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KMID : 0928020060100020017
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Nursing and Innovation
2006 Volume.10 No. 2 p.17 ~ p.32
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Stress and Coping Style of Middle School Student’s Using an School Health Clinic Room
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Kim Eun-Soon
Hong Hae-Sook
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Abstract
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This study was conducted in order to identify factors of stress of middle-school student who have used the school health clinic room in the past and their measures to improve the conditions. Three schools in City ’D’ were randomly selected and questionnaires were handed out to a total of two hundred and seventy one students in those schools that had used their school health clinic room for the last twelve months. The survey was conducted on 4th and 15th of April, 2006.
The collected data were analyzed using SPSS/PC WIN 12.0 Program in terms of frequency, percentages, average, standard deviation, t-test, and ANOVA. Duncan’s post verification and Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis were conducted on differences among variables. The result of this study is summarized as follows: Students who use the school health clinic room answered they had most stress from their relationships with their teachers and academic matters. Female students generally rated higher than male students in terms of stress students felt. Second-year students (equivalent of Grade 8) were found to be under most pressure. The degree of stress students felt was especially higher among students who deemed their families as low-income households and among students whose academic marks were ’low’. Students who visited the school health clinic room for nine or more times rated their stress higher than students with record of visiting school health clinic room for fewer times. Students were found to be quite active in fighting their stresses. The second-year students were most active. Students from low-income households and students with low grades were found to be unrealistic in their efforts to fight stress. The correlation between stress the middle-school students felt and their efforts to fight it was quite high (0.50). However, the more stress a student felt in certain areas, the more passive or unrealistic he or she grew in battling his or her stress. Students suffering stress from family relationships and friendships with same-sex classmates were unrealistic in their efforts to fight their stress. Students suffering stress from academic matters, relationships with teachers, general school life, boyfriend or girlfriend problems, entertainment and recreation, and self-identity were generally passive in battling their stress. Based upon the findings, this study makes following suggestions: First, because this study was limited to students in three middle schools in City ’D’, the findings of this study cannot be broadened to apply to all schools. In addition, because this study concerned stress and measures to fight it of only students who have visited the school health clinic room in their schools, the scope of the study should be enlarged to include elementary-school and high-school students as well. Second, further studies should be conducted in order to develop a program that enables students, who are passive or unrealistic in combating their stress, to become more active and effective in their battle against stress.
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KEYWORD
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School Health Clinic Room, Stress, coping style, Middle School Student’s
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