Abstract

This study was intended to examine the effects of perceived social support and coping strategies on the adolescent's depression and runaway impulsion. The subjects for this study were 630 students attending middle schools and high schools in Taegu city. The subjects were asked to respond to social support scale, coping strategies scale, depression inventory, and runaway impulsion inventory. The results indicated that first the perceived social support and the coping strategies all influences on significantly depression and runaway impulsion. Second, perceived social support and coping strategies have a main effects and an interactive effects on depression. That is, adolescent's depression be influenced by both variable, but more influenced by social support than coping strategies. And a depression of the group with lower perception of social support than other groups indicate the highest score when they use negative coping strategy. Third, perceived social support and coping strategies have a main effect and an interactive effects on runaway impulsion. That is, adolescent's runaway impulsion be influenced by both variable, but more influenced by coping strategies than social support. And a runaway impulsion of the group with negative coping strategy than other strategies indicate the highest difference between the levels of perception of social support.