• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.73-83
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between the physical environment and mental health of the adolescents in urban and rural areas. This study was performed using the questionnaire survey method. The research subjects were high school students in Seoul and Jeollabuk-do rural areas. The questionnaire inquired about the housing, neighborhood, and school environments, and these contents were depended on previous studies. The survey was conducted from August 27 to September 6, 2013, and 446 data were collected. They were analyzed with the SPSS 12.0 program. The main results are as follows. 1) The urban adolescents evaluated physical environment to be better than rural adolescents. Specifically, the urban adolescents evaluated 'facility/accommodation', 'security/health', 'amenity' of the housing environment, 'disorder', 'comfortability', 'nature awareness' of the neighborhood environment, and 'noise', 'overcrowding', and 'security' of the school environment to be higher. 2) The urban adolescents' self-esteem was significantly higher than rural ones. 3) The physical environment factors, which had effects on adolescents' mental health, are different depending on the areas, and so adolescents' physical environment would be designed by the local environment conditions.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between emotional competence and social anxiety among Korean children and adolescents. The subjects of this study were 385 children between fifth and sixth grade ages and 579 middle school students. Their emotional competence was assessed by 'Korean Emotional Competence scale (Kim et al., 2004),' and also their social adjustment was assessed by 'Social Anxiety Scale (Moon & Oh, 2002).' The data were analyzed by ANOVA, the Pearson's correlation, and regression, using SPSS. The results of this study are as follows: (1) Children's and adolescents' emotional competence and social anxiety were relatively high. (2) Their emotional competence had a meaningful difference according to SES, gender, and birth order. (3) Their social anxiety had a meaningful difference according to SES, gender, and birth order. (4) There was a significant relationship between their emotional competence and social anxiety. (5) A regression analysis result of children's and adolescents' social anxiety showed that approximately 11.3% variance could be explained by four emotional competence variables: 'self-expressiveness and assertion,' 'awareness and understanding of emotion,' 'positive acceptance,' and 'collective consciousness.'

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.4877-4881
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• 2013

Background: The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge about HPV and HPV vaccines and attitudes towards vaccination among the females aged 9-24 years in Turkey. Materials and Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were filled out individually by the participants covering demographic information, knowledge about HPV infection and HPV vaccines, attitudes towards vaccination, and the perceptions of them about their parental attitudes about vaccination. Results: Of the 408 subjects participating in the study, 41.6% (n=170) had heard of HPV. Thirty-three percent (n=136) knew the causal relationship between HPV and cervical cancer. Only 27.9% (n=114) of them knew that HPV vaccines can prevent cervical cancer. Eleven percent (n=46) of the females participating in the study were willing to be vaccinated, and only 1.4% (n=6) were already vaccinated at the current time. The main reason listed among the participants who were not willing to be vaccinated was lack of information. Conclusions: Awareness and knowledge of Turkish female adolescents and young women about HPV, relation with cervical cancer and prevention of cervical cancer by Pap smear and vaccine are still limited. If the most important barrier to vaccination, which is reported as lack of information, were to be addressed, it would greatly impact the decision-making and vaccine acceptance.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2012

2011년 3월 11일 일본 후쿠시마(福島) 원전 사고 1주년을 계기로 청소년의 방사선 인식도를 알아 본 뒤 이를 일반 성인을 대상으로 동일 설문을 이용해 거의 비슷한 시기에 조사한 결과와 비교하고자 하였다. 연구 방법론적 설계는 양적 조사를 하고, 빈도 분석을 하였다. 조사 대상은 미래 세대인 15세 중학교 3학년 학생으로 한정하였으며, 조사 도구인 설문지를 직접 배포하여 유효 응답지인 2,217부를 기준으로 분석하였다. 설문은 40문항으로 구성하였으며, 하위 영역별 크론바하 알파(Cronbach's ${\alpha}$) 계수는 '방사선의 자아 인식' 0.494, '방사선의 위험' 0.843, '방사선의 편익' 0.748, '방사선의 안전관리' 0.692, '방사선의 정보원' 0.819, '후쿠시마 사고의 영향 정도' 0.675로 대부분 높은 것으로 나타났다. 설문 분석 결과 응답자의 방사선 개념에 대한 지식은 100점 만점으로 환산시 67.4점(성인 69.5점)으로 높지 않았다. 후쿠시마 사고의 영향은 성인보다 덜 받은 것으로 조사됐는데, 다음 문항에서 '그렇다' 또는 '매우 그렇다'고 응답한 비율에서 잘 드러난다. '후쿠시마 사고의 영향으로 원전을 하지 말아야 한다는 쪽으로 생각을 바꿨다'는 문항에는 전체의 27.0%(성인은 38.9%)가, '후쿠시마 원전 사고로 인한 피해는 측정이 불가능할 만큼 막대하다'는 문항에는 전체의 65.7%(성인은 86.6%)가, '후쿠시마 원전 사고는 원자력 발전소 안전에 대한 경각심을 높이는 데 기여하였다'는 문항에는 전체의 65.0%(성인 86.3%)가 그 같이 응답해 청소년의 후쿠시마 사고의 영향 정도가 상대적으로 낮은 것을 알 수 있다. 또 상당수의 문항에서 청소년들은 성인에 비해 '보통이다'라고 응답하는 비율이 높았는데, 이는 아직 청소년 자신의 방사선에 대한 인식이 제대로 정립되지 않았기 때문으로 해석된다. 본 연구는 후쿠시마 원전 사고 이후 국내에서 청소년을 대상으로 방사선 인식도를 처음 조사했고, 일반 성인 조사 결과와도 비교한 것으로, 향후 정부의 방사선 정책 수립에 크게 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.153-165
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to develop the following scales on women's environmental health and to examine their validity and reliability: severity, susceptibility, response efficacy, self-efficacy, benefit, barrier, personal health behavior, and community health behavior scales. Methods: The item pool was generated based on related scales, a wide literature review, and indepth interviews on women's environmental health according to the revised Rogers' protection motivation theory model. Content validity was verified by three nursing professionals. Exploratory factor analysis, convergent validity, and internal consistency reliability were examined. Results: The scales included 10 items on severity, 11 on susceptibility, 10 on response efficacy, 14 on self-efficacy, 8 on benefits, 10 on barriers, 17 on personal health behavior, and 16 on community health behavior. Convergent validity with the environmental behavior scale for female adolescents was supported. The Cronbach's α values for internal consistency were good for all scales: severity, . 84; susceptibility, .92; response efficacy, .88; self-efficacy, .90; benefits, .91; barriers, .85; personal health behavior, .90; and community health behavior, .91. Conclusion: The evaluation of the psychometric properties shows that these scales are valid and reliable measures of women's environmental health awareness and behaviors. These scales may be helpful for assessing women's environmental health behaviors, thereby contributing to efforts to promote environmental health.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.1747-1753
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• 2013

Background: It is projected that low and middle-income countries will bear a major burden of tobacco related morbidity and mortality, yet, only limited information is available on the determinants of smoking initiation among youth in Africa. This study aimed to assess the determinants of smoking initiation and susceptibility to future smoking among a population of high school school students in Lagos, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Baseline data from an intervention study designed to assess the effect of an anti-smoking awareness program on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of adolescents was analyzed. The survey was carried out in six randomly selected public and private secondary schools in local government areas in Lagos state, Nigeria. A total of 973 students completed self-administered questionnaires on smoking initiation, health related knowledge and attitudes towards smoking, susceptibility to future smoking and other factors associated with smoking. Results: Of the respondents, 9.7% had initiated smoking tobacco products with the predominant form being cigarettes (7.3%). Males (OR: 2.77, 95%CI: 1.65-4.66) and those with more pro-smoking attitudes (OR: 1.44, 95%CI: 1.34-1.54) were more likely to have initiated smoking. Those with parents and friends who are smokers were 3.47 (95%CI: 1.50-8.05) and 2.26 (95%CI: 1.27-4.01) times more likely to have initiated smoking. Non-smoking students, in privately owned schools (OR: 5.08), with friends who smoke (5.09), with lower knowledge (OR: 0.87) and more pro-smoking attitudes (OR 1.13) were more susceptible to future smoking. In addition, respondents who had been sent to purchase cigarettes by an older adult (OR: 3.68) were also more susceptible to future smoking. Conclusions: Being male and having parents who smoke are predictors of smoking initiation among these students. Consistent with findings in other countries, peers not only influence smoking initiation but also influence smoking susceptibility among youth in this African setting. Prevention programs designed to reduce tobacco use among in-school youth should take these factors into consideration. In line with the recommendations of article 16 of the WHO FCTC, efforts to enforce the ban on the sales of cigarettes to minors should be also emphasised.