한국 및 러시아 한국계 청소년 우울증의 사회심리적 위험요인에 대한 횡문화 비교 연구

Abstract

Objectives : In order to study a cross-cultural epidemiology of the adolescent depressives with Korean ethnicity in Korea and Russia, we compared psychosocial characteristics and risk factors of depressive disorder between two school-based populations in different sociocultural environments. Methods : We measured psychosocial variables of 838 subjects in Korea, and 652 in Russia(Uzbekitan) using Basic Questionnaires and Beck Depression Inventory(BDI). Results : The cut-off point of BDI for adolescent depression in Koreans was 19 points. Higher prevalence of depression was noted in Korean adolescents(26.5%) compared to Korean-Russian adolescents(7.4%). We found signicant risk factors of adolescent depression in two study samples : female, academic failure, meeting friends less frequently, presence of chronic physical illness, interpersonal problems with parents, and same-sex and opposite-sex friends. Conclusions : Our data will provide information on cross-cultural understanding of psychosocial characteristics and risk factors in adolescent depression compared between Koreans and Korean-Russians.