• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.33-46
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• 2021

Using news big data analysis, this study was aimed to examine the suicide phenomena in Korean society, and to evaluate whether suicide prevention policies reflect social phenomena appropriately. For this purpose, 9,142 news titles with suicide as the keyword were collected from eight central newspapers between 2000 to 2018. Nouns were extracted, and data was refined for network analysis. The total period was divided into 4 periods based on the 1st and 2nd suicide prevention policies, and the characteristics of suicide phenomena in each period were identified through the top 50 frequent main words and the clusters. As a result, period 1 (2000~2003) with 6 clusters (military, internet environment, economic problems, pessimism, school, corruption), period 2 (2004~2008) with 8 clusters (high social class, school, economic problems, suicide attempts, family issues, social problems, military, responsibilities), period 3 (2009~2013) with 6 clusters (school, family issues, suicide attempts, occupation, military, investigation), and period 4 (2014~2018) with 8 clusters (military, suicide insurance money, family issues, suicide attempts, occupation, job stress, celebrity, corruption) were identified. Study results suggested the characteristics of suicide phenomena in our society. Further, the appropriateness of the implementation of suicide prevention policies was discussed.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.8
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• pp.291-298
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• 2017

This study is to examine the status and trends of regional elderly group(pre-elderly and elderly segment)'s suicide rates and socio-economic factors, to analyze the relevance of suicide rates and socio-economic factors, and to understand differential factors of elderly group's suicide rates between metropolitan areas and small-medium sized areas. For this, analysis on relevance between socio-economic factors and elderly group's suicide rates has been done using regional statistical data for the past ten years(2006~2015) by National Statistical office. According to research findings, Socio-economic factors such as welfare budget ratio, divorce rates, economic activity rates, and financial independent rates have shown different effects on elderly group's suicide rates by age range and regional characteristics. Based on these analyses, this study suggested policy tasks for alleviating suicide rates of elderly group.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.1606-1614
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• 2014

This study aimed to identify the influencing factors of suicidal ideation, suicidal plan and suicidal attempt. The data of 2012 Youth Health Risk Behavior web-based Survey Collected by the Korea Center Disease Control was analyzed by using the SPSS program. The influencing factors of suicidal ideation, suicidal plan and suicidal attempt by general characteristics were gender, grade, school record, socioeconomic status, living with both parents, and subjective health status. The influencing factors of suicidal ideation, suicidal plan and suicidal attempt by health behaviors and emotional characteristics were smoking, drinking, effort for weight, sleep satisfaction, perceived stress and depression. This study suggested that suicidal prevention programs should be developed in preventing and reducing health risk behaviors and depression.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.39-52
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• 2019

Thus, this study suggests following solutions to youth suicides in South Korea. First, we need to help adolescents to establish their identities based on the traditional ethical principles from both eastern and western cultures. Second, we claim that improvement of educational environment is urgently needed. Adolescents' emotional securities need to be well supported through stabilized family lives and we need to set expanded communication system between students and the school education system to help teenagers lead happier and more active school lives. Lastly, this study suggests establishing a social security system by eliminating potential risk factors and extending the protection factors so that Korean adolescents do not hesitate asking for help to protect themselves when they feel suicidal.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.309-317
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• 2011

Research on elderly suicide has increased since 2000. It indicates that elderly suicide is receiving a great attention as a part of elderly problems, and policy efforts are needed. However, most of existing research on elderly suicide focused on factors of elderly suicide. Therefore discussion about suicidal prevention measures is staying on general and suggestive level. As a result, this study is trying to seek effective prevention strategies of elderly suicide through systematic analysis of suicidal factors and sporadic policy proposals presented in existing research. To achieve this, the relevant research papers among academic journals registered with Korea Research Foundation are analyzed. According to the results, while the ordinary elderly tended to require macro level of intervention, the potential-risky elderly were inclined to need all of micro and moderate level of prevention efforts. Above all, secondary prevention must be more emphasized in moderate level. In the future direction of research, based on prevention strategies as stated above, it is recommended to entail discussion of what kind of a specific program and policy should be invented and how it should be operated.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.67 no.1
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• pp.55-81
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• 2015

With the psychological autopsy, an analytical method of backward reasoning for individual case of suicide, this study aims to investigate the causes and route of individual suicides in Korean rural areas, which has long had a bad reputation of world-wide high rate of suicide. The compound approach of the study which combines the psychological and socio-cultural aspects concerning suicide simultaneously, is able to make this study clearly distinguished from existing related inquires and results. Analysis of 25 suicide cases could make clear the typical characters of risky group of suicide in rural area and elucidate the obvious socio-cultural impact on suicide respective of several suicide type, for example, male and female elderly, homecoming youth etc. Then, the psycho-social interactive model to account for rural area suicide adequately could be established as a final result of the study. In addition, based on the findings of the study, several counter-plans to prevent the suicide-committing of the risky groups are suggested in short-term and long-term bases as well.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.167-187
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• 2000

The rates and numbers of elderly suicide in Korea have been increased during 1985-1998. This indicates the seriousness of the problems which the elderly are faced with. So many late-life problems may push older people across the edges. Those in unbearable situations may call out fur helps, they may try to cope with various ways, or they may commit suicides. Because it is widely believed that suicide among the elderly can be understood as a personal solution or alternative to late-life problems in old age, the elderly\`s suicides seem to be an appropriate indicator in estimating seriousness of late-life problems. A comparison of the history of suicide research with other populations shows that the several late-life problems have been found with placing an individual elder at risks for increasing suicidal behaviors Research has identified such problems as financial insecurity, retirement, loss of social roles, physical illness, lack of social supports, and loneliness as the problems that increase the incidence of suicidal behavior. Though it is difficult far us to explain and understand the phenomenon of the elderly\`s suicide because of its complexity, we need to ascertain problems and social conditions behind suicides and also to prepare for some appropriate policy-tasks in light of social welfare for the aged, through examining the phenomenon. For explaining the elderly\`s suicide, the theoretical orientations are based on sociological perspectives in the paper. From the standpoints of social integration theory and exchange theory, this study is to examine the relationship between late-life problems and suicide. These two may have been fruitfully employed in conjunction with each other. Finally, this study would identify urgent late-life problems related with the elderly\`s suicide and suggest the relevant policies for Korean elders. Sometime in the near future, the government should be required to provide social welfare programs for the elderly, particularly for those at risk for increasing suicidal behaviors.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.525-533
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• 2012

This aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of suicide-related behavior(suicide ideation, plans and attemps) and its relationship in college students. 384 college students in Daejeon, Chungbuk provice were selected for this study from April 2 to April 21, 2012. Collected data was analyzed by using the SPSS 19.0 pragram. The prevalence of lifetime suicide ideation, plans and attemps were 32.3%, 4.7% and 3.0%. Respondents with mild ~ severe depressive symptoms were 42.2%. Depressive symptom was the consistent and crucial risk factor associated with suicide-related behavior indicates(suicide ideation, plans and attempts) commonly. We consider the suicide ideation and depressive symptom when develop the suicide prevention program. To prevent suicide, institutionalization of suicide screening program for who experience suicide ideation, depression, follow management of pre-suicide attemptor, surrounders of suicide victims, development of manual about strategy toward suicide, operating mental health program, delicate media representation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.189-190
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• 2013

최근 몇 년 사이 학교폭력의 피해학생들의 자살하는 사건들이 발생하였는데 이러한 자살사건들로 인하여 학교폭력에 대한 우리사회의 관심이 그 어느 때 보다 높다고 할 수 있다. 작년 한 해에는 대구에서 학교폭력 피해가 의심되는 이유로 투신자살한 이후 대전, 광주 등에서 자살하는 사건이 연속적으로 발생하였다. 학교폭력의 피해자들은 가해자들로부터의 벗어나고 싶은 심정으로 극단적인 선택을 하게 되는 것이다. 이러한 청소년 비행이나 청소년 범죄에 관련된 문제 중에서 학교폭력이 가장 큰 비중을 차지하고 수많은 연구에서 다루어지고 있으나 학교폭력에 대한 문제해결의 기미는 보이지 않고 있다. 이에 경찰청에서는 학교폭력 근절을 위한 특별 TF팀을 구성하여 "위해의 사전 예방 제거"에 중점을 둔 근절대책을 추진할 것을 논의하였다. 하지만 한정된 경찰인력만으로는 학교폭력 문제에만 집중할 수 없는 것이 현실정이다. 본 연구는 학교폭력에 대한 이론적 배경을 검토하고, 학교폭력의 현상과 예방프로그램, 학교폭력에 대한 가해 및 피해학생의 선도프로그램의 운영 방안에 대해 살펴보고, 그에 따른 경찰의 역할에 논하고자 한다.

• 한국항공운항학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.293-300
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• 2016

항공테러 예방을 위해서는 테러리스트 보다 앞서가는 첨단 보안검색 장비개발과 신종 테러기법 및 테러리스트 명단을 공유하는 등 국제적 협력이 필수적이다. 특히 테러관련 정보공유를 통해 테러범이 항공기를 탑승하지 못하게 한다거나 선별적으로 정밀 보안검색을 실시하여 항공 보안목표를 달성해야 한다. 최근의 항공테러는 9.11테러와 같이 항공기를 이용한 자살테러, 항공시스템 사이버 테러 등 무차별적인 양상을 보이고 있으며, 테러로 인한 인적 물적 심리적 피해가 심대함을 비추어 볼 때 항공테러는 사전에 차단해야만 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 최근 항공테러 주요사례와 테러 취약요인을 식별하여 기내 인터넷 보안대책 강화, 지상 원격 컨트롤 및 모니터링 시스템 구축 등의 테러 예방대책을 제시하였다.