Effect of Korean High School Students' Mental Health on Academic Achievement and School Dropout Rate.
10.5765/jkacap.2016.27.3.173
- Author:
Eun Ju BANG
1
;
Du Hyung KIM
;
Beop Rae ROH
;
Hye Seung YOO
;
Ji Hyeon JANG
;
Kyung Hee HA
;
Eun Jin PARK
;
Hyun Ju HONG
Author Information
1. Hallym University Suicide and School Mental Health Institute, Anyang, Korea. honghj88@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adolescent Mental Health Problem-Behavior Questionnaire-II;
Adolescent;
Mental Health;
Academic Achievement;
Dropout Rate
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Education;
Humans;
Internet;
Mass Screening;
Mental Health*;
Statistics as Topic;
Student Dropouts*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2016;27(3):173-180
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of high school students' mental health on their academic achievement and school dropout rate by using longitudinal data. METHODS: For this study, 153 high schools were randomly sampled on a nationwide scale. The descriptive data was collected from a school information internet site which is organized by the Korean Ministry of Education. We used the schools' mean scores on the Adolescent Mental Health Problem-Behavior Questionnaire-II (AMPQ-II) scale which was used for estimating students' mental health in the 2013 school-based mental health screening test. The data analysis was conducted by using hierarchical regression analysis. RESULTS: The results of this study showed that the AMPQ-II scale's mean scores have significant effects on the following year's academic achievement and annual dropout rates. Especially, the AMPQ-II scale's mean scores tend to increase the school dropout rate in vocational schools. CONCLUSION: The finding of this study is that Korean high school students' mental health states significantly influence their academic achievement and school dropout rate.
