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Emotional Characteristics of Adolescents in Monocultural and Multicultural Families in Korea

다문화가정 청소년과 한국문화가정 청소년의 정서 특성

  • Ahn, In-Young (Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital) ;
  • Seo, Jiyeong (Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Dongyun (Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital) ;
  • Lee, So-Jin (Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital) ;
  • Cha, Boseok (Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Cheol-Soon (Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Jo (Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital) ;
  • Park, Chul-Soo (Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Jae-Won (Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital)
  • 안인영 (창원경상대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 서지영 (창원경상대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이동윤 (창원경상대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이소진 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 경상대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 차보석 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 경상대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이철순 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 창원경상대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 김봉조 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 경상대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 박철수 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 경상대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 최재원 (서울대학교병원 정신건강의학과 소아청소년분과)
  • Received : 2016.07.27
  • Accepted : 2016.10.13
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to compare the smoking behaviors in adolescents from monocultural and multicultural families and to evaluate the associations between their smoking behavior and number of suicide attempts. Methods: The data used in this study was collected from The Tenth Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. The differences in the sociodemographic characteristics between the adolescents in the multicultural and monocultural families were analyzed through the ${\chi}^2$-test, and a logistic regression was conducted to evaluate the relationships between the smoking behavior and number of suicide attempts of the adolescents in multicultural families. The process involved an analysis using a complex sample design. Results: There was significant difference in the weighted rates of the current smoking behavior (13.3% vs. 8.4%, p<0.001), experience of violence (6.8% vs. 2.3%, p<0.001), and number of suicide attempts (5.4% vs. 2.7%, p<0.001) between the adolescents from the multicultural and monocultural families. In both groups, the current smoking behavior was associated with the number of suicide attempts (multicultural families OR=6.5, p=0.005; monocultural families OR=1.5, p<0.001). Conclusion: Our results showed that the percentage of current smokers in the adolescents from multicultural families was higher than that in the monocultural families and that current smoking behavior is related to the number of suicide attempts in both groups, after adjustment for age, sex, socioeconomic status, academic achievement, current smoking behavior, depressive mood and experience of violence.

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