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The Relationship Between Mental Health and General Physical Health

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2016, v.21 no.4, pp.815-828
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2016.21.4.008


& (2016). The Relationship Between Mental Health and General Physical Health. The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, 21(4), 815-828, https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2016.21.4.008

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health and general physical health. According to the mental health model of Keyes (2002), based on positive psychology, we classified the study’s participants into mental health groups using the K-MHC-SF (Korean Mental Health Continuum-Short Form) and the K-MDI (Korean Mental Disorder Inventory). We then investigated whether the mental health groups differ in general physical health variables such as common cold susceptibility or stress level. The participants of the present study were 3,478 Korean college students. A one-way ANOVA revealed significant differences in various general physical health related variables based on the relationship to various mental health groups. Post-hoc analysis indicated that the mentally flourishing group was superior compared to the middle level or the languishing group, as well as the mental disorder group, regarding general physical health variables. An example of this is that the mentally flourishing group gets less colds. These findings suggested the significant relationship between mental health and general physical health, and the importance of psychological flourishing. Last, the implications and limitations of the study and suggestions for future research were discussed.

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정신건강, 정신적 번영, 긍정심리학, 웰빙, 신체건강, 감기, 취약성, mental health, mentally flourishing, positive psychology, wellbeing, physical health, common cold, susceptibility.

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