일부 치위생과 학생의 우울수준과 죽음의식에 관한 연구 = RESEARCH ARTICLES : A Study on the Degree of Depression and Death Orientation of Some Students Majoring in Dental Hygiene

국문 초록 (Abstract)

본 연구는 2012년 5월부터 7월까지 경상북도에 소재한 치위생과 재학중인 여대생 332명을 대상으로 우울수준과 죽음의식을 파악하여 정신건강을 향상시키고자 구조화된 자기기입식 설문지를 이용하여 조사 분석하였고 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. L. 조사대상 치위생과 학생들의 우울수준 분포는 정상군 59.9%， 경도 우울군36.8%，중동도 우올군3.0%， 중증 우울군0.3%로나타났다. 2. 치위생과 학생의 죽음의식의 전체평균과 표준편차는 2.09±0.62점이었다. 3. 우울수준은 가정경제상태가 하위군일수록, 가정환경 만족도가 만족하지 못하는 군일수록， 전공만족도가 만족하지 못하는 군일수록， 자살시도경험이 있는 군일수록 우울수준이 유의하게 높았다. 4. 죽음의식은 가정경제상태가 하위군일수록， 가정환경 만족도가 만족하지 못하는 군일수록， 전공만족도가 만족하지 못하는 군일수록， 학과성적이 하위군일수록， 죽음에 대한 생각이 자주 있는 군일수록， 죽음교육경험이 없는 군일 수록，자살시도경험이 있는 군일수록 죽음의식점수가 유의하게 높았다. 5. 우울수준과 죽음의식과는 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 이상의 연구결과를 종합하여 볼 때 치위생과 학생의 우울， 죽음의식을 살펴봄으로써 우울과 죽음에 대한 올바른 사고가 형성되도록 차별화된 정신건강 치료와 연계되는 다양한 프로그램 구축과 실시를 통하여 긍정적인 삶이 제공되도록 후속 연구가 지속돼야 할 것이다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this research, the degree of depression and death orientation of the 332 female students majoring in dental hygiene at colleges located in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province were examined and analyzed through a structured self-administered questionnaire from May to July, 2012, for the purpose of improving their mental health. The results are as follows: 1. The degree of depression of the subject students majoring in dental hygiene was shown that 59.9%, 36.8%, 3.0%, and 0.3% of the students were in the normal group, mild depression group, moderate level of depression group, and severe depression group, respectively. 2. The grand mean and the standard deviation of the subjects’death orientation was 2.09±0.62points. 3. The degree of depression of the subjects whose family`s economic level was low, whose satisfaction with their family background was low, whose satisfaction level with their major was low, whose school records was low, who frequently thought about death, and who attempted suicide was high in a meaningful way, and death orientation was meaningfully low. In addition, those in the group with the experience of feeling suicidal were proved to have a significantly high degree of depression, and those without the experience of education about death had a low level of death orientation. 4. The degree of depression and death orientation had a positive correlation. When the study results above are combined,follow-up research needs to be conducted so that differentiated programs linked with the care for mental health for the formation of proper attitudes toward depression and death will be established to help students lead a positive life.