생활사건과 스트레스 지각이 정신증상 및 신체에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 - 종합건진 환자를 대상으로 -

A Study on Effect of Life Event and Stress Perception on Psychiatric Symptoms and Physical Condition

This study was performed to identify the amount of life stress and stress perception, and their effects on psychiatric symptoms and physical condition in subjects who received general health evaluation at Maryknoll General Hospital from Fab. 1 to Mar. 30 1993. The results were as follows ： 1) In the higher the life stress groups, the psychiatric symptom of somatization and past history of neurotic disorder and the prevalence rate of duodenal ulcer were also increased. 2) Smoking and alcohol drinking had significant effect on stress perception. 3) In the higher the stress perception groups, the psychiatric symptoms ； somatization, obsessive- compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression & anxiety, the past history of urticaria & eczema and subjective feeling of neurasthenia were also increased. 4) In the higher the stress perception groups, the mean total score of BDI were increased. 5) This study showed a positive correlation between total amount of life change unit(i.e. life stress) and the the score of stress perception. 6) Both life stress and stress perception had effects on psychiatric symptoms, especially stress perception had more effect.