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KMID : 0607720020130030493
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing
2002 Volume.13 No. 3 p.493 ~ p.502
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Determinats of health status in adolescents
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Suk Min-Hyun
Oh Won-Oak
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to measure the levels of health status, perceived stress, self-esteem, and achievement motivation and assertive behavior of adolescents motivations and assertive behavior of adolescents. The relationships among these variables as well as predictors of health status were examined.
Method: the sample was composed of 496 students (mael: 195, female: 301) from 3 high schools in Seoul and Kyunggi-Do regions. The instruments used in this study were as follows: health status scale developed by Noh (1991), perceived stress stress scale developed by Park (1996), self-esteem scale developed by Rosenberg (1965), achievement motivation scale developed by Park (1986) and assertive behavior scale developed by Kim(1982). The reliability of the five instruments were examined using chronbachs’ α that ranged from 63 to 90 in this study. The data were analyzed with the SAS program using descriptive statistics, t-test. ANOVA, Duncan multiple comparison, Pearson correlation coefficients. and stepwise multiple regression.
Results: The results were as follows: 1. The mean score of health status was 3.1, which was higher than the median of the instrument. 2. There were significant correlations of health status wih self-esteem (r=.381, p=.0001), assertive behavior (r=.503, p=.0001), and perceived stress (r=-.352, p=.0001). 3. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that 34% of health status was afected by the level of assertive behavior (25%), self-esteem (7%), and perceived stress (2%).
Conclusion: Based on thes findings, assertive behavior and self-esteem appear to be specific impotant areas of future research as to better understand the health status of adolescents, and to develop health status-related interventions for them.
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KEYWORD
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adolescent, health status
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