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This study is an empirical study that examines the emotional changes of runaway adolescents after they enter the short term youth shelter. This study was conducted on 73 runaway adolescents who responded to both pre-test and post-test who went in the short term youth shelter in Uijeongbu city. The results showed that negative emotions such as depression, impulsivity, aggressiveness and anti-social tendency appeared lower in the post-test than in the pre-test. The positive emotions, self-esteem and satisfaction about life were not statistically significant, but the average score of post-test was higher than that of the pre-test. In terms of the period of admission, teenagers who stayed in the shelter under one month showed more negative emotions than those who lingered over one month. Regarding the gender, the pre-test showed that the level of girls' negative feelings was higher than boys', however it was reduced to the level of boys' average after entering the shelter. Based on the results, this study suggests program development considering the characteristics of runaway adolescents and measures to improve protection effects of short term youth shelter.