Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the health behaviors and the aggression in Korean high school students. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted with a survey of 2,676 high school students. Aggression was measured in four categories (physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility) using the Aggression Questionnaire, a modified hostility inventory by Buss and Perry. Result: Univariate analysis showed that sex, smoking, alcohol, caffeine, pain pills and gastrointestinal drugs were significantly associated with aggression scores. Boys scored higher than girls in terms of physical and verbal aggression. With respect to the habit of self- medication, students who took pain pills in the last 30 days revealed higher scores in all four aggressive constructs. From multivariate analysis, it was found that alcohol, caffeine, smoking, pain pills, sex and gastrointestinal drugs were independently associated with total aggression score in the order of importance. Alcohol and caffeine, among these factors, had strong correlation with all aggressive characteristics. Conclusion: This study identified a consistent association between the aggression of the students and health behavioral factors, but causal relationship remains to be proven.
목차
Abstract 연구 방법 연구대상 연구방법 연구 결과 연구 대상자의 특성 공격적 성향에 대한 분석 고찰 및 결론 참고문헌 [부록]
키워드
health behavioral characteristicsaggressionhigh school students
저자
문정연 [ Jung Yeon Moon | 이화여자대학교 약학대학/생명약학부 ]
김세원 [ Sae Won Kim | 이화여자대학교 임상보건과학대학원 ]
이경은 [ Kyung Eun Lee | 충북대학교 약학대학 ]
곽혜선 [ Hye Sun Gwak | 이화여자대학교 약학대학/생명약학부, 이화여자대학교 임상보건과학대학원 ]
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