepressed parents of boys with DMD/BMD. All participants completed the World Health Organization Quality Of Life Scale, Brief Version and the Beck Depression Inventory. Other instruments included the Family Relationship Scale and the Child Behavior Checklist. Results : Among various model predictors, only higher score on the Beck Depression Inventory predicted lower scores on all domains of the World Health Organization Quality Of Life Scale, Brief Version. In addition, depressed parents had significantly lower scores on all domains of the World Health Organization Quality Of Life Scale, Brief Version including physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment, relative to non-depressed parents. Conclusion : Findings of the current study suggest that all domains of subjective quality of life may be influenced by depressive symptoms in parents of boys with DMD/BMD.

• Child Studies in Asia-Pacific Contexts
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.27-45
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• 2014

The present study investigated the developmental pattern of Korean mothers' depressive symptoms from a week prior to birth through four months postpartum in a nationally represented survey sample in Korea, using a Latent Growth Curve model. Mother-reported four factors-maternal self-efficacy in parenting, father's participation in childcare, a number of hours mothers worked per week, child's emotional temperament-were examined as the predictors of depressive symptoms over time in the context of Korean culture. Effects of maternal depressive trajectories on their infants' developmental outcomes at the first year were also examined. Findings were as follows: First, mothers' reports of depressive symptoms decreased at the first month after birth and then increased again during the first 4 months postpartum. Second, mothers' perceived low spousal involvement in childcare, low parental self-efficacy, and their infants' difficult temperament at four-month old had significantly positive relations to the initial level of maternal depressive symptoms whereas the low spousal involvement in childcare and low maternal self-efficacy factors significantly predicted the changes of trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms. Third, the trajectories, in turn, predicted warm and responsive maternal parenting style at the fourth month. Subsequently, the parenting style had a significant longitudinal impact on the development of children's communication, problem-solving, and personal-social abilities. Based on these findings, awareness, preventive and interventional programs might be built to facilitate Korean mothers suffering severe postpartum depressive symptoms and further promote optimal early development of Korean children.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.34-43
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• 1996

본 연구의 목적은 청소년에서의 우울증과 우울 행동 장애 환자에서 우울의 정도와 행동 장애 정도에 차이가 있는가를 알아보고 두 환자 집단의 부모 양육 태도에 차이가 있는가를 밝히고 또한 아버지 어머니의 양육 태도와 우울, 행동 장애의 정도와의 상관 관계를 알아봄으로서 이 두가지 정신 병리의 기전에 부모의 부정적인 양육 태도가 어느 정도 기여하는지를 밝히기 위함이다. 이를 위해 저자들은 우울증 환자군 22명과 우울행동 장애 환자군 16명, 정상 대조군 24명을 대상으로 소아 우울 척도(CDI), DSM-111-R에 의한 부모 평가 행동 장애 척도, 한국판 부모-자녀 결합 형태 검사(PBI)를 시행하였고 결과는 다음과 같았다. (1) 우울증 환자와 우울행동 장애 환자사이에서 우울 정도는 의미 있게 차이가 나지 않았다. (2) 어머니의 돌봄이나 과보호는 우울증과 우울행동 장애군 사이에 차이가 없었다. (3) 아버지의 돌봄도 두 환자군간의 차이가 없었지만 아버지의 과보호는 우울행동 환자군에서 우울증 환자군이나 정상 대조군보다 의미있게 높았다. 세 집단을 전체로 보았을때는 (1) 우울의 정도와 행동 장애의 정도는 정적인 상관 관계가 있었다. (2) 어머니의 과보호나 돌봄은 행동 문제와는 무관하고 우울과 상관 관계가 있었다. (3) 아버지의 돌봄은 우울이나 행동 장애의 정도와 무관하였다. (4) 아버지의 과보호는 우울정도와는 상관 관계가 없지만 행동 문제와는 상관 관계가 있었다. 따라서 청소년의 우울증에서 아버지의 과다한 간섭과 보호가 행동 장애라는 정신 병리를 유발하는 중요한 한가지 요소가 될 것으로 추정된다.의 위험인자들에 대하여 인식하고, 약물의 용량조절시에도 주의를 하여야 한다. 가능한 발병 위험인자들에 관해서도 검토하였다. 받은 아동은 8.6% 였고 우수의 평가를 받은 아동은 30.4% 양호의 평가를 받은 아동은 52%, 불량의 평가를 받은 아동은 8.7%였다. 추적도사의 최우수의 평가를 받은 아동은 21.7%였고 우수는 13%, 양호는 21.7%, 불량은 34.8% 였다. 치료성과는 유의미한 상관관계를 보이는 변수는 지능지수로 나타났다. 8) 대상군을 공생형 함구증(symbiotic mutism), 언어공포성 함구증(speech phobic mutism), 반응성 함구증(reactive mutism), 수동-공격성 함구증(passive aggressive mutism)으로 분류하였을때 각각 65%, 8.6%, 12%, 30%였다. 지능지수에 따라 정신지체로 분류된 7명과 정상지능군에 속하는 9명을 비교적 언어발달 및 성격특성, 가족역동, 치료성과 등에서 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었다.X>과잉행동(過剩行動)${\cdot}$공격성(攻擊性)${\cdot}$비행요인(非行要因)에서도 호전양상을 보였다. 이와같은 결과는 이 두 약물이 모두 주의력(注意力)과 인지기능(認知機能)을 증진시키기는 하였으나, 보다 뚜렷한 변화는 methylphenidate 투여후에 볼 수 있었다. 특히 methylphenidate투여후 연속과제수행(連續課題遂行)에서 민감도(敏感度)와 반응오류수(反應誤謬數)의 호전이 있었으나 반응기준(反應基準)에는 변화가 없었다는 소견, 그리고 단기기억수행(短期記憶遂行)에서의