Relationship between Demographic Characteristics, Health and Internet Addiction and Drug Uses among the Korean High School Students

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the relationships between demographic characteristics, health, and internet addiction factors and drug uses among the Korean high school students. The 2009 Korean Youth Health Risk Behavior On-line Survey data was used for this study. It selected 73,238 cases of junior and senior high school students from the raw dataset and conducted a secondary data analysis. Frequency analysis and chi-square test were conducted for this study. Gender, living with parents, economic status, school level, academic record, subjective health status, subjective well-being, level of stress, level of depression and internet addiction were significantly associated with their drug uses. Findings may be used for developing strategies to cope with drug uses among the Korean high school students.

Relationships among Depression, Self-rated Health, Health Behaviors and Drug Abuse by Job Status

“…처방받은 또는 처방받지 않은 의약품 남용의 문제는 약을 얻는 것이 쉽고, 이러한 약이 안전 하다는 잘못된 인식에서 비롯된다 (Leary et al, 2009 (Kuehn, 2007 (Barrett et al, 2008 (Kim, 2006 (Kim & Seo, 2012 (Kim et al, 1995), OTC 약물을 남용하는 학생이 보다 공격적 성향을 보였고 (Moon et al, 2014), 약물경험이 있는 학생들의 자살 생각, 자살계획, 자살시도가 각각 2.8배, 3.4배, 2.5배 높게 나 타났다 (Park, 2014 (Little, 2000). 스트레스와 (Kaplan et al, 2013 (Compton et al, 2007 Park & Jeon, 2013 Lee, 2013;Yun et al, 2008 (Edlund et al, 2015;Jalilian et al, 2015;Kim & Seo, 2012;Lee et al, 2013 Jeon, 2009). 이러한 이유로 가족동거, 배우자와 Likelihood ratio Chi-Square=254.757, df=22, p＜.001 † CES_D 11 score≥16 was defined as 'depressed', score＜16 was defined as 'not depressed'; ‡ Scale ranging from 'good' (very good or good or average) to 'poor' (poor or very poor); § Scale ranging from 'non-smoking (non-smoking or ex-smoking)' to 'smoking (daily or occasionally smoking)'; || Scale ranging from 'non-drinking (non-drinking or drinking ≤1 per month)' to 'drinking (drinking ≥2~4 per month)'; ¶ Scale ranging from 'sufficient (≥6 hours per daily)' to 'insufficient (4~5 hours per daily)'; # Scale ranging from 'regular (very regular or regular)' to 'irregular (very irregular or irregular)'.…”

Determinants of Health among Korean Adolescents

“…년들의 건강을 위협하는 주요요인으로 제시되고 있다. 이러한 상황에서 청소년들은 과다한 인터넷 사용, 음 주, 흡연, 불법적인 약물사용 등의 유혹에 빠지곤 한 다 [2], [3], [5], [7], [8]. 그러나 [2], [5], [7], [8]…”