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A Comparative Study of University Student's Self-Esteem According to General Characteristics and Orthodontic Treatment

대학생의 일반적 특성 및 교정치료에 따른 자존감 비교연구 - 대구, 경북지역 대학생을 중심으로 -

  • Kim, Hong-Sik (Department of Dental Technology, Gimcheon University) ;
  • Song, Jae-Sang (Department of Dental Technology, Gimcheon University) ;
  • Lim, Byung-Chul (Department of Dental Technology, Gimcheon University)
  • 김홍식 (김천대학교 치기공학과) ;
  • 송재상 (김천대학교 치기공학과) ;
  • 임병철 (김천대학교 치기공학과)
  • Received : 2012.07.30
  • Accepted : 2012.12.21
  • Published : 2012.12.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The goal of this study is to investigate the correlation of orthodontic treatment with self-esteem and how orthodontic treatment has an effect on university student's self-esteems by investigating and analyzing the difference in self-esteem of each general characteristic and the difference in self-esteem according to the existence or nonexistence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment for adult university students. Methods: This study conduced a survey for 420 university students including dental related department, department of health and department of non-dental health in two universities located in Taegu, Gyeongbuk-do province from May 15, 2012 to May 30, 2012, and in 420 questionnaires of the investigated 420 target students, total 400(95.2%) questionnaires except for the questionnaires with falsely or erroneous responses were used for study analysis. Results: In the relations of general characteristic with self-esteem, for self-esteem by each gender, male student showed higher, for self-esteem by residential area, the university student residing at metropolitan area showed higher, for self-esteem by financial status, high class and middle class students in home financial status showed higher, for self-esteem by face shape, the student with triangular face shape showed higher, and in the relation of self-esteem with orthodontic treatment, the university student who is getting orthodontic treatment showed higher self-esteem statistically significantly. Conclusion: For gender, male university student, for residential area, the university student residing at metropolitan area, the high class university student in financial status, the university student with triangular face shape, and the university student who is getting orthodontic treatment showed statistically significantly higher self-esteem.

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