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KMID : 0377619960610020129
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1996 Volume.61 No. 2 p.129 ~ p.138
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The Relationship Between the Perceived Social Support and the Mental Health of Female College Students
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Abstract
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The study was designed to identify the relation between the perceived social support and the mental health of female college students.
The subjects for this study were 290, consisting of 143 student nurses and 147 nonmedical college students : the number of 1st year students and of 3rd year students included was 154 and 136 students respectively.
The data were collected during the period from November 6 to November 18, 1995.
The instruments used for this study were the social support scale developed by Cohen & Hoberman(1983) and the simplified mental diagnostic test developed by Kim(1978).
The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficients, t test and ANOVA using the SAS program.
The results of this study can be summarized as follows;
1. The mean score for the perceived social support and the level of mental health of female college students was 50,875 and 103,072 respectively.
2. The relationship between the perceived social support and the level of mental health revealed a significant correlation(r=-0.442, r=0.0001).
Therefore the 1st hypothesis "the higher the level of perceived social support, the higher the level of mental health" was accepted.
3. There was not significant difference between the student nurses and non-medical college students in the perceived social support and the level of mental health.
Therefore the 2nd hypothesis "There will be difference between the student nurses and non-medical college students in the perceived social support and the level of mental health" was rejected.
4. There was not difference between 1st students and 3rd students in the perceived social support, but there was significant difference in the level of mental health.
Therefore the 3rd hypothesis "There will be difference between the 1st students and 3rd students in the perceived social support and the level of mental health" was partially accepted.
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