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Attitudes of Elderly Koreans toward Suicide - a Q-Methodological Approach -  

Jo, Kae-Hwa (Department of Nursing School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu)
Lee, Hyun-Ji (Department of Social Welfare, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.36, no.6, 2006 , pp. 905-916 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the types of suicide attitudes among the Korean elderly. Method: The Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used. Thirty-four selected Q-statements from 38 subjects were classified into a shape of normal distributionusing a 9 point scale. The collected data was analyzed using a QUANL PC program. Result: Three types of suicide attitudes for research subjects in Korean elderly were identified. Type I is understanding suicide-self conquest and labor type, Type II is opposing suicide-family band foundation type, and Type III is sympathizing with suicide-painful situation escaping type. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that different approaches of suicide prevention programs are recommended based on the three types of suicide attitudes among Korean elderly.
Keywords
Elderly; Suicide; Attitude; Q-methodology;
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