High School Students In Seoul Research Articles

The Effects of Emotional Awareness on the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents: Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies as Mediators

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional awareness and psychological well-being in adolescents with cognitive emotion regulation strategies as mediators. Methods A total of 375 middle and high school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do participated. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess their emotional awareness, adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, and psychological well-being. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlations, and regression analyses in PROCESS macro. Results First, emotional awareness was related to both cognitive emotion regulation strategies and psychological well-being. Also, adaptive strategies for regulating emotions were strongly related to psychological well-being, while maladaptive strategies were inversely related to psychological well-being. Second, both adaptive and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies partially mediated the link between emotional awareness and psychological well-being in adolescents. Conclusions These findings indicate that emotional awareness and cognitive emotion regulation strategies are important factors in improving the psychological well-being of adolescents. Keywords: emotional awareness, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, psychological well-being, adolescents

Relationship among the use of food-related content, dietary behaviors, and dietary self-efficacy of high school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi areas

본 연구는 서울 및 경기지역의 고등학생 381명을 대상으로 일반적 특성, 음식 콘텐츠 이용 수준, 식습관, 식이자기효능감에 대한 설문 조사를 실시하였고, 음식 콘텐츠 이용 수준에 따라 세 개의 집단으로 구분하여 식습관 및 식이자기효능감 등과의 차이와 식이자기효능감의 매개효과를 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 음식 콘텐...

한국 고등학생의 영어 단어 강세에 대한 인식과 비강세 모음 /ǝ/ 발음에 관한 연구

The purpose of this study is to investigate how important Korean high school students perceive English word stress to be, how familiar they are with word stress, and how well they pronounce the reduced vowel /ə/. Sixty high school students in Seoul participated in a survey study that investigated their perception of the importance of word stress in English. They were then asked to mark the stress on each of the 44 words selected from the basic vocabulary list compiled by the Korean Ministry of Education and to pronounce each word twice. The results of the survey revealed that a vast majority of the students (50 out of 60, 80%) do not pay attention to the stress and pronunciation of words when they study new vocabulary and that they memorize only the spelling and meaning of new words. As a result, many of them could not identify the stressed syllables in many of the 44 words, even when they knew their meaning. As for their pronunciation of the reduced vowel /ə/, the students on average were able to pronounce /ə/ correctly in only 23 words, although they stressed the correct syllable in 28 words. All these results highlight the necessity of teaching Korean students explicitly the importance of word stress in English and the correct pronunciation of the reduced vowel /ə/ in order to help them improve their intelligibility.

A Study on the Perception and Satisfaction of Middle School Students' Free-Semester Beauty Education

There have been many studies on free-semester programs for junior high-school students. When it comes to cosmetology education, however, it has been difficult to find a study performed on free-semester programs. For this, research questions were established. Then, a questionnaire survey was conducted to examine current free-semester programs in cosmetology education, students’ perception of these and their satisfaction with free-semester cosmetology activities. The survey was carried out among junior high-school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi from December 15, 2016 to April 1, 2017. Among a total of 220 questionnaires, 207 copies were used for final analysis. When asked when is the best time to give free-semester cosmetology education to junior high-school students, ‘2nd semester, 7th grade’ was responded. When asked about the reasons, ‘to experience job selection’ was the highest with 66%. When asked what kind of job they were interested in, ‘makeup’ was the highest with 39.6%, followed by ‘nail art’ (26.6%), ‘hairstyling’ (17.9%) and ‘skincare’ (15.9%). In other words, most respondents showed the highest interest in ‘makeup’. In addition, ‘able to learn things that cannot be learned in other classes through a free-semester program’ was most responded. In terms of cosmetology activities in a free-semester program, ‘experience of cosmetology-related job’ had the most responses with 56.3%. The free-semester cosmetology activities were most provided in classrooms. In addition, ‘class through diverse cosmetology training approaches’ was the highest with 50.7%. Most respondents thought that this aspect was the biggest advantage. It appears that this study could suggest a proven ground for cosmetology education to establish a free-semester program for junior high-school students as cosmetology education can be helpful for diverse career search activities and career decision-making.

청소년 정서행동문제 그림검사(Emotional & Behavioral Drawing Test; EBDT) 개발 및 타당화 연구

본 연구는 청소년 정서행동 그림검사(Emotional & Behavioral Drawing Test; EBDT)를 개발하고 신뢰도 및 타당도를 밝히고자 하였다. 경기 및 서울 지역의 중고생 약 1900명을 대상으로 그림검사와 청소년정서행동문제, 자존감의 관계를 알아보았 다. EBDT의 자극그림제작과 채점문항을 개발하고, 탐색적 요인 분석을 통해 하위척도와 최종문항을 선정하였다. 개발된 EBDT의 확인적 요인분석을 통해 차원과 하위척도간의 관계를 확인 하였으며, 다른 변인들과의 상관과 신뢰도 및 타당도를 살펴보았다. EBDT는 30개의 자극그림과, 구조 및 형태 변인과 내용변인을 측정하는 4요인의 하위변인을 가진 15문항으로 구성되었으며, 신뢰도는 양호하며, 각 4가지 하위 영역에서 각각 정서행동의 문제를 측정할 수 있는 타당한 평가도구로 밝혀졌다. 청소년의 정서행동을 측정할 수 있는 국내 최초의 타당화 작업을 거친 투사적 그림검사 개발이라는 점과 이척도를 통해 청소년의 정서행동문제의 정도와 양상을 보다 용이하고 정확하게 알아 볼 수 있다는 점에서 연구의 의의가 있으며, 실제 임상 장면에서 적절한 선별과 조치를 취하고 문제에 앞서 예방을 할 수 있게 되기를 기대해 본다.

Knowledge and Opinions of Deceased Organ Donation Among Middle and High School Students in Korea

BackgroundAdolescents are an important target group for organ donation education. As yet, little is known about the attitude of Korean adolescents toward deceased organ donation, or the factors related to their decision. In this study, we explored the knowledge and opinions of deceased organ donation among middle and high school students in Korea. MethodsA self-reported survey was conducted among middle and high school students in Seoul, Korea. The questionnaire assessed knowledge, personal experience, and opinions of organ donation. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine significant factors associated with willingness to become an organ donor. ResultsOf the 323 students, 161 (49.8%) were willing to be a deceased donor, and the other 162 (50.2%) were unwilling or unsure. Neither level of knowledge nor experience of recent public information on organ donation affected students' decisions. Instead, a cohesive family environment and family discussion were strong predictors of the willingness of Korean middle and high school students to be an organ donor. ConclusionsA donation education program that promotes family communication and discussion about organ donation could increase willingness to be an organ donor among Korean adolescents.

SNS 이용시간에 따른 청소년의 우울 및 충동성 차이

The present study sought to identify the differences in levels of depression and impulsivity depending on hours on SNS among Korean adolescents. Data for this study was collected from the responses of 1,008 of middle and high school students in Seoul in 2014. The upper 33%(N=364) and the lower 33%(N=319) of students who reported to spend lots of time on SNS were extracted from the total data to constitute two groups for analysis. The sample was analyzed utilizing SEM to compare depression and impulsivity levels of the upper group with those of the lower group while controlling for gender. In conclusion, there was a significant difference in level of depression and impulsivity between the two groups. The upper group that spent more time on SNS displayed higher levels of depression and impulsivity. The result of this study means that the more time the adolescents spend on SNS the more likely the adolescents are to be depressed and impulsive.

The Association of Unhealthy Eating Habit with Students of High Schools in Seoul

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the relation of the unhealthy eating habit of high school students in Seoul with their school types. Methods: In cross-sectional study, secondary data was used, representative sample of 7,284 subjects, high school students in Seoul. Consumption rates of Ramyun, Fast-food, and a breakfast-skipping rate were compared by the gender, grade, and school type. Descriptive statistics, x 2 analysis, correlation, and multiple logistic regression were used for data analysis. Results: The odds ratios (OR) of associated factors on the breakfast-skipping were 1.25 times higher in the 11th grade, 1.26 times in the 12th grade (reference: 10th grade), 1.21 times in school for both gender (reference: only male gender), 2.63 times in the general high school, 4.82 times in the vocational (reference: the autonomous private). The odds ratios (OR) of associated factors on frequent Ramyun intake were 2.10 times in male, 1.79 times in both gender (reference: only male gender), 2.01 times in the general high school, vocational 5.26 times (reference: the autonomous private). The odds ratios (OR) of associated factors on frequent Fast-food intake were 1.89 times in school for both gender (reference: only male gender), 3.93 times in the vocational high school (reference: the autonomous private). Conclusion: Students of the vocational high school than those of the autonomous private had more and more the breakfast-skipping rate, and had more consumption rates of Ramyun and Fast-food. Therefore, in order to improve these problems, intervention for students, diversified school health policy as well as health education to right food intake consumption are needed.

자아존중감이 적응유연성에 미치는 영향과 학교생활만족도의 매개효과 : 고등학교 1학년 여학생을 대상으로

본 연구는 고등학생의 자아존중감이 적응유연성에 미치는 영향관계에서 학교생활만족도의 매개효과를 규명하고, 뇌기능 지수와 적응유연성의 상관관계를 확인하기 위해 시도되었다. 본 서술적 조사연구는 2012년 11월 22일부터 12월 23일까지, S시 J 고등학교에 재학 중인 여학생 145명을 대상으로 구조화된 설문지와 뇌기능 프로그램으로 자료 수집을 하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS 21.0으로 피어슨 상관계수와 3단계 매개 회귀분석기법을 활용하였다. 뇌기능 지수 가운데 스트레스저항지수가 적응유연성과 높은 상관관계를 보였으며, 주의지수와 뇌지수가 유의미한 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 자아존중감이 적응유연성에 미치는 영향관계에서 학교생활만족도의 매개효과를 확인하였다. 본 연구 결과를 통해, 적응유연성과 관련된 연구에서 뇌기능 지수 특히 스트레스저항지수를 사정하고, 청소년의 다양한 부적응 문제를 감소시키기 위한 예방적, 치료적 중재 시 자아존중감, 학교생활만족도와 같은 적응유연성의 영향요인을 고려할 것을 기대한다. 【This study aims to identify the mediating effect of school satisfaction in the effect of self-esteem on resilience, and to examine the relationship between brain function quotient and resilience. In this descriptive study, questionnaires and brainwaves were collected from 145 female high school students in Seoul from November 22 to December 23, 2012. Data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation coefficient and three-step mediated regression analysis using SPSS 21.0. Among brain function quotients, stress resistance quotient were highly correlated with resilience, and both attention and brain quotient were significantly correlated with resilience. Moreover, school satisfaction showed the mediating effect in the effect of self-esteem on resilience. The findings suggest that brain function quotient, in specific, stress resistance quotient, should be considered in studies regarding resilience. Furthermore, predictor variables of resilience such as self-esteem and school satisfaction should be considered for preventive and therapeutic intervention to reduce various maladaptive problems in adolescents.】

Secondary School Students’ Perception of Their Purpose of Learning History and Teacher’s Purpose of Teaching History

There are two main agents in history classes: teacher and students. This research is about the students’ perception, especially perception of teacher’s purpose of the teaching history. The research is carried out by in-depth interviews with students. Students are also asked to say their own understanding on the purpose of learning history, in order to discover how they find a meaning in their history classes. 15 students are interviewed; 6 of them are middle school students, and the others are high school students in Seoul or Gyeonggi-do Province.BR The following are the observations drawn from this research.BR First, students’ understanding of learning history is more likely based on personal context or experience than that of teachers. Second, even though some students have partial understanding of their teacher’s purpose, this doesn’t always mean they sympathize their teacher’s view. Third, with their own basis, some students hold different views on the goals of teaching history set by their teacher, or on the content or teaching methods based on them. Fourth, no correlation is found between their understanding of the teachers’ objective and their study achievement.BR Understanding these purposes set by students and their perception of their teacher’s purpose will be helpful to building more communicative history class.

중·고등학생의 구강건강신념이 구강건강관리행동에 미치는 영향: 건강신념모형을 적용하여

Objectives: The aim of the study is to investigate the health belief model affecting the oral health behavior in middle and high school students. Methods: The subjects were 296 middle and high school students in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon from February 15 to March 21, 2014. The students filled out the self-reported questionnaires after receiving informed consents. The instrument was adopted and revised from those of Kim & Hwang, and Choi & Joo. The questionnaire consisted of 4 questions of general characteristics, 9 questions of oral health status including subjective oral health status, frequency of tooth brushing, duration of tooth brushing, method of tooth brushing, use of oral health devices, dental clinic visit, scaling services, snack intake, and smoking. The oral health belief consisted of 25 questions including susceptibility, seriousness, barriers, benefit, and self-efficacy using Likert 5 scale. The reliability of Cronbach’s alpha in the study was 0.725. Data were analyzed using SPSS ver 18.0 for frequency analysis, t-test, ANOVA, χ2-test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient, simple regression, and binary logistic regression. Results: Oral health beliefs of middle and high school students affected the oral health behaviors. Susceptibility, barriers and self-efficacy also influenced on the oral health behaviors. In order to provide the best oral health education, susceptibility and self-efficacy are the primary factors to increase motivation because the motivation endows the students with correction of oral health behaviors that improve the knowledge, attitudes, and decrease barriers in oral hygiene. Conclusions: It is important to correct oral health behaviors in the middle and high school students by providing the continuing and systematic oral health education.

The Effects of the High School Students’ Time Management Behavior on Satisfaction with Educational Consumption and School Life

This study aims to examine the effects of high school students’ time management behaviors on their satisfaction with educational consumption and school life. Three hundred seventy-six high school students in Seoul participated in this investigation. The SPSS ver. 19.0 program was adopted for the descriptive analysis, factor analysis, Cronbach’s α, and multiple regression analysis. The results of the present study can be summarized as follows: first, the levels of time management behavior, satisfaction with educational consumption at school, and satisfaction with school life were relatively high. Second, an analysis of the relative influence on satisfaction with educational consumption revealed that the students’ time management behavior was the most influential factor, followed by academic achievement. As the levels of time management behavior and academic achievement were high, the level of satisfaction with educational consumption was high. Finally, an analysis of the relative influence of satisfaction with school life also revealed that the students’ time management behavior was the most influential factor, followed by academic achievement. Based on the findings, that is, the effects of high school students’ time management behavior and other involved variables on their satisfaction with educational consumption and school life, a future study can present specific ways to enhance the level of satisfaction with educational consumption and school life. Keywords: education consumption satisfaction, school life satisfaction, time management, study management, time management behavior

Determinants of academic achievement among middle and high school students in Seoul and policy implications

Determinants of academic achievement among middle and high school students in Seoul and policy implications

Social relationship on problematic Internet use (PIU) among adolescents in South Korea: A moderated mediation model of self-esteem and self-control

Despite previous research efforts on identifying the risk and protective factors of problematic Internet use (PIU), the specific mechanism among these factors are largely unknown. Thus, the present study examined the effect of adolescents’ social relationships on their PIU, as well as the effect of self-esteem as a mediator and the effect of self-control as a moderator. Survey data from 750 South Korean middle and high school students in Seoul and Gyeonggi areas were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results are as follows. First, PIU is significantly associated with relationship with peers and with mother. Second, self-esteem did not mediate the effect of communication with mother on PIU, but was found to partially mediate the effect of peer relationship on PIU. Third, adolescents’ self-control significantly moderated the indirect effect of peer relationship on PIU via self-esteem. Through detailed analyses, this study identified self-esteem as a mediator and self-control as a moderator in the relationship between social relationships and PIU. Implications of these results for understanding the relationship among social relationships, self-esteem, self-control, and PIU are discussed.

Sleep Patterns of Middle & High School Students in Seoul and Their Perceptions of Their Own Sleep

Objectives: To investigate the sleep patterns of Korean adolescents and the subjective perception on their sleep pattern and daytime functioning related to sleep status. Methods: The questionnaire survey was done in 2007 for students in middle and high schools located in Mokdong region in Seoul. The questionnaire included sleep/wake schedules both on school days and weekends, various questions regarding sleepiness and other sleep complaints, and morningness-eveningness scale. Results: The third year of middle school, the first and second year of high school students were enrolled. A total of 1,252 students (boy: 65.3%) participated in the survey. The average bedtime was 12:46 AM and 1:13 AM, respectively and the wake up time was 6:24 AM and 8:35 AM, respectively on school days and weekends. Total sleep time was 6.6±1.1, 5.89±1.1, and 5.65±0.9 hours on school days for students in the third year of middle school, the first year and the second year of high school, respectively. While 57% of students answered that they have sufficient sleep, only 36.7% of students reported they sleep sufficiently almost always. High school students reported shorter optimal sleep duration than middle school students. One third of students had a problem of daily or school life due to sleepiness. Conclusions: This study showed sleep deprivation on school days and compensating catch-up sleep on weekends in middle & high school students in Seoul. The perception of their sleep seems to be affected not only by current sleep status but also by the school year probably related to academic pressure. Keywords: Sleep deprivation, Adolescents, Sleep perception, High school, Middle school

Suicidal ideation in adolescents: A structural equation modeling approach.

The purpose of this study is to test a model linking adolescents' experience of violence and peer support to their happiness and suicidal ideation. The participants were high school students in Seoul, and in Kyungi, and Chungnam Provinces in Korea. The Conflict Tactics Scale, School Violence Scale, Oxford Happiness Inventory, and Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire were administered to just over 1000 adolescents. The model was tested using a path analysis technique within structural equation modeling. The model fit indices suggest that the revised model is a better fit for the data than the original hypothesized model. The experience of violence had a significant negative direct effect and peer support had a significant positive direct effect on their happiness. Happiness had a significant negative effect and the experience of violence had a significant positive effect on suicidal ideation. These findings demonstrate the fundamental importance of reducing exposure of violence to adolescents, and that increasing peer support and their happiness may be the key to adolescent suicidal ideation prevention.

Factors Affecting Mental Health and Behavioral Problems in High School Students: Based on a Social Cognitive Career Theory.

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to identify factors affecting mental health and behavioral problems among high school students through the lens of a Social Cognitive Career Theory.METHODS: A descriptive study was carried out with 384 high school students in Seoul, Korea. A self-administrative questionnaire was used. It consisted of items on person .background variables, career-related variables including career barriers, learning experiences, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and career indecision, and mental health and behavioral problems. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were performed using the SPSS 21.0 program.RESULTS: The results showed that perceived stress (t=5.12, p<.001), perceived health status (t=-4.08, p=.002), and school record (t=5.46, p<.001) were statistically significant variables. Also, career barriers (t=10.57, p<.001) was a significant factor influencing mental health and behavioral problems.CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that among career-related variables, career barrier needs to be considered for preventive and therapeutic approach to mental health and behavioral problems in adolescents. Furthermore, the results suggest that career-related stress level should be assessed in high school students on a regular basis.

대중매체 및 또래영향력과 또래동조성이 청소년 소비자의 소비지향태도와 과시소비행동에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to investigate adolescent consumers` consumption trends to identify their tendency for conspicuous consumption. To investigate adolescent consumers` consumption factors and conspicuous propensity for consumption, mass media, peers` effects & conformity were examined. The objects of the study are 503 middle and high school students in Seoul. The data were analyzed through frequency analysis, mean, standard deviation, t-test, Pearson`s correlation, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis by using SPSS Win 12.0. The major results of this study are as follows: Firstly, the factors of gender, grade and allowance suggest a consumption-oriented attitude and conspicuous consumption is revealed to be the highest among female students rather than male students, and high school students rather than middle school ones. Allowance is significantly correlated with consumption-oriented attitude and conspicuous consumption. Secondly, factors that affect the propensity for the consumption-oriented attitude of adolescent consumers are mass media, peer conformity, and effects. Thirdly, the factors affecting the propensity for the conspicuous consumption of adolescent consumers are peers` effects, mass media, and peer conformity. This investigation could contribute to enhancing the understanding of adolescent consumers.

Home visitation program for detecting, evaluating and treating socially withdrawn youth in Korea

The problems of youth social withdrawal (or hikikomori) became a hot-button social issue in Japan in the 1990s. Unfortunately, current nosology in the DSM-IV may not adequately capture the concept of socially withdrawn youth (SWY) or hikikomori. This study aimed to investigate core SWY issues, evaluate SWY's psychopathologies, and approach them therapeutically through a home visitation program. Participants were 65 youth referred by community mental health centers and psychiatric clinics around Seoul and Kyongki-Do province. Among them, only 41 participants (31 male, 10 female, mean age 15 ± 3.6 years) fit our SWY criteria. In addition, 248 middle and high school students in Seoul were recruited as a baseline control group. Caseworkers interviewed the SWY participants and their parents in their homes, using our structured interview manual and a number of psychiatric scales. Caseworkers also approached the participants therapeutically. Participants' Depression Inventory, Trait Anxiety Inventory, Social Anxiety Scale, and Internet Addiction Scale scores were significantly higher than those of baseline controls. Participants' mean number of psychotherapeutic sessions was 2.8, and the mean number of parental interview sessions was 3.4. After the therapeutic sessions, Global Assessment Functioning scores and social activities had improved somewhat in 68.3% of participants. These findings suggest that SWY is a complex phenomenon, so an individual psychopathologic process is very important for treatment. The most difficult problem in SWY treatment was therapeutic access. Hence, the home visit approach with a structured manual may be a good gateway for solving this problem.

Changes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-related Knowledge and Stigmatizing Attitudes among Korean Adolescents from 2006 to 2011

ObjectivesThis study assessed the prevalence and changes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) knowledge and stigmatizing attitudes in 2006, 2008, and 2011. MethodsThree cross-sectional surveys were conducted in 2006, 2008, and 2011. A cross-sectional sample of high school students in Seoul, South Korea was targeted. A self-administered questionnaire measuring general and transmission and discriminatory attitudes was used. ResultsMisconceptions about casual contact were widespread, even though the proportion responding incorrectly decreased significantly over the 5-year period. The respondents in all surveys displayed a high level of discrimination against those with HIV/AIDS in some situations, particularly in the idea of HIV/AIDS making the respondent feel disgusted (63.3% in 2006, 57.5% in 2008, and 52.6% in 2011), avoiding sitting with people with HIV/AIDS (50.6% in 2006, 50.5% in 2008, and 48.5% in 2011), and blaming those with HIV for becoming infected (46.6% in 2006, 42.8% in 2008, and 43.0% in 2011). Even though respondents had a high level of stigmatizing attitudes, the survey showed that the stigma has declined over the 5-year period. ConclusionThe survey results showed that public health policy should recognize that HIV stigmatizing attitudes persist in Korea. This finding has implications for the development of intervention programs focusing on reducing the levels of discrimination.