Factors related to Problem Behaviors in High School Girls

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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2011;22(3):315-324

Publication date (electronic) : 2014 April 04

doi : https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2011.22.3.315

Yeon-Hwan Park ¹, Hye-Jin Hyun ², Su Jeong Yu ³, Do-Hwa Byen ⁴

¹Associate Professor, College of Nursing & The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Korea.

²Professor, Department of Nursing, Kangwon National University, Korea.

³Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Sangji University, Korea.

⁴Lecturer, Samcheok Nurseaid Education Center, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Yu, Su Jeong, Department of Nursing, Sangji University, 660 Usan-dong, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do 220-702, Korea. Tel: 82-33-738-7622, Fax: 82-33-838-7652, ryusj@sangji.ac.kr

Received 2011 August 17; Revised 2011 September 17; Accepted 2011 September 19.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between problem behavior, school stressor and family strength in high-school girls.

Methods

Data were collected from 200 high school girls in 2008. Data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN 18.0.

Results

There was a positive correlation between problem behavior and school stressor. There was a negative correlation between problem behavior and family strength. The predictors of problem behavior were school stressor, family strength, and monthly family income and these factors explained 43.0% of problem behavior.

Conclusion

The findings of this study suggest the necessity of developing nursing intervention programs for enhancing high-school girls' skills in interpersonal relationship and communication to decrease school stressor and increase family strength.

Keywords: Students; Behavior; Schools; Psychological stress; Family

Notes

This study was supported by research fund of Health Care Research Center in Kangwon National University.

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Table 1

General Characteristics of the Subjects (N=200)

Table 2

Mean Score of the Specific Type of Problem Behaviors and School Stressor, Stress Coping Strategies, and Family Strength (N=200)

Table 3

Correlations among Family Strength, School Stressor, Stress Coping, and Problem Behaviors (N=200)

Table 4

Factors Influencing on Problem Behaviors of the Subjects (N=200)