Gender Difference in Self-esteem, Physical and Mental Health in Adolescents / 아동간호학회지
Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
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: 474-482, 2001.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-142930
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the gender difference of relationships between the self-esteem and physical and mental health of adolescents. The sample were consisted of 410 adolescents, 202 boys and 208 girls in two urban city of Korea and the mean age was 17.4 years old. The instruments used in this study were Hare Self-Esteem Scale(Hare, 1985) and School Health Efficacy Questionnaire(Froman & Owen, 1991) which is consisted of both physical and mental health. The results showed that there was no gender difference in self-esteem of adolescents. However, the school domain of self-esteem was related to physical health of boys, and both the family domain and the school domain of self-esteem were related to physical health of girls. And both the school domain and the peer domain of self-esteem were positively related to mental health of boys, and all domains of self-esteem(peer, school, and family) were positively related to mental health of girls. In conclusion, there was not gender difference in degree of self-esteem, but there were gender difference in specific domains of self-esteem related with physical and mental health in adolescents.
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Assunto principal:
Serviços de Saúde Escolar
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Saúde Mental
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Saúde da Criança
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Lebres
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Coreia (Geográfico)
Limite:
Adolescente
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Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Child Health Nursing
Ano de publicação:
2001
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