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KMID : 0607720020130010171
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing
2002 Volume.13 No. 1 p.171 ~ p.181
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A Study on Self-esteem, Depression, and Hope of Unemployed Homeless
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Kim Hyun-Mi
Choi Yeon-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: To provide the basic data for nursing intervention to improve the psychosocial adaptation of unemployed homeless by examining the degree of self-esteem, depression, and hope, and the relation of these variables.
Method: The subjects were a volunteer sample of 218 unemployed homeless residing at 2 shelters in Seoul and Suwon, Korea. The instruments for this study were Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale, Beek’s depression inventory, and Miller and Powers’s hope scale. Using the SPSS program, the data were analysed by frequency, percentage, t-test, ANOVA. Duncan test and Pearson Correlation Coefficient.
Result: 1) The degree of self-esteem is, on average, 23.72 points, depression is 24.41 points, and hope is 124.72 points. 2) The degree of self-esteem in the general characteristics of the subjects showed a significant difference by age, marital status, and contact with family. 3) The degree of depression in the general characteristics of the subjects showed a significant difference by age, marital status, and contact with family. 4) The degree of hope in the general characteristics of the subjects showed a significant difference by contact with family. 5) There was a significant positive correlation between the variables of self-esteem and hope, while there was a significant negative correlation between the variables of self-esteem and depression, and hope and depression.
Conclusion: 1) The study identifies psychological characteristics of the homeless. 2) It is required not only to develop nursing intervention programs to improve the degree of self-esteem and hope, and alleviate depression but also to testify the effect of the program. 3) It is needed to develop nursing intervention programs to prevent chronic homelessness.
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KEYWORD
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Unemployed homeless, Self-esteem, Depression, Hope
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