Characteristics of Type D personality in Korean adolescents
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Characteristics of Type D personality in Korean adolescents Moon-Soo Lee • Hong Euy Lim • Young-Hoon Ko • Changsu Han • Yong-Ku Kim • Jaewon Yang • Jeong Jin Kim Jae Eun Lee • Jae Yeon Cha • Hongjae Lee
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Received: 5 December 2011 / Accepted: 21 July 2012 / Published online: 17 August 2012 Ó Springer-Verlag 2012
Abstract To examine the prevalence of the Type D construct using the Korean version of the Type D Personality-14 (DS14) on the Korean youth population and to identify relationships between the Type D construct and other mental health measures. Adolescent participants aged 13–18 years were recruited from 12 schools (7 middle schools and 5 high schools) in Ansan city, located in the southwest area of Gyeonggi-do province, Korea. A total of 4,899 students were assessed with the Korean version of the DS14, Beck depression inventory (BDI), Korean Eppendorf Schizophrenia Inventory (K-ESI), Adolescent Mental health Problem behavior Questionnaire (AMPQ), and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Korean version (AUDIT-K). We found significant differences in all the measured scales and subscale scores between two groups, those with Type D personality and those without (BDI: p \ 0.001, K-ESI: p \ 0.001, AMPQ: p \ 0.001, AUDIT-K: p \ 0.001). When comparing the distributions of the high risk participants identified by the results of BDI, M.-S. Lee Y.-H. Ko (&) C. Han Y.-K. Kim J. Yang Department of Psychiatry, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea e-mail: [email protected] M.-S. Lee Y.-H. Ko C. Han Y.-K. Kim J. Yang Research Institute of Mental Health, Korea University, Seoul, Korea H. E. Lim Cardiovascular Center, Guro Hospital, Korea University, Seoul, Korea J. J. Kim J. E. Lee J. Y. Cha Ansan Community Mental Health Center, Ansan, Korea H. Lee Danwon Public Health Center, Ansan, Korea
K-ESI, AMPQ, and AUDIT-K between participants with either Type D or non-Type D personality, a significantly higher proportion of high risk participants were in the Type D personality group according to all measures (BDI: p \ 0.001, K-ESI: p \ 0.001, AMPQ: p \ 0.001, AUDIT-K: p \ 0.001). In conclusions, Type D adolescents experience various and more severe mental health problems. Type D personality was more related with internalizing symptoms in Korean adolescents. DS14 can be useful in a community mental health program designed for adolescents. Keywords Adolescent Type D personality DS14 Internalizing problem
Introduction The study assessing the time trends in adolescent mental health pointed to a substantial increase in conduct and emotional problems [2]. As adolescents spend most of their time at school, school needs to be a primary source of the promotion and protection of youth mental health. Accordingly, school-based mental health services are becoming more important for school-aged adolescents. Primary prevention in mental health may be defined as interventions intentionally designed to reduce the future incidence of adjustment problems in currently normal populati
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