The present study was undertaken to investigate the causal relationship of the self-esteem, problem-solving ability, stress, and generalized anxiety disorder of the adolescents. The research questions of the study were as follows.
First, is adolescen...
The present study was undertaken to investigate the causal relationship of the self-esteem, problem-solving ability, stress, and generalized anxiety disorder of the adolescents. The research questions of the study were as follows.
First, is adolescents's self-esteem, problem-solving ability, and stress significantly different as a function of their Generalized Anxiety Disorder, respectively?
Second, how much the effect of the self-esteem, problem-solving ability and stress of the adolescents on their Generalized Anxiety Disorder is it?
The subjects of the study were 600 adolescents who are attending at high school in Seoul.
The subjects were selected by cluster sampling method.
The level of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder was measured though the Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaires by Kim and Min(1998). The level of adolescents's self-esteem was measured though the self-esteem questionnaires by Cho(1998). The level of adolescents's problem-solving ability was measured though the self-esteem questionnaires by Lee(2001). The level of adolescents's stress was measured though the self-esteem
questionnaires by Lee(1997).
The data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation, multiple regression analysis, and path analysis.
The results of the study were as follows:
First, adolescents's self-esteem, problem-solving ability and stress was significantly different as a function of their Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Second, between the adolescents's self-esteem, stress and Generalized Anxiety Disorder had the direct causal relationship. Also, adolescents's problem-solving ability was in direct causal relationship with their degree of Generalized Anxiety Disorder.