The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics (응용통계연구)

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Survey on addiction and mental health status of the homeless

노숙인들의 중독 및 정신건강 실태에 관한 조사

  • Choi, Kanghyun (Department of Statistics, Seoul National University) ;
  • Tak, Jang Han (Department of Social Welfare, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Donghwan (Department of Statistics, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Kim, Sung Nyun (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Youngjo (Department of Statistics, Seoul National University)
  • 최강현 (서울대학교 통계학과) ;
  • 탁장한 (서울대학교 사회복지학과) ;
  • 이동환 (이화여자대학교 통계학과) ;
  • 김성년 (서울대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이영조 (서울대학교 통계학과)
  • Received : 2016.06.24
  • Accepted : 2016.07.26
  • Published : 2016.08.31
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Abstract

Homelessness is recognized as a problem of lack of housing as well as a social problem entangled by complex problems such as unemployment, family breakdown, social exclusion, health and suicide. In order to search for the specificity of any particular addiction type, we conducted a survey on the addiction and mental health status of the homeless. One of our findings indicated that alcoholism was mainly found more in older homeless; however, internet game and smart phone addiction was found more in younger generations. We hope that our study is meaningful as a typification work at the current stage because there have been few studies in Korea on homeless youth and no study about homeless people's addiction problems other than alcoholism.

노숙문제는 주거의 부재라는 문제뿐만 아니라 실업, 가족해체, 사회적 배제, 건강 및 자살문제 등과도 복합적으로 얽혀있는 사회문제로서 인식되고 있다. 본 논문은 노숙인의 취약한 정신건강 상태를 지적하는 기존의 연구들을 바탕으로, 중독의 실태 및 세대에 따른 중독유형의 특수성의 실재여부를 탐색하기 위하여 노숙인들의 중독 및 정신건강 실태에 대한 설문조사를 실시하였다. 조사결과, 알코올중독은 주로 장년층에서 나타난 반면 인터넷 중독 및 스마트폰 중독은 주로 청년층에서 나타나는 경향을 보였다. 현재 청년노숙인들을 다루는 연구가 극히 드물 뿐더러, 알코올을 제외한 노숙인들의 중독현황에 대한 연구가 부재한 상황이다.

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