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Effects of Suicidal Attitudes, Perception of Life, and Depression on Adolescents' Suicide

자살 태도, 삶의 인식, 우울이 청소년의 자살에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2021.04.06
  • Accepted : 2021.07.20
  • Published : 2021.07.28
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Abstract

The Korea Convergence Society. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of suicidal attitude, perception of life, and depression on adolescents' suicide(ideation, plans, attempts). Data on general characteristics, the Attitude Toward Suicide, the Perception about Life, and the Korean version of Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised were collected in 889 second-year middle school students in the I area. Two hundreds forty six students (27.67%) indicated they had suicide ideation, 85 had suicide plans (9.56%), and 46 had suicide attempts (5.17%). The proportion of female students was significantly higher than that of male students. The suicide indices (ideation, plans, attempts) increased as one shows lower body image satisfaction, higher depression, lower subjective mental and physical health, and lower leisure satisfaction. Predictors of suicide ideation included suicidal attitude (solution and permissiveness), depression, subjective mental health, and body image satisfaction. Predictors of the suicide plan were permissiveness and solution among suicidal attitude, and depression, subjective mental health, and those of suicide attempts were permissiveness and depression. Conclusion: This study suggests that much effort is required to decrease depression and improve perception of life and suicidal attitude in the suicide prevention education for adolescents.

본 연구의 목적은 청소년의 자살 태도, 삶의 인식, 우울이 자살(사고, 계획, 시도)에 미치는 영향을 조사하는 것이다. I 지역 중학교 2학년 학생 889명의 일반적 특성, 자살에 대한 태도(ATTS), 삶의 인식, 우울증(K-CESD-R) 등의 자료를 분석하였다. 자살 사고가 있는 학생은 246명(27.6%), 자살 계획은 85 명(9.5%), 자살 시도는 46 명(5.1%)이었다. 남학생보다 여학생이, 외모 만족도가 낮을수록, 우울이 높을수록, 주관적 정신건강, 신체건강이 낮을수록, 여가 만족도가 낮을수록 자살(사고, 계획, 시도)이 높아졌다. 자살 사고의 예측 요인은 우울, 주관적 정신건강, 외모 만족도, 자살 태도 중 해결책, 허용성이었고, 자살 계획의 예측 요인은 우울, 주관적 정신건강, 자살 태도 중 해결책, 허용성이었고, 자살 시도의 예측 요인은 우울, 자살 태도 중 허용성이었다. 본 연구 결과는 청소년 자살 예방 교육에서 우울을 낮추고 삶의 인식과 자살 태도를 바꾸기 위한 다양한 노력이 필요함을 시사한다.

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