The Study of the Relationships among the Meaning of Life, Life Stress and Depression of Junior High School Students

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 教育學系 === 99 === The purpose of this research was to investigate the correlations among the meaning of life, life stress and depression of junior high school students in Kaohsiung and Pingtong areas. The main purpose of this thesis aimed to explore the following items: (1) the...

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Main Author: 林郁瑾
Other Authors: 梁茂森
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28038017766418877573
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Summary:碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 教育學系 === 99 === The purpose of this research was to investigate the correlations among the meaning of life, life stress and depression of junior high school students in Kaohsiung and Pingtong areas. The main purpose of this thesis aimed to explore the following items: (1) the correlations among the meaning of life, life stress and depression of junior high school students; (2) the comparison of differences among the meaning of life, life stress and depression of junior high school students;(3) the relationship among the meaning of life, life stress and depression of junior high school students; (4) the predictability of the meaning of life and life stress towards depression tendency of junior high school students. This study adopted the method of questionnaire survey and took junior high school students in Kaohsiung and Pingtong areas in this study. The effective samples were 922 questionnaires in total. The research tools included” Life Attitude Profiles, Life Stress Scales and Depression Scales”. The instruments contained “Descriptive statistics, T-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s posteriori comparisons , Pearson’s product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression”. The main conclusions were list below: 1.The meaning in life of junior high school students in Kaohsiung and Pingtong areas was in the upper level,and “the value of life ”is the highest degree. 2.The life stress of junior high school students in Kaohsiung and Pingtong areas were slightly less than moderate, and “career development”of life stress were the greatest. 3.The depression of junior high school students in Kaohsiung and Pingtong areas was not high, and “Irritability of depression was the highest degree. 4.Junior girls’meaning of life, life stress and depression were higher than junior boys. 5.Students in the third grade of junior high had more life stress and depression than students in the first grades. 6.Students in other family structure of junior high had less “ value of life ”but moer“career development”of life stress and depression than students in two-parent families. 7.Students with lower socio-economic status had less meaning of life, but more life stress and depression than students with higher socio-economic status. 8.Students which parents had used“authoritative” discipline had more meaning of life but less life stress and depression than students which parents had used “closed authoritive” and “neglect” discipline 9.There were significant negative correlations among meaning of life and life stress. 10.There were significant negative correlations among meaning of life and depression. 11.There were significant positive correlations among life stress and depression. 12.The predictability of meaning of life and life stress towards depression was found in the result.