본 연구는 성인남녀의 우울증상의 특징과 전문적 도움추구, 정신질환자에 대한 태도에 차이가 있는지를 알아보고자 실시하였다. 더불어 전문적 도움추구에 미치는 심리사회적 변인과 이 과정에 성차가 있는지 알아보고자 한다. 연구대상은 지역주민 964명이며 남성 383명, 여성 583명이다. 연구결과, 여성이 남성에 비해 우울비율과 우울 총점에서 유의하게 높게 나타났다. 우울증상에서, 여성은 남성에 비해 우울기분, 대인관계 소외 증상이 많았으며 통계적으로 유의하지 않았으나 남성은 행동철수를 더 많이 경험하였다. 남성은 여성에 비해 정신질환자태도 중 지역정신보건개념에서 긍정적인 태도를 보였으나, 실제 도움추구행동은 소극적일 가능성이 시사되었다. 남녀모두 우울증이 있을 때 도움추구행동에 소극적이었으며, 여성은 월수입과 연령이 남성은 정신질환자태도가 전문적 도움추구에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 즉 우울증을 경험하는 당사자는 장애에 대한 어려움과 정신장애에 대한 편견 때문에 치료에 소극적일 수 있음이 시사되었다. 따라서 범국민을 대상으로 우울증에 대해 교육하고 나아가 정신질환의 인식개선을 위한 다양한 서비스가 제공되어야, 일반인들의 전문적 도움행동이 증진되어 우울증을 예방하고 치료율을 높이는데 도움을 줄 수 있으리라 기대된다.
The purposes of this study were to investigate the gender differences in the relationship of depressive symptoms and professional help-seeking. Specifically, it was examined that what the psychological factors were influenced on professional help-seeking, and whether gender differences existed or not in its process. Data were collected from the total of 946 adults including 383 male and 583 female in general population. The results of this study were followed: female had got higher than male on the ratio of depression and response of depressive items. Female were reported more depressive mood and interpersonal alienation than male on depressive items. On the contrary, though it was not significant, male were reported more withdrawal behavior than female on depressive item. Male had more a positive attitude toward community mental health ideology than female, but they were showed the negative attitude to seek help for depression. All of adults with depressive symptom did not active to seek help. The income and age were contributed to seek help in female but the attitude toward mental illness was influenced on it in male. Therefore, to increase people's professional help-seeking are needed to draw support system of depressive person and should give them to the psycho-education for depression including mental illness.
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