The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education (한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지)
- Volume 13 Issue 1
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- Pages.77-87
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- 2012
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- 1975-7697(pISSN)
Impact of Self-Esteem and Test Anxiety on Mental Health in students of Dental Hygienics
일부 치위생과 학생의 시험불안, 자아존중감과 정신건강과의 관계
- Choi, Hye-Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Suwon women's College) ;
- Jun, Soo-Kyung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Songho College)
- Received : 2012.03.22
- Accepted : 2012.04.23
- Published : 2012.04.30
Abstract
This study is a descriptive paper addressing the relationship between test anxiety, self-esteem and the mental health levels of freshmen and third year students of Dental Hygienics. In late 2011, we received a total of 298 questionnaires from freshmen and third year Dental Hygienics students of three South Korean universities, located specifically in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The timing of this questionnaire was significant because it was one week prior to midterm examinations. The results were as follows:1. There was a statistically significant relationship between age (t=3.017, p<.001) and grade(t=2.665, p<0.05), subjective health status(t=27.513, p<.001). 2. The lower the participants' reported mental health in general, the higher their level of test anxiety (r=.565, p<.001), broken down into two subdivisions: cognitive text anxiety (r=526, p<.001) and emotional test anxiety (r=.534, p<.001). 3. When considering the factors that influence the general mental health of participants, there were age differences. For first year students, their subjeetive health status (