The Effects of Nursing Education about Recognition on Adolescent Problem Behaviors

Park, Young-Suk

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2012;18(2):276-283.
Published online August 31, 2012.

Park, Young-Suk;

Department of Nursing, Korea National Open University

청소년 문제행동인식에 관한 간호교육의 효과

박영숙

한국 방송통신대학교 간호학과

Abstract

Purpose
This study was carried out to identify the effects of classroom lectures on adolescent nursing education in distance education. Method: The design of this study was a quasi-experimental research with nonequivalent control group, pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were 434 nurses in K open university. Data were collected from April to June, 2009 by the adolescent delinquency measurement scale and questionnaire for awareness of the issue in adolescent health education. Result: The both groups perceived the biggest problem as the lack of assigned education time in adolescent health education. After receiving education, the experimental group improved significantly more than the control group in recognition of adolescent problem behavior which is in interpersonal, intermaterial, order, drug, sex, position, alcohol/smoking delinquency and psychiatric problem. Conclusion: This adolescent nursing education is an effective education for nurses and could improve their recognition of adolescent problem behavior.

Key Words: Adolescent, Education, Recognition, Behavior