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의과대학생들의 정신건강 및 이들의 자존감 유지전략이 정신건강에 미치는 영향

Mental Health of Medical School Students and the Effects of Their Strategy for Enhancing Self-Esteem

Korean Journal of Medical Education 2011;23(4):295-304.
Published online: December 31, 2011

1한양대학교 구리병원 정신과

2한양대학교 의학대학 신경정신과

1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Seoul, Korea

2Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding Author: Yong-Chon Park Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 249-1 Gyomun 1-dong, Guri 471-701, Korea Tel: +82.31.560.2273 Fax: +82.31.554.2599 email: hypyc@hanyang.ac.kr
• Received: July 8, 2011   • Revised: August 17, 2011   • Accepted: August 19, 2011

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Fig. 1. Mediational Effect of Comparison Tendency between Self-Esteem and Narcissism in Medical Students
Mental Health of Medical School Students and the Effects of Their Strategy for Enhancing Self-Esteem
PS MS GMS Total Chi-square test

No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) χ2 df p-value
Non-risk group 82 (89.1) 210 (90.9) 96 (92.3) 388 (90.9)
Risk group 10 (10.9) 21 (9.1) 8 (7.7) 39 (9.1) 0.60 2 0.74
Total 92 (100) 231 (100) 104 (100) 427 (100)
PS MS GMS F-value Results of post-hoc



Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total post-ho
Hypochondriasis 50.51 46.10 49.50 49.99 44.83 48.78 50.21 46.15 48.38 0.41
(9.14) (7.73) (9.00) (8.48) (7.94) (8.62) (8.65) (8.82) (8.92)
Depression 44.41 43.52 44.21 46.01 42.80 45.26 44.56 45.17 44.84 0.31
(10.68) (9.25) (10.33) (10.84) (11.60) (11.08) (11.33) (11.86) (11.52)
Hysteria 47.03 41.76 45.83 47.97 43.93 47.03 49.40 46.68 48.17 1.49
(8.85) (7.47) (8.80) (9.42) (9.47) (9.57) (9.38) (10.60) (9.99)
Psychopathic-deviate 46.23 46.48 46.28 49.27 46.00 48.51 47.47 46.57 47.07 1.97
(10.32) (8.38) (9.87) (9.07) (11.11) (9.66) (8.85) (11.25) (9.97)
Masculinity-feminity 45.52 53.90 47.43 47.45 54.65 49.13 44.86 52.23 48.19 1.06
(9.71) (7.66) (9.89) (9.46) (10.87) (10.25) (8.57) (7.95) (9.04)
Paranoia 49.17 44.00 47.99 48.25 46.28 47.79 45.93 43.62 44.88 3.45* c<a,b
(10.92) (10.80) (11.05) (10.48) (10.51) (10.50) (7.36) (8.03) (7.72)
Psychasthenia 44.82 44.81 44.82 47.27 43.50 46.39 46.11 42.77 44.6 1.57
(8.50) (9.11) (8.59) (9.85) (12.68) (10.67) (7.86) (10.12) (9.06)
Schizophrenia 46.87 44.24 46.27 47.46 42.94 46.41 45.00 41.51 43.42 3.80* c<a,b
(9.95) (10.12) (10.00) (9.29) (10.94) (9.86) (7.84) (7.97) (8.05)
Hypomania 45.93 41.24 44.86 44.78 48.00 45.53 41.86 41.87 41.87 4.47* c<a,b
(11.95) (10.52) (11.75) (11.14) (8.88) (10.72) (9.21) (7.75) (8.54)
Social introversion 46.23 43.29 45.55 46.67 43.57 45.95 43.35 43.17 43.27 2.03
(10.87) (9.64) (10.62) (11.90) (11.88) (11.94) (11.47) (10.33) (10.91)
Self-esteem 3.04 3.08 3.05 3.12 3.12 3.12 3.29 3.23 3.26 5.48** a,b<c
(0.54) (0.41) (0.51) (0.48) (0.48) (0.48) (0.42) (0.44) (0.44)
Comparison tendency 3.41 3.44 3.41 3.33 3.44 3.35 3.14 3.04 3.1 7.59*** c<a,b
(0.68) (0.51) (0.64) (0.65) (0.61) (0.64) (0.62) (0.57) (0.59)
Narcissism 3.51 3.23 3.46 3.50 3.29 3.45 3.15 2.87 3.03 8.32*** c<a,b
(1.01) (0.80) (0.96) (0.98) (0.87) (0.95) (0.93) (0.64) (0.83)
Gender Hs D Hy Pd Mf Pa Pt Sc Ma Si Self-esteem Comparison tendency
Hs –0.21* 1.00
D –0.04 0.50*** 1.00
Hy –0.25* 0.83*** 0.37*** 1.00
Pd 0.01 0.27*** 0.24* 0.30** 1.00
Mf 0.36*** 0.19 0.34*** 0.14 0.04 1.00
Pa –0.20 0.40*** 0.48*** 0.42*** 0.54*** 0.30** 1.00
Pt 0.00 0.51*** 0.67*** 0.40*** 0.45*** 0.38*** 0.61*** 1.00
Sc –0.11 0.48*** 0.53*** 0.45*** 0.49*** 0.23* 0.62*** 0.78*** 1.00
Ma –0.17 0.25** –0.02 0.32** 0.42*** –0.06 0.41*** 0.31*** 0.59*** 1.00
Si –0.12 0.25** 0.65*** 0.06 –0.02 0.44*** 0.44*** 0.54*** 0.37*** –0.12 1.00
Self-esteem 0.03 –0.18 –0.55*** –0.10 –0.29** –0.25* –0.41*** –0.53*** –0.48*** –0.08 –0.49*** 1.00
Comparison tendency 0.02 0.07 0.06 0.07 –0.08 0.09 0.13 0.15 0.02 0.09 0.12 –0.09 1.00
Narcissism –0.10 0.00 0.10 0.04 0.09 0.18 0.24* 0.20 0.24* 0.36*** 0.12 –0.11 0.16
Gender Hs D Hy Pd Mf Pa Pt Sc Ma Si Self-esteem Comparison tendency
Hs –0.25*** 1.00
D –0.12 0.50*** 1.00
Hy –0.18** 0.82*** 0.45*** 1.00
Pd –0.14* 0.47*** 0.50*** 0.50** 1.00
Mf 0.30*** 0.14* 0.22*** 0.11 0.03 1.00
Pa –0.08 0.40*** 0.44*** 0.43** 0.49** 0.22** 1.00
Pt –0.15* 0.53*** 0.69*** 0.47** 0.56** 0.13* 0.57** 1.00
Sc –0.19** 0.59*** 0.60*** 0.56** 0.57** 0.19** 0.63** 0.80** 1.00
Ma 0.13* 0.14* –0.14* 0.21** 0.13* 0.20* 0.29** 0.17** 0.34** 1.00
Si –0.11 0.16* 0.69*** 0.01 0.22** 0.17** 0.24** 0.52** 0.38** –0.29** 1.00
Self-esteem 0.00 –0.18** –0.52*** –0.10 –0.37** –0.14* –0.32** –0.55** –0.45** 0.05 –0.51** 1.00
Comparison tendency 0.07 –0.10 0.13* –0.16* 0.05 0.12 0.09 0.13* –0.02 0.08 0.15* –0.17* 1.00
Narcissism –0.10 0.04 0.14* 0.02 0.07 0.12 0.25** 0.18** 0.25** 0.32** 0.12 –0.16* 0.40**
Gender Hs D Hy Pd Mf Pa Pt Sc Ma Si Self-esteem Comparison tendency
Hs –0.23* 1.00
D 0.03 0.53*** 1.00
Hy –0.14 0.83*** 0.51*** 1.00
Pd –0.05 0.42*** 0.50*** 0.49** 1.00
Mf 0.41*** –0.02 0.07 0.01 –0.07 1.00
Pa –0.15 0.40*** 0.54*** 0.43*** 0.53*** –0.02 1.00
Pt –0.18 0.61*** 0.72*** 0.56*** 0.53*** –0.01 0.66*** 1.00
Sc –0.22* 0.56*** 0.57*** 0.48*** 0.45** 0.10 0.65*** 0.77*** 1.00
Ma 0.00 –0.05 –0.22* –0.06 –0.11 0.03 –0.08 –0.01 0.09 1.00
Si –0.01 0.22* 0.72*** 0.12 0.20* 0.15 0.47*** 0.48*** 0.43*** –0.28** 1.00
Self-esteem –0.08 –0.33*** –0.61*** –0.30** –0.40*** –0.08 –0.39*** –0.49*** –0.40*** 0.13 –0.54*** 1.00
Comparison tendency –0.08 –0.04 0.13 –0.04 –0.02 0.12 0.15 0.05 0.11 0.17 0.22* –0.04 1.00
Narcissism –0.17 –0.03 0.14 –0.03 0.03 0.14 0.28** 0.13 0.17 0.16 0.19 –0.09 0.57***
Table 1. The Frequencies of Risk and Non-Risk Groups by Affiliation

Participants were allocated into one of the risk or non-risk group based on their MMPI profile.

PS: Premedical student, MS: Medical student, GMS: Graduate medical student.

Table 2. Table 2. Means (SDs) of Psychopathologies and Psychological Traits by Affiliation and Gender

PS: Premedical student, MS: Medical student, GMS: Graduate medical student.

a: Mean of premedical student, b: Mean of medical student, c: Mean of graduate medical student.

p<0.05,

p<0.01,

p<0.001.

Table 3. Correlational Relations in Premedical Students

Hs: Hypochondriasis, D: Depression, Hy: Hysteria, Pd: Psychopathic-deviate, Mf: Masculinity-feminity, Pa: Paranoia, Pt: Psychasthenia, Sc: Schizophrenia, Ma: Hypomania, Si: Social introversion.

p<0.05,

p<0.01,

p<0.001.

Table 4. Correlational Relations in Medical Students

Hs: Hypochondriasis, D: Depression, Hy: Hysteria, Pd: Psychopathic-deviate, Mf: Masculinity-feminity, Pa: Paranoia, Pt: Psychasthenia, Sc: Schizophrenia, Ma: Hypomania, Si: Social introversion.

p<0.05,

p<0.01,

p<0.001.

Table 5. Correlational Relations in Graduate Medical Students

Hs: Hypochondriasis, D: Depression, Hy: Hysteria, Pd: Psychopathic-deviate, Mf: Masculinity-feminity, Pa: Paranoia, Pt: Psychasthenia, Sc: Schizophrenia, Ma: Hypomania, Si: Social introversion.

p<0.05,

p<0.01,

p<0.001.