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Influencing Factors on Perceived Stress among Female College Students in South Korea

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2020, 16(12), pp.123-132
  • DOI : 10.14251/crisisonomy.2020.16.12.123
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general
  • Received : November 17, 2020
  • Accepted : December 1, 2020
  • Published : December 31, 2020

SHIN GISOO 1 Mi-Kyoung Cho 2

1중앙대학교
2충북대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing the perceived stress among female college students. The cross-sectional survey data were collected from 459 female college students in three provinces in South Korea by online method from August 27 to October 26, 2017., and analyzed by a stepwise multiple regression method. The perceived stress level was found high among those with no regular exercise or experiences with sexually transmitted infections. It was negatively correlated with self-efficacy, but positively correlated with uncertainty intolerance. The mean score of perceived stress was 19.45±4.79 (range: 6-40). The factors influencing the perceived stress of female college students include self-efficacy, intolerance of uncertainty, health status, and experiences with sexual transmitted infections, which explained 37.7% of the variability in the perceived stress according to the regression model (F=70.38, p<.001). The findings of this study suggest a need of developing interventions that prevent sexually transmitted infections, reduce intolerance of uncertainty, maintain good health, and increase self-efficacy in order to reduce the perceived stress of female college students in South Korea.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.