소년소녀가장의 성인역 아동(adult children)부담이 우울에 미치는 영향 = Effects of Burden as Adult Children on Depression of Youth Householder

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

To identify the influencing factor on depression of youth householder was a purpose of this study. The data were collected on a written questionaire completed 277 children and adolescents who were consisted of youth householder and adolescents who live with their parent.
Analysis reported that adolescents living with parent had higher depression than youth householder. Multiple regression analysis was conducted in order to determine the extent to which individual factors(self-esteem, burden as adult child), support network factors(peer, familial, relatives, neighborhood) and school-related factors(school achievement, disinterest in school life) affected on depression. As a results, significantly associated factors with it were burden as adult child, self esteem, disinterest in school life, negative attitude toward help-seeking. Especially, interaction effect between youth householder and burden as adult children was statistically significant, so the burden as adult children had an effect only on youth householder.
Based on the results, the intervention strategies were suggested as follows.
Firt, to decrease the burden as adult children of youth householder, program for strengthening support network such as mentoring program may be useful.
Second, intervention for increasing interest in school will be more likely to success and strategies to increasing attachment to school is necessary for the adjustment of youth householder.
Third, help-seeking skill training should be implemented to change the cognition and attitude toward help from helping profession, because the negative attitude toward help-seeking had a positive effect on depression.