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Depression Symptom Levels and Its Related Factors Among College Students

일부 대학생의 우울수준 및 그의 관련요인

  • Park, Ui-Su (Department of Medical Administration Information, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) ;
  • Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University College of Medicine)
  • 박의수 (대전보건대학교 의무행정정보과) ;
  • 조영채 (충남대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2018.02.27
  • Accepted : 2018.06.01
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to identify factors influencing depression symptoms among college students. To accomplish this, a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 546 college students from October 1st to November 30th, 2015. Univariate analysis, logistic regression, and multivariate regression analysis between variables were then conducted using depression symptoms as the dependent variable and other relevant factors as independent variables. The level of depression among the subjects differed significantly according to personal attributes, family life and school life characteristics, as well as health related behavioral characteristics. The risk of depression was significantly higher in the lower group than the higher group of family and friends social support, the lower group than the higher group of self-esteem, the lower group than the higher group of locus of control, and in the high risk stress group than the normal stress group. Factors influencing depression symptoms included religion, social support from family, social support from friends, interpersonal dependency, locus of control, and stress were identified as significant variables, indicating that depression among college students is related to diverse elements including sociodemographic characteristics, social support from family/friends, interpersonal dependency, locus of control, and stress. Depression symptoms significantly increased when social support from family or friends, low psychological behavior characteristics are low, and when stress is high. Thus, it is necessary to understand factors related to depression and reduce them to decrease depression levels of college students.

본 연구는 일부 대학생들의 우울수준에 관련된 요인을 알아보기 위해 D광역시의 남녀 대학생 546명을 대상으로 2015년 10월에 자기기입식 설문지(self-administered questionnaire)를 사용한 설문조사를 실시하였다. 자료의 분석은 우울수준을 종속변수로, 관련변수들을 독립변수로 하여 변수들 간의 단변량 분석, 로지스틱회귀분석 및 다변량 회귀분석을 시행하였다. 연구결과, 조사대상학생들의 우울수준은 개인적인 속성, 가정생활 및 학교생활특성, 건강관련행위특성의 여러 변수에 따라 유의한 차이를 보였다. 조사대상학생들의 우울이 나타날 위험비는 가족 및 친구의 사회적지지가 높은 군에 비해 낮은 군에서, 자기존중감이 높은 군보다 낮은 군에서, 통제신념이 높은 군보다 낮은 군에서, 스트레스가 정상인 군보다 고위험스트레스 군에서 유의하게 증가하였다. 조사대상학생들의 우울수준에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 종교유무, 가족 및 친구의 사회적 지지, 대인의존행동특성, 통제신념 및 스트레스가 유의한 변수로 선정되었다. 위와 같은 연구결과는 대학생들의 우울수준은 개인적인 속성, 가정생활 및 학교생활특성, 건강관련행위특성 등 다양한 요인이 관여하고 있으며, 특히 사회적 지지와 심리적 행동특성이 낮고, 스트레스가 높을 경우 증가한다는 것을 시사하고 있다. 따라서 대학생들의 우울수준을 감소시키기 위해서는 학생들이 경험하는 우울수준에 관련된 요인을 정확히 파악하고 그 요인들을 감소시키기 위한 노력이 필요하다고 사료된다.

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