1Graduate School of Education, Kyungnam University 2Human·Environment Welfare Institute, InJe University 3Department of Child & Family Welfare, University of Ulsan
Corresponding Author:
Hyewon Park ,Tel: +82-52-259-2367, Fax: +82-52-259-1699, Email: hyewonc@ulsan.ac.kr
Received: October 31, 2010; Revised: November 5, 2010 Accepted: June 18, 2011.
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the self-related and parental factors that influence depression in 204 adolescents from a low social economic status background. The self-related factors were self-trust and emotional regulation, and the parental factors were parental concern and domestic violence. The results showed that girls were more likely to be depressive, but had better emotional regulations and a closer relationship with their parents than boys. There was no significant difference between age groups with respect to parental concern, self-trust and emotion regulation. It was also found by regression analyses that girls' depression was predicted by both emotional regulation and parental concern while boys' depression was predicted only by self-trust. The finding suggested that intervention for boys' depression has to focus more on intrapersonal factors, but should emphasize interpersonal factors for girls.
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