대학생의 행동특성과 스트레스 대처행동과의 관련 연구 : 「자기다움」의 행동특성과 관련하여 = Relationships between Behavior Characteristics and Stress Coping Behaviors of University Students

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was conducted to investigate the content of stress coping behavior and to examine the relationship between behavior characteristics and stress coping behavior in university students. Survey was carried out on 386 university students with questionnaire which consisted of sociodmographic data, a scale for stress coping behavior, a scale for behavior characteristics. Data analysis procedure included factor analysis and multivariate regressions using stress coping behavior as a dependent variable, sociodemographic variables and behavior characteristics as independent variables.
Analysis showed:
1. On the whole, the subjects showed a tendency to lack in positive stress coping behavior.
2. There were significant gender differences in stress coping behavior Female students showed more tendency to take stress coping behavior positively than male students.
3. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the factors such as gender, behavior characteristics, native place, grade and tendency of vulnerability to stress were to be independently and significantly associated with stress coping behavior: for example, male, lower grade and urban-born students tended to take stress coping behavior negatively. The students who showed more subjective behavior characteristics and who had vulnerability to stress showed the same tendencies.
In conclusion, this study suggests that is important for late-adolescents to establish their subjective behavior characteristics, which would be helpful for them to cope with their stress well and would enable them to keep their good mental health.