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KMID : 0978920120130040181
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Korean Journal of Clinical Geriatrics
2012 Volume.13 No. 4 p.181 ~ p.188
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Depression and Its Relationship between Self-Esteem, Social Support and Stress in Middle-Aged Men
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An Kyung-Nam
Kim Min-Sun
Kim Dong-Gu
Suh Young-Sung
Kim Dae-Hyun
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Abstract
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Background: The prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) is increasing in the 40’s and 50’s male in Korea. In middle-aged men, sociocultural factors contribute to depression, as well as physical factors. There have been several reports in middle-aged men’s occupational stress burden but there were a few reports of its relationship with depression. In this study, we investigated depression in middle-aged men and its relationship with self-esteem, social support and stress.
Methods: Between July 4th and 23rd 2001, a self-reporting questionnaire survey was administrated to 173 employees, aged from 40 to 60 at a company located in Daegu city, Korea. The Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale, Kasrasek’s job strain model, BEPSI-K and BDI were used to evaluate the self-esteem, social support, stress and depression.
Results: Mean age of participants was 48.1±4.36 and the scores of self-esteem, social support, stress and BDI were 38.5±5.49, 27.2±4.49, 9.5±3.03, 9.1±7.44. As a major variable, self-esteem and social support showed negative correlation with severity of depression (r=?0.578, P＜0.001 vs. r=?0.662, P＜0.001). In contrast stress showed positive correlation (r=0.717, P＜0.001). In univariate regression analysis, lower self-esteem, lower social support and higher stress, were correlated with higher BDI scores. Stress was the most important variable affecting severity of depression (R2=0.51, P＜0.001). And the social support (R2=0.63, P＜0.001), self-esteem (R2=0.67, P＜0.001) were followed.
Conclusion: Depression in middle-aged male had significant relationship with high degree of stress, low level of social support and low self-esteem.
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KEYWORD
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Middle-aged men, Self-esteem, Social support, Stress, Depression
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