Depression, Attachment and Addiction Problems in Runaway Youths.
10.5765/jkacap.2016.27.3.181
- Author:
Miae KO
1
;
Minha HONG
;
Young Eun KIM
;
Juwon HA
;
Sang Min LEE
;
Hyun Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Seonam University School of Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea. minuchin@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Runaway;
Addiction;
Parent Attachment
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Alcohol Drinking;
Child;
Depression*;
Homeless Youth*;
Humans;
Internet;
Parents;
Tobacco Use Disorder
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2016;27(3):181-187
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the relationship between depression, attachment and addiction problems in runaway youths. METHODS: We sent a questionnaire package to 187 runaway youths in 18 adolescent shelters. The questionnaire package collected their sociodemographic data and included the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Inventory of Parent Attachment (IPA), Korean Internet Addiction Self-Scale (K-Scale), Korean version of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and Korean version of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. RESULTS: The percentage of youth with depression was 28.8% (N=54). In the depression group, there were significantly more problematic alcohol users (53.06%, p=.0199) and significantly lower IPA scores (p=.0064). There was a significant negative correlation between depression and a IPA, and significant positive correlation between depression and the K-Scale. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that runaway youths with depression have more problematic alcohol drinking and attachment problems.
