가족의 기능적 결손 정도가 청소년의 자아존중감, 우울, 자살생각에 미치는 영향

• Published in: 韓國學校保健學會誌 Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 199 - 209
• Main Authors: 박재산, 이미순, 문재우, Park, Jae-San, Lee, Mi-Soon, Moon, Jae-Woo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국학교보건학회 30.12.2011
• Subjects: 예방의학; Depression; Self-esteem; Suicidal inclination; Functional deficiency
• ISSN: 1225-9608

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the structural relationships between functional deficiency of Family and self-esteem, depression, suicidal inclination of adolescents. Methods: The data in this study came from the Korea Youth Panel Survey Data (N=3,449) for 2005~2007. To investigate the causal relationship between each variable presented in the research model, structural equation modeling (SEM) was carried out by using AMOS 7.0. And all data were analyzed by using SPSS/WIN 12.0. Results: The main analytical results of this study were as follows; First, the family function made a positive impact on the self-esteem of adolescents. Second, the severe functional deficiency in family appeared to have a negative effect on the suicidal inclination and depression of adolescents. Third, the higher the adolescents' self-esteem, the lower depression and suicidal ideation. Fourth, the more severe the depression, the higher occurrence of suicidal inclination. Conclusion: In conclusion, functional deficiency in adolescents' family impacted negatively on self-esteem, and this contributed to increased depression and anxiety, and to suicidal inclination finally. These findings confirmed that the strength of family function, the closeness with parents, forming a stable relationship and strength of the emotional bond are very important factors to form self-esteem and reduce depression and suicidal inclination.