The purpose of this study is to identify the actual condition of the bulling and to find out the self-concept and mental health of groups according to the classification types of bulling.
The subjects for this study were 602 students in their first...
The purpose of this study is to identify the actual condition of the bulling and to find out the self-concept and mental health of groups according to the classification types of bulling.
The subjects for this study were 602 students in their first, second and third year of middle and high schools located in Seoul. The period of data collection was from February 4th to 16th, 2002.
The instruments used for this study were Bulling-Behavior Scale(1994), Peer-Victimization Scale(1996), Choi Chung Hoon's Perceptual Orientation Scale(1972), Rosenberg's Self-esteem Orientation Scale(1979) and SCL-90-R(Symptom Check List-90-Revision).
The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient, Z-score and ANOVA with SPSS program.
The results were as follows:
1. The distribution of groups according to classification types of bulling was bulling-victim group(41.4%), general group(38.2%), victim group(13.1%) and bulling group(7%). There are some different between boys and girls. Bulling-victim group was the highest(49.8%) for boys, however, general group was dominant(49.8%) for girls. Bulling-victim group(45.9%) was the highest in middle school students, and general group(44.4%) was the largest group for high school students and has high level of academic record. In addition, the students whose parents has high education and high occupational level showed that students were included to general group.
2. The mean score of self-concept was 3.5 and the mean score for perception of self was 3.58 showing a slightly higher score for self appraisal of 3.36. In group, the general group(M=3.78) was high score in perceptual self-concept. The mean score of victim group, bulling group and bulling-victim group were 3.56, 3.52, and 3.43. In addition, these score showed significant difference(F=16.97, P=.000). General group also showed the highest appraisal of self-concept score(3.55). The mean score of victim group, bulling group and bulling-victim group were 3.35, 3.30 and 3.20. These results showed significant difference(F=11.6, P=.000).
3. The mean score of mental health was 50.90. The mean score of dimension for mental health ranged down in following order: somatization(M=53.79), paranoid ideation(M=52.59), psychosis(M=52.13), hostility(M=51.56), obsessive-compulsive behavior(M=50.74), anxiety (M=50.54), phobic anxiety(M=50.54), depression(M=50.51), interpersonal sensitivity(M=50.07). In group, the general group was low score in somatization(F=9.81, P=.000), obsessive-compulsive behavior(F=7.03, P=.000), interpersonal sensitivity (F=14.82, P=.000), depression(F=10.62, P=.000), anxiety(F=12.09, P=.000), hostility(F=12.02, P=.000), phobic anxiety(F=10.46), P=.000), paranoid ideation(F=11.30, P=.000), psychosis (F=10.70, P=.000) and these results showed significant difference.
4. The relationship between self-concept and the mental health of students negatively correlated(r=-.454, P=.001).
5. There were significant differences in the perceptual self-concept on the boy(F=15.65, P=.000), girl(F=11.98, P=.000), middle school(F=5.68, P=.000), high school(F=10.50, P=.000), parents alive(F=15.40, P=.000), single parent (F=3.72, P=.032), father: high school graduated(F=12.20, P=.000), university graduated(F=5.70, P=.001), mother: middle school graduated (F=4.80, P=.004), high school graduated(F=8.59, P=.000), college graduated (F=4.70, P=.009), university graduated(F=4.45, P=.005), level of academic record: high(F=6.68, P=.000), middle(F=6.56, P=.000), low(F=5.01, P=.002), income: high(F=3.55, P=.016), middle(F=13.63, P=.000), no brother & sister(F=2.62, P=.057), two(F=13.80 P=.000), parents occupation: skilled labor(F=3.46 P=.019), seller(F=4.70, P=.003), officer(F=7.46, P=.000).
There were significant differences in the mental health on the boy(F=8.20, P=.000), girl(F=11.13, P=.000), middle school(F=6.59, P=.000), high school(F=8.34, P=.000), parents alive(F=12.37, P=.000), father: high school graduated(F=8.76, P=.000), university graduated(F=5.76, P=.001), mother: high school graduated((F=7.69, P=.000), university graduated(F=5.68, P=.001), level of academic record: high(F=3.31, P=.023), middle(F=5.82, P=.001), low(F=3.44, P=.019), income: high(F=6.33, P=.000), middle(F=9.26, P=.000), two brother & sister(F=9.55, P=.000), three(F=4.51, P=.005), parents occupation: seller(F=5.03, P=.002), officer(F=4.43, P=.005).
With results we found that self-concept and mental health have significant relation. these results also may actually contribute to provide basic data to develop nursing program for the positive self-concept formation and mental health promotion in adolescence..