Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the stress and the physical activity according to working in Korean adolescents.
Methods: Data were collected from 3 high schools in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The total number of four hundred twenty ...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the stress and the physical activity according to working in Korean adolescents.
Methods: Data were collected from 3 high schools in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The total number of four hundred twenty subjects were participated and they completed general questionnaire, International Physical Activity Questionnaire (Korean version) and adolescents stress scale. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and t-test using SPSS 21.0 program.
Results: The number of employed was 151 (45.2%) and the number of unemployed was 183 (54.8%). Reasons for working were to earn money (44.0%) and to purchase significant product (35.6%). Moderate physical activities of employed students were more than them of unemployed students and there was significant difference (t=3.261, p˂.001). There was no significant difference between employed and unemployed students in the total score of stress. However, there were significant differences on school stress (t=2.854, p=.005) and economical stress (t=3.959, p˂.001) in the subcategory. The stress of employed was higher than the stress of unemployed.
Conclusion: As shown in the above result, employed adolescents reported higher levels of both physical activity and stress than unemployed adolescents, thus indicating that employment status of adolescents has a significant impact on physical and mental health. Nursing implications include developing quality
care for employed adolescents based on the community health nursing, and providing health education at schools in terms of adolescent employment.