KMID : 1164420120070010034
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Health Communication 2012 Volume.7 No. 1 p.34 ~ p.41
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The Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and School Performance in Early Adolescence
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Ahn Ji-Youn
Kim Dae-Hyun Kim Jung-Bum Lim Ji-Hyang
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Abstract
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Purpose: Parental rearing behaviors influence on children¡¯s emotional stability and cognitive development. To evaluate the relationship between perceived parenting behaviors and depressive scores, 4-6th grade (10-12 years old) children were evaluated with self-reported questionnaires.
Methods: Depression was evaluated with Children¡¯s Depression Inventory (CDI, Kovacs), and parenting behavior was evaluated with modified version of the Egna Minnen Betraffende Uppfostran for Children (Modified EMBU-C) in elementary school students (10-12 years old, 4-6th grade, n=357). Familial demographic characteristics (family structure, parental education level) were included in this questionnaires.
Results: The mean scores of children¡¯s depression inventory (CDI) were 12.6¡¾7.65. Among the subjects, 47 (13.2%) children turned out to be included in the depression group and the rest of them, 310 (86.8%) were remained as the normal group. CDI scores were significantly different in children¡¯s grades (p=0.002). There were significant differences in children¡¯s grades (p=0.031) and maternal education level (p=0.017) between depression group and normal group. The children of depression group perceived parental rearing behavior as more rejective and less emotionally warm. Also, CDI scores showed a significant positive correlation in the cases where children answered their perceived parental rearing behavior as a rejection and showed a significant negative correlation with a parental emotional warmth together with a paternal overprotection.
Conclusions: The results supports that the children¡¯s depression is closely connected with their perceived parenting behavior. High levels of rejection and low levels of emotional warmth seems to related with higher levels of depression in children.
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KEYWORD
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Depression, Child, Parenting Behavior
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