Association between Sexual Behavior and Depression in South Korean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Kim, Hyunkyu; Jeong, Wonjeong; Jang, Sung In; Kim, Youseok; Park, Sohee

doi:10.3390/ijerph18084228

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“…Evidence suggests that depression in adolescents may be associated with risky behaviors such as insufficient levels of physical activity [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ], psychoactive substance use [ 15 ], unhealthy eating habits [ 16 , 17 , 18 ], and risky sexual behavior [ 19 , 20 ]. Experts argue that there may be a positive relationship between physical activity and brain health in adolescents, which involves both cognitive function and mental health [ 14 ].…”

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Depressive Symptoms and Their Associated Factors in Vocational–Technical School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fernandes¹,

Silva

Noll

et al. 2022

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The objectives of this study were to compare the prevalence of depressive symptoms, behavioral habits, and QoL in students from two vocational–technical schools, and to determine the association of depressive symptoms with behavioral habits and quality of life (QoL) in these students during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with students attending the institution of the Brazilian Federal Network of Professional, Scientific and Technological Education. The students answered a questionnaire on sociodemographic variables, situations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, behavioral habits, QoL, and depressive symptoms. The outcome variable was the presence of depressive symptoms, assessed using the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI). Poisson regression analysis with robust variance was performed. A total of 343 students participated in this study (women, 55.7%; mean age of 16.1 ± 0.93 years). The prevalence of depressive symptoms among students was 43.4% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 38.0–49.0), and these symptoms were significantly associated with being female (prevalence ratio [PR] 1.72; 95% CI: 1.31–2.27); being in the 10th grade (PR: 1.80; 95% CI: 1.18–2.76) and 9th grade (PR 2.08; 95% CI: 1.37–3.18); social isolation (PR: 2.04; 95% CI: 1.00–4.14); hunger due to a lack of food at home (PR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.33–2.39); low physical activity levels (PR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.09–2.59); and moderate (PR: 2.87, 95% CI: 1.68–4.89) and low QoL (PR: 5.66; 95% CI: 3.48–9.19). The results emphasize the importance of interventions aimed mainly at female students and those in the initial years of high school, in addition to the importance of physical activity, food safety, and QoL to improve the mental health of students.

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Depressive Symptoms and Their Associated Factors in Vocational–Technical School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fernandes¹,

Silva

Noll

et al. 2022

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“…Moreover, the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey, based on data from 2863 German children and adolescents aged 7-17 years, found that 17% of participants experienced depressive symptoms assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-DC) [32]. Recently, data from the 2017-2019 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey of 87,355 South Korean adolescent girls indicated that 31.3% of girls suffered from depressive symptoms [33]. This disparity might be partly due to ethnicity factors, demographic differences (e.g., different age of study populations, inclusion of only adolescent girls in this study), discrepancy in the sample size, and the use of different measurements of depressive symptoms.…”

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Association of Nighttime Sleep Duration with Depressive Symptoms and Its Interaction with Regular Physical Activity among Chinese Adolescent Girls

Wang

Zhao

et al. 2021

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Depression has become a major mental health concern among adolescents globally, and the relationship between depressive symptoms and nighttime sleep duration among adolescent girls remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the association between nighttime sleep duration and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescent girls. This cross-sectional study, conducted in 2018, included 4952 girls aged 10–19 years from the eastern, central, and western regions of China. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and categorized into depressive symptoms and non-depressive symptoms. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) of depressive symptoms. After adjustment for covariates, adolescent girls with a nighttime sleep duration of <7 h/night (OR = 2.28, 95% CI: 1.76–2.95) and 7 h/night (OR = 1.82, 95% CI: 1.48–2.24) were associated with increased risk of depressive symptoms, compared to those with a sleep duration of 8 h/night. An interaction between nighttime sleep duration and regular physical activity on the risk of depressive symptoms was observed (p for interaction = 0.036). Among both girls with and without regular physical activity, a sleep duration of <7 h/night was associated with increased odds of depressive symptoms, and the magnitude of the ORs among girls with regular physical activity was lower than those without regular physical activity. This study found a significant association of short nighttime sleep duration with increased risk of depressive symptoms, and demonstrates the importance of maintaining adequate nighttime sleep duration and ensuring regular physical activity in improving depressive symptoms among adolescent girls.

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“…[14] Violence experience was assessed using the following question: “Do you received hospital treatment for violence victimization; for example, after experiencing physical violence; being threatened; or being ostracized by friends, seniors, or adults?.” [12] Sexual experience was assessed through questions such as whether the subjects had ever engaged in sexual intercourse. [15]…”

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“…[12] Sexual experience was assessed through questions such as whether the subjects had ever engaged in sexual intercourse. [15]…”

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Association of the COVID-19 lockdown with health risk behaviors in South Korean adolescents

Han,

Lee,

Chung

2024

Medicine

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Since there is no certainty about when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown will be affected by health risk behaviors, so we investigate the effect of COVID-19-related health risk behavior changes using school-based self-reported data from a nationally representative South Korean adolescent population. We analyzed web-based self-reported data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey in 111,878 participants (57,069 in COVID-19 prepandemic); 54,809 in during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study included 12 to 18-year-olds. Self-report questionnaires were used to assess socioeconomic status, health risk behaviors, and psychological factors. Health risk behaviors such as alcohol consumption, substance use, and sexual experience significantly decreased in COVID-19 pandemic than in COVID-19 prepandemic. Psychosomatic changes such as stress levels, violence experience, depression, suicidal ideation, suicidal plans, and suicide attempts were significantly lower in COVID-19 pandemic compared to COVID-19 prepandemic (P < .001). After adjusting for multiple confounding variables, less alcohol consumption (odds ratio [OR] = 0.98; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.88–0.93), less exercise (OR = 0.92; 95% CI = 0.89–0.94), less sexual experience (OR = 0.82; 95% CI = 0.77–0.86), less violence experience (OR = 0.61; 95% CI = 0.55–0.67), less stress (OR = 0.86; 95% CI = 0.84–0.88), less depression (OR = 0.85; 95% CI = 0.83–0.88), less suicidal ideation (OR = 0.93; 95% CI = 0.89–0.97), plans (OR = 0.82; 95% CI = 0.76–0.88), attempts (OR = 0.78; 95% CI = 0.71–0.85) were significantly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic compared to COVID-19 prepandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with changes in health risk behaviors among Korean adolescents, resulting in alcohol drinking, sexual experience, drug use, violence experience, and suicidal behaviors (idea, plan, and attempts) being decreased during the lockdown period.

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Association between Sexual Behavior and Depression in South Korean Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Depressive Symptoms and Their Associated Factors in Vocational–Technical School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Depressive Symptoms and Their Associated Factors in Vocational–Technical School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Association of Nighttime Sleep Duration with Depressive Symptoms and Its Interaction with Regular Physical Activity among Chinese Adolescent Girls

Association of the COVID-19 lockdown with health risk behaviors in South Korean adolescents

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