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KMID : 1002420100110020103
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Journal of Korea Society for School Health Education
2010 Volume.11 No. 2 p.103 ~ p.114
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A Status and Associated Factors of Mental Health on Girls’ High School Students
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Lee Young-Eun
Choi Eun-Joung
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the status and associated factors of mental health on girls’ high school students.
Methods: The participants were 446 academic girls’ high school students and 240 vocational girls’ high school students of the 1st graders in Busan. The data were collected from April 28, 2009 to May 30, 2009. Survey was developed in the form of self-report five-point likert scale(1-5) using Lees Instrument of mental health(1986) that revised from Derogatis et al’s Symptom Check List-90(1976). The higher score of this scale means worse status of mental health.
Result: The score of mental health of subjects was low and the mean was The depression mean was the highest among mental health sub-variables. The mental health of the vocational girls’ high school students was worse than the academics. As for subjects in mental health by their various characteristics, there are significant by school type(p<0.001), economic status(p<0.001), father’s job(p<0.001), parent’s marrital status(p<0.001), cognitive health status(p<0.001), record(p<0.05), character(p<0.001), satisfaction of life(p<0.001), needs for help on mental health(p<0.001).
Conclusion: The intervention program needs to improve mental health of vocational high school girls’ students as well as academic high school girls’ students, and need to establish depression relieving nursing intervention program for girls’ high school students.
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KEYWORD
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Mental health, Girls’ high school students
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