Journal of the Korean Society of School Health (한국학교보건학회지)

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Physical Activity and Suicidal thoughts in Male and Female Adolescents

남녀 청소년의 신체활동과 자살 생각

  • Kwon, Min (Department of Nursing, The University of Suwon) ;
  • Lee, Jinhwa (Department of Nursing, University of Ulsan)
  • 권민 (수원대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 이진화 (울산대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2017.11.04
  • Accepted : 2017.12.07
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of physical activity on suicidal ideation according to gender in South Korean adolescents. Methods: This study is designed as a cross-sectional study. Using the statistics from the 12th (2016) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, hierarchical logistic regression analysis was conducted. The study sample comprised 62,558 middle and high school students aged primarily 12 to 17. Results: The rate of engaging in physical activity more than three times a week was 39.6% for boys and 28.8% for girls and the rate of suicide ideation was 9.35% for boys and 14.9% for girls. Male students were 1.42 times more likely to commit suicide when they did not engage in physical activity than when they do more than three times a week but it was found to have no significant effect on female students. Conclusion: Physical activity should be encouraged in the physical education curriculum and the school health area to reduce suicidal ideation in adolescents. Differentiated interventions are required according to gender. It is suggested that intervention programs involving physical activity be implemented more actively for male students and intervention programs centering on obesity and smoking prevention be implemented for female students.

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