This study was conducted in order to identify quality of life(QL) and It´s related factors in college students in Korea. The data were collected at september, 1996, using the instrument of QL. It was measured by a 5-point scale, composed of 20 questions, 4 regions ; "the region of task´, ´the region of life style", " the region of mental·emotional health " and "the region of physical health". The subjects of this study were 413 college students. Data were analyzed with t-test, ANOVA-test using SPSS program.
The results were as follows.
1. The lowest mean of QL score was 2.685 in the region of task. And the mean of QL score in the region of life style was 2.772, in the region of mental·emotional health 3.114, in the region of physical health 3.323.
2. There were significant relation between "sex" and "QL" in the regions of task(p< .05), mental·emotional health(p< .01), and physical health(p< .01), between "resident patterns" and "QL" in the regions of task(p< .05), life style(p< .01), and mental·emotional health (p< .01), between "meal provider" and "QL" in the regions of mental·emotional health(p< .05), between "monthly pocket money" and "QL" in the regions of mental·emotional health(p< .05). Mean score of QL on the subjects who exercised regularly was statistically significant higher than others´ in the regions of task(p< .05) and physical health(p< .05). And QL score of working students for money was statistically significant higher than others´ in the regions of physical health(p< .05).
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