Soo Hyun Kang

Biographic Data

ID7769821
NAMESoo Hyun Kang
GIVEN NAMESSoo Hyun
FAMILY NAMEKang
SIGNATUREKANG S H
AFFILIATIONSYonsei University
ORCID0000-0002-9381-7276
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Association Between Changes in Depressive Symptoms and Hazardous Drinking

    Open AccessSung Hoon Jeong, Doo Woong Lee et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal association between changes in depressive symptoms and hazardous drinking among South Korean adults. Participants/Methods: This study was conducted using a sample drawn from participants enrolled in the Korea Welfare Panel Study (KoWePS) from 2013 to 2018. Hazardous drinking was defined as a score of 11 points for men and seven points for women on the Korean version of the Alcohol Use Disor…

  • Impact of the Acceptance of Disability on Self-Esteem among Adults with Disabilities

    Open AccessYun Hwa Jung, Soo Hyun Kang et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    This study identified the acceptance of disability's impact on self-esteem among adults with disabilities in South Korea. This is a four-year follow-up study that obtained data from the Panel Survey of Employment for Persons with Disabilities from 2017 to 2020. In total, 3329 individuals participated. Logistic regression examined the acceptance of disability's effect on self-esteem. These variables were categorized based on the acceptance of disa…

  • Association between Living with Patients with Dementia and Family Caregivers’ Depressive Symptoms—Living with Dementia Patients and Family Caregivers’ Depressive Symptoms

    Open AccessMinah Park, Fatima Nari et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Depression among family caregivers is becoming an increasingly important issue due to a growing elderly population. This study aimed to examine the association of living with a patient with dementia and family caregivers' depressive symptoms, among Korean adults. This study used the data of 371,287 participants after excluding those who indicated having dementia themselves from the Korea Community Health Survey of 2018-2019. Depressive symptoms w…

  • Effects of material hardship on depression among adults in South Korea

    Open AccessSoo Hyun Kang, Selin Kim et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2021

    Material hardship is associated with increased risk of depression, especially food hardship. We should consider guaranteeing food security, and community and policy makers should consider material hardship in their approach when identifying low-income populations at high risk for depression

  • The effect of depression status change on daily cigarette smoking amount according to sex

    Open AccessSoo Hyun Kang, Wonjeong Jeong et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    We found that a change from depressed to non-depressed and non-depressed to depressed status is associated with decreasing and increasing DCA among men, respectively. Also, for smokers who began smoking before 19 years of age, the subgroup that went from depressed to non-depressed had much a lower DCA than general smokers. Thus, when treating people participating in smoking cessation programs, counsellors should check for depression symptoms and …

  • Association Between the Location of Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms among South Korean Adolescents

    Open AccessBich Na Jang, Wonjeong Jeong et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    The incidence of depression among adolescents has gradually increased, leading to adult psychological outcomes and suicide. Although the rate of secondhand smoke exposure (SHSE) has recently decreased, SHSE remains high in children. We aimed to determine the association between depressive symptoms in adolescents and the locations of SHSE using an extensive population survey. Using data from the 14th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, we …