Mood & Emotion (우울조울병)

Korean Society for Affective Disorders (대한우울조울병학회)
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Depressive Symptoms among a Group of Medical Students : Prevalence, Related Factors and Moderating Effect by the Positive Psychology

의과대학생들의 우울 증상 : 유병율, 관련요인 및 긍정심리의 조절효과

  • Kim, Sang Hoon (Department of Psychiatry, Chosun University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jung Ho (Department of Psychiatry, Chosun University Hospital) ;
  • Jung, Hyung Shik (Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Chosun University) ;
  • Park, Jong Chul (Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Chosun University) ;
  • Kim, Young Shim (Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Chosun University)
  • 김상훈 (조선대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 김정호 (조선대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 정형식 (조선대학교 경상대학 경영학부) ;
  • 박종철 (조선대학교 경상대학 경영학부) ;
  • 김영심 (조선대학교 경상대학 경영학부)
  • Received : 2014.06.19
  • Accepted : 2014.06.25
  • Published : 2014.06.30

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Abstract

Objectives : This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and their related factors among a group of medical students. Method : A total of 874 (529 male and 345 female) medical students were randomly selected to participate in a survey. Depressive symptoms, satisfaction with life, health behavior including alcohol use, stress, sleep disturbance and happiness were collected using self-reported questionnaires. Results : The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 10.8%. In stepwise multiple regression analysis, lower satisfaction of life, daytime dysfunction due to sleepiness, history of suicidal attempt, stress, sleep disturbance were found to be significant relating factors of depressive symptoms. In moderated regression analysis, the result showed that the impact of life stress were moderated by satisfaction of life on depressive symptoms, but the moderating effect of happiness was not significant. Conclusion : This study showed considerably high prevalence of depressive symptoms and BDI score in medical students. The findings suggest that early detection of depressive symptoms and intensive mental health promotion program is needed in order to improve medical student's mental health status.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government(NRF-2012-2012S1A3A2033839).