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 Volume 9, Issue 4 (April 2022), Pages: 88-96

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Exploration of the differences in positive-negative psychological factors influencing the life satisfaction and depression of college students by gender and family economic level

 Author(s): Soo-Koung Jun 1, In-Suk Jung 2, *

 Affiliation(s):

 1College of General Education, Namseoul University, Cheonan, South Korea
 2Department of Chinese Studies, Namseoul University, Cheonan, South Korea

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-002-2700-9449

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.04.011

 Abstract:

This study identifies the factors affecting life satisfaction and depression of Korean college students and analyzes the differences between gender and family economic level in positive (self-esteem, ego-resilience, self-identity, life satisfaction) and negative emotions (attention deficit, aggression, depression, social withdrawal). The data from the 7th year of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) conducted by the Korea Youth Policy Research Institute (KCYPS) with a total of 2,351 university students were used, and finally, 1220 subjects were selected. The statistical analysis methods of T-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis were utilized with SPSS 23. The male students had significantly higher positivity than female students except for attention deficit. Those who said that they had a higher family economic background had significantly higher positive emotions and lower negative emotions except social withdrawal. Aggression had the greatest influence on depression, and the higher the satisfaction of life and self-esteem, the lower the depression. In terms of life satisfaction, self-esteem and self-resilience were identified as positive factors and depression as a negative factor. In other words, to increase the life satisfaction of college students, an intervention program to increase self-esteem and lower depression will be needed. 

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: College students, Positive-negative psychological factors, Life satisfaction, Depression

 Article History: Received 13 December 2021, Received in revised form 10 February 2022, Accepted 11 February 2022

 Funding

Funding for this paper was provided by Namseoul University.

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Jun SK and Jung IS (2022). Exploration of the differences in positive-negative psychological factors influencing the life satisfaction and depression of college students by gender and family economic level. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(4): 88-96

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