J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2016 Sep;27(3):173-180. 10.5765/jkacap.2016.27.3.173.

Effect of Korean High School Students' Mental Health on Academic Achievement and School Dropout Rate

• Bang EJ
• Kim DH
• Roh BR
• Yoo HS
• Jang JH
• Ha KH
• Park EJ
• Hong HJ

• KMID: 2358030
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.2016.27.3.173

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of high school students' mental health on their academic achievement and school dropout rate by using longitudinal data.
METHODS
For this study, 153 high schools were randomly sampled on a nationwide scale. The descriptive data was collected from a school information internet site which is organized by the Korean Ministry of Education. We used the schools' mean scores on the Adolescent Mental Health Problem-Behavior Questionnaire-II (AMPQ-II) scale which was used for estimating students' mental health in the 2013 school-based mental health screening test. The data analysis was conducted by using hierarchical regression analysis.
RESULTS
The results of this study showed that the AMPQ-II scale's mean scores have significant effects on the following year's academic achievement and annual dropout rates. Especially, the AMPQ-II scale's mean scores tend to increase the school dropout rate in vocational schools.
CONCLUSION
The finding of this study is that Korean high school students' mental health states significantly influence their academic achievement and school dropout rate.

Keyword

Adolescent Mental Health Problem-Behavior Questionnaire-II; Adolescent; Mental Health; Academic Achievement; Dropout Rate

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Education
Humans
Internet
Mass Screening
Mental Health*
Statistics as Topic
Student Dropouts*