• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2010

Objectives : This study investigated the differences between the psychiatric characteristics of minor juvenile offenders and normal adolescents as well as differences in psychiatric symptoms after a six month protective disposition. Further, the current study aimed at determining psychiatric screening methods for evaluating delinquent adolescents. Methods : The Latent Delinquency Questionnaire (LDQ), the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI), the Reynolds Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ), the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Inventory (SCI), and the Korean Youth Self Report (K-YSR) were administered to 134 normal adolescents (114 males) and 109 minor offenders (97 males) aged 12 to 16 years. After six months, 46 offenders (all males) completed the RCMAS, CDI, SIQ, and SCI again. Results : Adolescents with minor offenses had more delinquent, aggressive behavior and externalizing behavior problems, but were significantly less depressive, anxious, or suicidal than normal controls. Further, recidivists had more anxiety, depression, and delinquent behavior than non-recidivists. Minor offenders reported that their anxiety and depressive mood decreased after six months of protective disposition. Conclusion : Adolescents with minor offenses had more delinquent, aggressive behavior and externalizing behavior problems suggesting that psychiatric screening tools for minor offenders should measure disruptive behavior disorder.

• 아동학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.87-106
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• 2010

The purpose of the present study was to develop a structural model, of which the effect of parents' psychological control, depressive dispositions, and depression upon the self-esteem of adolescents. The participants were 458 adolescents recruited from high schools and universities (M age = 17.4 yrs; SD = 1.75) in Seoul and its vicinity. Data were collected through self-reporting questionnaires for adolescents. Firstly, we estimated the hypothesized meditation model which includes paths from parents' psychological to self-esteem through adolescents' depressive experiences and depression. Structural Equation Modeling analysis using AMOS revealed that the hypothesized mediation model yielded an acceptable model fit and all hypothesized path coefficients were found to be significant. Specifically, it indicated that the more parents try to exert psychological control over their children, the more depressive experiences adolescents have and in turn, they had a greater tendency towards becoming depressed and having lower self esteem. It was also found that neither gender difference nor age difference existed in the structural model.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.128-133
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• 2007

Objective : Obesity has been considered to be associated with numerous physical, mental and psychological diseases. Depression, which is a major psychological factor affecting occurrence and treatment of obesity, can be a cause of obesity as well as can be triggered by obesity. This study aimed to find out the need of positive consideration to the existence of depressive mood in the management of obesity. Methods : A total of 101 subjects were enrolled among those who were 60 years old and over at one local clinic. Obese group (n=49) was defined as BMI${\geqq}$25 and normal weight group (n=52) as 20$5.2{\pm}2.5$) was significantly higher than that of the normal weight group ($3.8{\pm}1.7$)(p<0.05). In male subjects, there was no significant difference in the mean GDSSF-K score between both groups, but in female subjects, the mean GDSSF-K score of the obese group, $6.4{\pm}2.6$ was significantly higher than that of the normal weight group ($4.0{\pm}1.8$)(p<0.05). Conclusion : The elderly obese group showed higher depressive scale score than elderly normal weight group, especially in female elderly. Since the elderly obese female group had a depressive predisposition, comprehensive management including mental and psychological approach is required in obesity control programs.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2015

본 연구는 노인의 여가력, 가족상태의 융 복합적 접근을 통한 노인의 우울성향을 심층적으로 비교 분석하였다. 본 연구는 65세 이상(평균 73.5세)의 여성노인 20명이 참여하였으며, 대상자의 여가력 분석은 심층면접법으로 총 10문항으로 구성된 구조화된 질문을 통해 여가력을 파악하였으며 가족상태 설문은 가족의 형태, 동거여부 등 총 7문항으로 구성된 설문지를 사용하였다. 우울증 측정은 Geriatric Depression Scrennng; GDS)를 이용하였다. GDS결과에 따라 우울집단과 정상집단을 구분하였으며, 여가력, 가족상태를 통해서 파악한 노인의 우울성향을 비교한 결과는 다음과 같다. 여가력에서 여가의 만족도가 우울만족도에 긍정적 영향을 미쳤으며(F(2,17)=3.989, p<.05), 반면 여가력이 낮거나, 여가동반자가 없는 경우 높은 퇴행적 우울증상을 보였다. 가족상태 중에 본인의 질환 종류에 따라 우울성향에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었으며(F(3,16)=4.534, p<.05), 그 외 동거유무, 동거인의 건강상태가 우울성향의 평균값의 차이는 높게 나타났다. 결과 노인의 우울 증상은 표현력이 부족하여 우울성향을 쉽게 파악할 수 없으나 오랜 과거력과 주변의 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타나 가족의 범주에서 확대하여 지역사회 네트워크와의 관계와 우울에 관한 연구도 필요할 것으로 보인다. 또한, 여가에 있어서도 신체적, 정서적, 사회적 활동의 형태, 활동의 방법, 활동의 정도를 중심으로 한 일회적인 연구가 아니라 종단적 연구를 통해 향후 노인의 여가참여의 질을 높일 수 있는 융복합적 후속연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.