A Cross-Cultural Study on Psychosocial Risk Factors of Adolescent Depression between Koreans and Korean-Russians.
- Author:
Dong Ho SONG
1
;
Hong Shick LEE
;
Larissa KIM
;
Chan Hyung KIM
;
Ji Woong KIM
;
Sung Kil MIN
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea..
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adolescent depression;
Psychosocial risk factors;
Cross-cultural study
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Depression*;
Depressive Disorder;
Epidemiology;
Female;
Friends;
Humans;
Korea;
Parents;
Prevalence;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Risk Factors*;
Russia
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
1999;38(5):944-955
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
