• 제목/요약/키워드: Student mental health program

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대학보건소의 현황과 활성화 방안 연구 - 서울시 여자대학을 중심으로 - (Development of Activation Program through the Evaluation of University Health Center - on the women's university in Seoul -)

  • 권수경
    • 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.41-52
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of this research is to plan the activation of university health business through the appraisal of the function and role of university health centers. To be more specific: Firstly, analyze the facility, personnel, health service of the health centers, Secondly, appraise the role and function of the health centers, and Thirdly, consider the activation plans of health centers. The research method taken was the study of surveys conducted and written research materials on 5 women's universities in Seoul. These materials where descriptively analyzed by converting the surveys, facility and usage of health center and current personnel status in to percentage. The major results of the research are as follows: Unlike as stated in each university's additional clause on the number of personnel were working. This lack of specialized personnel resulted into lack of specialized and various services. Medicine for external application were stocked well whereas only simple medicine for internal application were on shelf and were issued only with a doctor's prescription. Universities with a full-time doctor had various available equipments. One university conducting dental treatment was equipped with indirect chest camera, dental X-ray, unit, chair(dental treatment chair) and even supersonic, electrocardiogram were available. In the case of D women's university, the number of beds compared to the number of students was lower than that of the other 3 universities, to the total size of the university was smaller than that of the other 3 universities. Among health prevention and care matters, health consultation was the only matter practised by all universities. Uniquely, there was one university that hosted epidemic prevention business. There are various tests given by each university, with each showing many differences, but some universities did not even conduct these tests. Vaccinations were usually being conducted through commission. All universities provided basic treatment, therefore matters concerning treatment at health centers were being conducted well. Concerning the management of equipment and documents, all the matters were being conducted except one university where instead of a student medical record, they were using a daily record. Because these were women's universities, most of the educations were on women's health. The subjects of these educations included: sex, contraception, prevention and control of tuberculosis, obesity, mouth hygiene, alcohol, geriatric disease, mental health and first-aid. The rate of health center usage is growing. Being women's universities, the service and treatment practised were mostly concerning sex education.

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청소년의 건강행위와 비행의 영향 요인에 관한 모형 구축 (Model Development of Affecting Factors on Health Behavior and Juvenile Delinquency of Adolescents)

  • 김현숙;김화중
    • 한국학교보건학회지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.171-187
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    • 1998
  • In recent years, adolescent issues including smoking, drinking, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, deviant sexual behavior, mental health problems, high suicide rate, juvenile delinquency and absence without due notice, etc are emerging as serious social problems and the debate on these controversial issues is heating up. The previous studies on adolescent health behavior and social juvenile delinquency such as run-away from home and absence without due notice have been conducted mostly by cause analysis utilizing social demographic factors or biological factors. In other words, the main factors analyzed were demographic and economic factors or parent's educational level, etc, which were the fixed environmental ones that were unable to cause the change in the health behavior. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to analyze factors which are changeable and fixable among the factors influencing the adolescent's health behavior and misconducts and, eventually influencing factors which can be used as the basis to establish health policies and health promotion program to reduce the health risk behavior and misconducts of adolescents. The study subjects were selected by dividing senior high school student in Seoul by region and through random sampling. The 890 subjects were selected from 10 schools including the preparatory school, vocational schools and institutional schools. The duration of the study was for July 1-5, 1997 for the first survey and the second one, for August 25-September 10. Regarding the analysis method, the SAS program was used. The adoptablity of theoretical model was tested through covariance structural analysis utilizing PC-LISREL 8.12 Program. The major findings of the study are as follows: As a result of establishing the model of factors influencing health behavior and juvenile delinquency, in case of male students as the health behavior self-efficacy, education level of fathers, economic level, self-control and the health interest of parent were higher, students were more likely to practice the health promoting behavior. Juvenile delinquency and health risk behavior were prevalent among those with the less shyness, the lower health behavior self-efficacy, lower self-control, lower self-assertiveness, lower economic level. The self-control was the most powerful factor. In case of female students, those with higher health behavior self-efficacy were more likely to practice the health promoting behavior whereas those with lower health behavior self-efficacy, lower self-control, lower self- assertiveness, less shyness were more likely to practice health risk behavior and juvenile delinquency. In case of prep schools, those with higher health behavior self-efficacy and better perceived health status were more likely to practice the health promoting behavior while those with less shyness, lower health behavior self-efficacy and lower academic achievement were more likely to engage in health risk behavior and juvenile delinquency. In case of vocational schools, as health behavior self-efficacy and economic level were higher, the practice rate of health promoting behavior was higher. As the self-control, shyness, self-assertiveness, health behavior self-efficacy were lower, the rate of health risk behavior and juvenile delinquency were higher. In case of social institutional schools, as, the health behavior self-efficacy, social support and economic level, health interest of parents were higher, the rate of health promoting behavior were higher. As the self-control, shyness, self-assertiveness, health behavior self-efficacy and social support were lower, the rate of health risk behavior and juvenile delinquency were higher. So the health promoting behavior was positively related to the health behavior self-efficacy, health interest of parents, social support, education level of fathers, level of perceived health status, economic level. The health risk behavior and juvenile delinquency were higher with the lower health behavior self-efficacy, self-control and self-assertiveness, lower health locus control, less shyness and loneliness, lower economic level and academic achievement. In conclusion, the health risk behavior and juvenile delinquency can be reduced by enhancing self-control, self-assertiveness, health behavior self-efficacy and social support. According to the final model drawn by connecting health behavior and juvenile delinquency, the reduction of health risk behavior can greatly contribute to decreasing social juvenile delinquency as the process of juvenile delinquency was extended from common behaviors to problem behaviors and further into juvenile delinquency.

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중학교 남학생들의 건강관리 실천과 이에 영향을 미치는 요인 조사 연구 (A Study OR Investigation of the Factors having Affect on Junior Highschool Boys관 Practice of Health Care)

  • 기경숙
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.59-75
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    • 1985
  • Accepting the health as the fundamental human right, the nation and society came to admit the duty to give it to all the people. Korean government is expanding the Primary Health Care as one of the policies for developing the people's health by the lead of community. Like this current situation the School Health Service which is the center of community Health Service schould be active to keep, promote and maintain the health of students and teachers. This investigation was attempted to help to establish the basis of the Health Education Program which would perform the health education efficiently and bring the reforming of student's health control, by measuring the degree of junior high school student's practice concerning health care and con-firming the relationship of knowledge, concern and level of health. The subjects for this study were made up 296 boys at the third grade in a school, located in Seoul. The tool for this study was questionaire. Data were collected for five days, September 22∼26, 1983. The investigators explained the students how to answer the questions of the survey questionaire and then collected the survey cards immediately. The data were analyzed by means of percentages, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression. The results of this study are as follows. 1. The subjects' reaction to the practice concerning Health Care; According to the average proportion of practice concerning health care, subjects' practice in the aspect of Infectious Disease Care is the highest 82.4% and they showed their practice in the aspect of the accident prevention by 77.5% and in the aspect of mental health by 74.8%. Their practice in the aspect of personal hygiene and daily lifehabit is the lowest 71.2%. 2. Health Knowledge; The whole mark distribution of health knowledge is ranged from the lowest 4 point to the highest, 30 point, therefore point range is 26.0. The Average point is 16.58. 11.2% of students solved more than two thirds of personal knowledge levels. 81.4% of students did more than one third of them. 7.415 of students did less than one third of them. 3. Health Concern; The Students of the average 3.99 point respond positively to the question about the health concern, ‘They think health is more important than money’, this is the highest rate. The students of the average 2.78 respond“when they are sick, they enter the appointed hospital where they own choose”, while it is the lowest. 4. Subjects' response to the health level are at follow: Very healthy 26.0%, healthy 47.0%, less healthy 10.5%, 34.9% of them have ever been sick within two weeks, the number of symptoms they reported amount to 114 and the number of cases poi one person is 0.35. 5. The hypotheses test about the practice concerning health care and the factor which effect on it. 1) The main first hypothesis:“The more knowledge of health the subjects have, the better they practice health care.”was accepted. (r=0.1582, p <0.05) 2) The minor first hypothesis:“The more interest in health subjects have, the better they practice”was accepted. (r=0.4354, p <0.001) 3) The minor second hypothesis;“The healthier subjects are, the better they practice health care”was accepted. (r=0.1069, p<0.05) As other test, partical correlation test is performed in other refine whether health knowledge, a fact influencing the students practice concerning health care, is associated with the practice after controlling the third variables. First, after controlling health concern, the correlation of health knowledge and practice concerning health care was kept. (r=0.1347, p <0.005) Second, after controlling health level, the correlation of health knowledge and practice concerning health care was kept. (r=0.1526, p <0.005) And finally, after controlling economic state, the correlation of health knowledge and practice concern-ing health care was kept. (r=0.1413, p <0.05) Additionally Stepwise Multiple Regression between practice concerning health care and variables. 1.6591 of compliance was explained with the know-ledge (F=5.584, p <0.05), 20.0% of compliance was explained with the health concern added to knowledge. (F=63,213, p <0.005) As the above, health knowledge obviously have effects on the practice about the health care. But, contrary to researcher's expectation, health concern has more affects than health knowledge. Therefore, we must grope the plan to enhance health concern through the regular curriculum and systematic health education for students. Besides, we must study further on, to find the factors which have affect on the practice concerning health care.

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고등학생의 건강 및 삶의 질에 대한 진단적 연구 - PRECEDE 모형을 근간으로 - (A Diagnostic Study on High School Students' Health and Quality of Life - Based on the PRECEDE model -)

  • 유재순;홍여신
    • 한국간호교육학회지
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    • 제3권
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    • pp.78-98
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    • 1997
  • Health education, as the most fundamental concept for national health promotion, alms for developing the self-care ability of the general public. High school days are regarded as the period when most important physical, mental and social developments occur, and most health-related behaviors are formed. School health education is one of the major learning resources influencing health potential in the home and community as well as for the individual student. High school health education in Korea has a fundamental systemic flaw in that health-related subjects are divided and taught under various subjects areas at school. In order to achieve the goal of school health education, it is essential to make a systematic assessment of the learner's concerns connected with his health and life, and the factors affecting them. So far, most of the research projects that had been carried out for improving high school health education were limited in their concerns to a particular aspect of health. Even though some had been done in view of comprehensive school health education, they failed to Include a health assessment of the learner. Therefore, in this study the high school students' concerns related to health and life were investigated in the first place on the basis of the PRECEDE model, developed by Green and others for the purpose of a comprehensive diagnostic research on high school health education. This study was done in two steps : one was the basic study for developing research instrument and the other was the main one. The former was conducted at five high schools in Seoul and Cheongju for 2 months-beginning in March, 1996. The students were asked to respond to questions related to their health and lives in unstructured open-ended question forms. On the basis of analysis of the basic study, the diagnostic instruments for the quality of life, health problems, health behavior and educational factors were constructed to be used for the collection of data for main study. An expert panel and the pilot study were used to improve content validity and reliability of the instruments. The reliability of the instruments was measured at between .7697 and .9611 by the Cronbach $\alpha$. The data for this study were collected from the sample consisted of the junior and senior classes of twenty general and vocational high schools in Seoul and Cheongju for two months period beginning in July, 1996. In analyzing the data, both t-test and $X^2$-test were done by using SAS-$PC^+$ Program to compare data between the sexes of the high school students and the types of high school. A canonical correlation analysis was carried out to determine the relationships among the diagnostic variables, and a multivariate multiple regression analysis was conducted by using LISREL 8.03 to ascertain the influences of variables on the high school students' health and quality of life. The results were as follows : 1) The findings of the hypothesis tests (1) The canonical correlation between the educational diagnosis variables and behavioral, epidemiological, social diagnosis variables was .7221, which was significant at the level of p<.001. (2) The canonical correlation between the educational diagnosis variables and the behavior variables was .6851, which also was significant (p<.001). (3) The canonical correlation between the behavioral diagnosis variables and the epidemiological variables was 4295, which was significant (p<.001). (4) The canonical correlation between the epidemiological diagnosis variables and the social variables was .6005, which was also significant (p<.001). Therefore, the relationship between each diagnosis variable suggested by the PRECEDE model had been experimentally proven to be valid, supporting the conceptual framework of the study as appropriate for assessing the multi-dimensional factors affecting high school students' health and quality of life. Health behavior self-efficacy, the level of parents' interest and knowledge of health, and the level of the perception of school health education, all of which are the educational diagnostic variables, are the most influential variables in students' health and quality of life. In particular, health behavior self-efficacy, a causative factor, was one of the main influential variables in their health and quality of life. Other diagnostic variables suggested in the steps of the PRECEDE model were found to have reciprocal relations rather than a unidirectional causative relationship. The significance of this research is that it has diagnosed the needs of high school health education by the learner-centered assessment of variety of factors related to the health and the life of the students. This research findings suggest an integrated system of school health education to be contrived to enhance the effectiveness of the education by strengthening the influential factors such as self-efficacy to improve the health and quality of the lives of high school students.

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간호대학생의 아동학대 인식과 관련요인 (Child Abuse Recognition and Related Factors among Korean Nursing Students)

  • 조유향;정영해
    • 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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    • 제38권2호
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    • pp.85-96
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    • 2013
  • 간호대학생의 아동학대에 대한 인식과 관심 및 경험실태를 파악하고, 이와 관련된 요인을 검토하고자 2개 간호학과 임상실습을 경험한 3-4학년 학생을 대상으로 아동학대인식 측정도구를 번안한 44항목으로 구성된 설문지를 전문조사자에 의해 실시한 결과 370명을 최종 분석대상으로 하였다. 분석은 관련요인 특성 별 아동학대 인식 비교는 독립표본 t-검정 방법을, 관련 요인 파악은 후진제거방식 회귀분석을 이용하였다. 간호대학생들은 아동학대에 대한 관심은 있었지만 법에 대해서 잘 모르고 있었으며, 교육이나 연수를 받은 경험도 상당히 낮은 것으로 조사되었다. 그러다 보니 아동학대에 대한 신고경험도 거의 전무하였다. 교육이나 훈련경험, 법에 대한 인지도는 고학년이 더 높은 것으로 나타났는데, 이는 아동간호학에서 일부 다루어지기 때문인 것으로 보인다. 전체적으로 아동학대 인식은 3.01점으로 도구에 포함된 행동을 '가끔'이라도 하면 학대로 인식하는 수준이었다. 하부 영역에서는 성적 학대에 대한 인식이 가장 높았으며, 신체학대, 심리적 학대가 그 다음 이었고, 방임에 대한 인식은 아주 낮은 수준이었다. 또한 평소 아동학대에 관심이 있거나, 학대가 의심될 때 관심이 있는 학생의 인식 점수가 유의하게 높았다. 간호대학생은 미래 신고의무자가 될 의료인으로서 아동학대에 대한 관심과 인식수준을 높이기 위한 방안으로 교육을 강화하여 아동학대에 대한 전문성을 높여야 할 것이다.

고등학생의 소외와 우울, 자살사고, 비행과의 관계 연구 (Correlation Between Alienation and Depression, Suicidal Ideation and Delinquency in High School Students)

  • 이은주;이은숙
    • 기본간호학회지
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.56-65
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of alienation, depression, suicidal ideation and delinquency in high school students and to explore the relationships between the variables. The respondents, 226 students attending a high school located in Chonnam province made up the convenience sample. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire which included the alienation scale, suicidal ideation scale, BDI, and delinquency scale. Data collection was done between June 20 and July 6, 2001. Data were analyzed with the SAS program and included descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficients. There were no significant association between alienation and general characteristics of the students. The scores for depression were significantly higher in female students, in students who had recently dropped in their school ranking compared to students who had improved. The scores of suicidal ideation were significantly higher in male students. Also, the scores of delinquency were significantly higher in male students, and students in the high economic class and those with low school rankings. There were significant positive correlations between alienation and other ; alienation and depression (r= .432, p= .000), alienation and suicidal ideation (r= 267. p= 000), and alienation and delinquency (r= 150, p= .024). Findings from this study suggest that subsequent practical study in consideration of Korean sociocultural background is needed to identify the cause of alienation and develop supportive strategies to maintain mental health in high school students. Also, study on alienation of students should be based on family, community and popular culture in combination with improvements in school environment.

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여대생의 스트레스, 사회적 지지, 자아존중감이 우울에 미치는 융복합적 영향 (The Convergent Effect of Stress, Social support, and Self-esteem on Depression in Female Students)

  • 이선영;이정숙
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제14권12호
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    • pp.335-344
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 여대생의 스트레스, 사회적 지지, 자아존중감이 우울에 미치는 영향에 대해 파악하고자 하였다. 2015년 11월부터 12월까지 여대생 249명으로부터 자기기입식 설문을 조사하였다. 연구도구는 스트레스, 사회적 지지, 자아존중감, 우울이었다. 자료분석은 SPSS/WIN 18.0 프로그램을 이용하여 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation 상관분석, 위계적 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과로 일반적 특성과 관련한 우울의 차이는 학년(F=7.03, p<.001), 건강상태(F=15.19, p<.001), 전공만족(F=18.02, p<.001), 동아리(t=1.98, p=.049)가 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 여대생의 우울에 영향을 미치는 요인은 스트레스(${\beta}=.45$, p<.001), 자아존중감(${\beta}=-.34$, p<.001), 사회적 지지(${\beta}=-.14$, p=.004), 전공만족(${\beta}=-.11$, p=.018) 순이었다. 우울을 낮추기 위해 스트레스에 대처하도록 하고 자아존중감이나 사회적 지지를 높일 수 있는 프로그램 개발이 필요하며, 이를 통해 여대생들의 정신건강을 증진시킬 수 있을 것이다.

비만 중.고등학생의 스트레스와 대처방법에 관한 연구 (Study on the Obese Students' Stress and Coping Method in Middle and High Schools)

  • 김이순
    • 지역사회간호학회지
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    • 제12권3호
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    • pp.732-745
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    • 2001
  • This study attempted to identify obese students' stress and coping method in middle and high schools. The data were collected from the total of 600 obese students from middle and high schools in Pusan. The author used a convenience sampling method. The data collection was done from March 2 to April 30. 2001. The analysis of the data was done with SPSS Win(10.0) for descriptive statistics. t-test. and ANOVA. The instrument used for the obese students' stress and coping method was a questionnaire developed by Kim. Yi-Soon and Kim. Young-Hae(200l). The tool was composed of 65 items (33stress items: 32coping method items) with the five-point Likert scale. The results were as follow: 1. The average score of stress was 2.49 (SD = .86) points in the male students. and 2.83(SD= .86) points in the female students. The subcategories were: (outward appearance), (boyfriend/girlfriend), (occurrence of an outbreak of a disease), (relationship within the family), (an obese appearance), (difficulty in exercise). The highest degree of stress came from 'an obese appearance' for the male students (mean=2.64. SD=0.87) and (mean=2.64. SD=0.87) for the female students. 2. The subcategories of the coping method were: (be concerned about other matters), (recreation activities), (self-violence), (relaxation), (hobby activities), (avoid a situation), (communication), (music), (negative behavior), (positive thinking). The highest degree of coping method were (recreation activities) in the male students (mean=3.07. SD=0.86) and (music) in the female students (mean=3.47. SD=1.01). 3. The results comparing stress with demographic variables were significant for gender (t=7.010. p=0.000). grades at school (F=2.918. p=0.02l), degree of obesity (F=5.205. p=0.006). grades (F=2.550. p=0.027). standard of living(F=8.277. p=0.000). the state of health (F=2.882, p=0.022), relationship with the father (F=4.790, p=0.001), relationship with the mother (F=6.080, p=0.000), and the educational level of the father (F=3.192, p=0.013). 4. The results comparing the coping method with demographic variables were significant for gender (t=4.597. p=0.000). These findings contribute to the understanding of the degree of stress and the type of coping methods of obese students in middle and high schools. Therefore, the result of this study aids in an effective nursing intervention to improve the mental health program for the obese.

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일반대학생과 의과대학생의 스트레스와 삶의 만족도 비교 (Comparison of Stress and Life Satisfaction Between Non-Medical and Medical College Students)

  • 김남철;김상훈;임홍규;김정호;정형식;박종철;김영심
    • 정신신체의학
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    • 제23권1호
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    • pp.47-56
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    • 2015
  • 연구목적 일반대학생과 의과대학생이 경험하는 스트레스 정도와 유형, 삶의 만족도, 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 관련요인 등을 비교해보고자 하였다. 방 법 2013년 11월과 2014년 3월부터 4월까지 광주광역시, 전라남도, 전라북도 소재 4개 대학교의 일반대학생 863명, 의과대학생 851명, 총 1,714명을 대상으로 일반적 정보와 스트레스, 삶의 만족도, 행복도, 음주, 니코틴 의존, 우울증상 등을 포함하는 건강 관련 요인들에 대해 자기보고 질문지를 이용하여 현장 조사하였다. 결 과 첫째, 일반대학생은 의과대학생보다 스트레스 총점이 유의하게 높았다. 일반대학생은 의과대학생에 비해 취업문제에서, 의과대학생은 일반대학생에 비해 학업성취도, 사교 활동의 변화, 친구의 죽음이나 질병에서 유의하게 스트레스를 많이 경험하고 있었다. 둘째, 일반대학생은 의과대학생에 비하여 삶의 만족도가 유의하게 낮았다. 셋째, 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석에서 일반대학생은 행복도가, 의과대학생은 우울증상이 가장 설명력이 높은 변인이었다. 결 론 본 연구에서, 일반대학생과 의과대학생이 경험하는 스트레스의 수준과 유형, 삶의 만족도 정도 그리고 삶의 만족도에 미치는 관련요인 등에서 차이가 있음을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 결과는 대학생들에게 스트레스를 해소하고 정신건강과 삶의 만족도를 향상 시킬 수 있는 정신건강 증진 프로그램이 필요함을 시사하고 있다.

대학교 재학생에서 Fatigue Severity Scale의 신뢰도 및 타당도 연구 (Reliability and Validity of the Fatigue Severity Scale among University Student in South Korea)

  • 이정현;정현석;임수미;조한별;마지영;고은;임주연;이선혜;배수진;이유진;류인균;정도언
    • 생물정신의학
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 2013
  • Objectives There are only a limited number of studies on instruments assessing fatigue in university students, although fatigue exerts negative influences on their health and academic performances and fatigue-related complaints are more frequently reported in young adults than middle-aged adults. The aim of this study was to validate the 9-item Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) among university students including both undergraduate and graduate students in South Korea. Methods A total of 176 university students completed a battery of self-report questionnaires, including the FSS, the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 version 2 (MOS-SF36v2), and the Inclusion of Community in the Self Scale (ICS). The data were collected from February of 2012 to June of 2012. The reliability, convergent validity, divergent validity, and exploratory factor analyses were conducted to assess psychometric properties of the FSS. Results The mean FSS score was 3.20 (standard deviation = 1.43). The FSS demonstrated an excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ = 0.93) and item-total correlations ranged from 0.56 to 0.90. Correlations of the FSS with the BFI (r = 0.71, p < 0.01), BDI-II (r = 0.54, p < 0.01), BAI (r = 0.46, p < 0.01), MOS-SF36v2 physical component summary (r = -0.28, p < 0.01), MOS-SF36v2 mental component summary (r = -0.55, p < 0.01), and ICS (Spearman's rho = -0.07, p = 0.33) showed acceptable convergent and divergent validity. Exploratory factor analysis defined one underlying factor (eigenvalue = 5.67) that explained 93.50% of the total variance. Conclusions To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate reliability and validity of the FSS in university students. The FSS exhibits good psychometric properties for evaluation of fatigue among university students in South Korea. Since the FSS is easy to administer, score, and interpret, it could be a useful tool in research and practice for assessing fatigue among university students.