학교 환경에 관한 인식이 청소년들의 주관적 행복감에 미치는 영향

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of being aware of the physical and psychosocialenvironment of the school on subjective feeling of happiness in Korean middle and high school students. Methods:The data of "Health and lifestyle Survey (2019)" conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute were analyzedafter receiving approval though the website. A total of 5,311 middle and high school students were included inthe analysis. Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, pearson correlation, and multiple regression analysiswere executed using SAS 9.4. Results: The mean score of subjective feeling of happiness was 6.92±0.56 outof 10. From the univariate analysis, the more positive the perception of the physical school environment was, suchas classrooms, restrooms, exercise facilities, catering facilities, health facilities, other school facilities and schooluniform, the higher the subjective feeling of happiness was (p for all <.001). In addition, the psychosocialenvironment of the school was significantly related to the happiness of adolescents (p<.001). After controllingfor gender, school level, school grade, socio-economic status, and stress, positive perception of classrooms(B=0.04, p<.001), catering facilities (B=0.01, p=.021), health facilities (B=0.08, p<.001), and the psychosocialenvironment of the school (B=0.18, p<.001) was significantly associated with happiness of the students. Conclusion: Positive perception of the school environment was found to increase happiness in adolescents. Therefore, efforts should be made to make classrooms, catering facilities, and health facilities a pleasant spaceas well as to create a school atmosphere that values health.

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