대학생의 인구사회학적 요인과 우울과의 관계

Relationship of Sociodemographic Factors to Depression in College Students

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of self-rated depression of health-related majors in an effort to determine influential factors for their school adjustment. The subjects in this study were 205 students who were in the departments of dental hygiene and clinical pathology in a college of health. The mental health of the students was evaluated by Zung s Self-Rating Depression scale of 20 items from September 1, 2013, to March 30, 2014. The general characteristics had an approximately 8.0%(R2=.080) explainability of depression. Depression was under the statistically significant negative influence of academic year(p<.05), and the form of drinking(p<.05) had a statistically significant positive impact on that. It showed that the students whose academic year was higher and who drank less suffered from less depression. Conclusion: To promote the mental health of college students, the development of educational programs that aim at teaching them to control their own stress in consideration of their sociodemographic characteristics and academic achievement is required.