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The Relationship between Academic Stress and Suicidal Ideation among Middle-school Students: The Moderated Mediating Effects of Entrapment and Emotional Support from Peers

중학생의 학업스트레스와 자살생각 간의 관계: 속박감과 또래로부터의 정서적 지지의 조절된 매개효과

  • Youn, Hayoung (Department of Child & Family Studies / Human Life & Innovation Design, Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Ju Hee (Department of Child & Family Studies, Yonsei University)
  • 윤하영 (연세대학교 아동.가족학과/인간생애와 혁신적 디자인 융합전공) ;
  • 박주희 (연세대학교 아동.가족학과)
  • Received : 2022.06.20
  • Accepted : 2022.08.02
  • Published : 2022.08.30
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Abstract

This study examined the moderated mediating impact of entrapment and emotional support from peers in the relationship between academic stress and suicidal ideation among middle-school students. The participants consisted of 214 middle-school students in the first to third grades from four middle schools located in Seoul, Gyeong-gi, Chun-cheon, and Jeonnam. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and the Process Macro Model versions 4, 1, and 14. The results of this study were as follows. First, academic stress did not directly influence suicidal ideation; however, entrapment mediated the relationship between academic stress and suicidal ideation. Second, emotional support from peers moderated the mediating effect of entrapment in the aforementioned relationship. This means that if students perceived emotional support from peers, then academic stress had a smaller impact on suicidal ideation through entrapment. These findings highlight the importance of decreasing levels of academic stress and entrapment to prevent suicidal ideation among middle-school students. They also suggest that enhancing students' emotional support networks with their peers could be an effective way of reducing suicidal ideation when students feel high levels of entrapment and academic stress.

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This work was supported by the BK21 plus project of Yonsei University in 2022.

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