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KMID : 1103620080180020042
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Korean Journal of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine
2008 Volume.18 No. 2 p.42 ~ p.49
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Expose to Chronic Aircraft Noise and Emotion Behavior Characteristics in Korean Children
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Lee Woo-Chul
Kwon Ho-Jang
Lim Myung-Ho
Kim Hyun-Woo
Paik Ki-Chung
Roh Sang-Chul
Kim Hyun-Joo
Kim Hyun-Do
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Abstract
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Background: This study was focused on the influence of chronic aircraft noise exposure on children’s emotional and behavioral characteristics in Korean children.
Methods: We enrolled 586 4th~6th grade children of seven primary schools near airbases in Korea. The Korean version of Child Behavior Checklist, Korean Personality Inventory for Children, Kovac’s Children’s Depression Inventory, and Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory involving 2 schools in a helicopter noise-impacted urban area and 3 schools in a fighter plane noise-impacted urban area were compared with those of children from 2 matched control schools in low-aircraft noise-impacted urban areas in Korea.
Results: Family discomfort and autistic symptoms of Korean personality inventory for children were significantly higher among children in schools in a helicopter and a fighter plane noise environment compared to the low noised schools. Also, Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory was significantly higher among children in schools in a helicopter and a fighter plane noise environment compared to the low noise schools.
Conclusion: Children in a chronic aircraft noise environment schools was shown to be associated with a higher rate of autistic behavior and family discomfort. Also there was a possibility for chronic aircraft noise exposure to be associated with family environment function other than depression and anxiety.
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KEYWORD
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Chronic aircraft noise, Emotion, Behavior, Children
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