• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2008

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of parent-adolescent communication and depression on suicide ideation in the adolescent population. Method: The participants for this study were 391 students from two middle schools, one located in Seoul and one in Kyung-gi do Province. A self-report survey was used for data collection, which was carried out from February 8 to 14, 2006. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 11.0 Program. Results: The average score for father-adolescent communication was 61.70, and for mother-adolescent communication, 64.04. The average score for depression was 16.01, and for suicide ideation, 8.69. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between suicide ideation and depression. There was a statistically significant reverse correlation between suicide ideation and mother-adolescent communication, and between suicide ideation and father-adolescent communication. Mother-adolescent communication and depression account for 46.4% of variance in suicide ideation of adolescents. Conclusion: According to the results, programs designed to improve parent-adolescent communication and decrease depression should be developed and put into practice to decrease the rate of suicide ideation in adolescents in Korea.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9549-9553
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• 2014

Background: Cancer affects patients in many ways including physical, social, emotional, psychological and economic and restricts the functional lives. Psychiatric problems seen among cancer patients may increase the suicide probability and patients perceive suicide as a peaceful death type. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between functional life and suicide probability among cancer patients. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted with 105 cancer patients as descriptive. The Functional Living Index_Cancer (FLIC)," suicide probability scale" (SPS) and personal information form were used as data collecting tools. Data were evaluated by descriptive analysis, and Pearson's correlation. Results: It was determined that 34.3% of patients thought of suicide. Significant negative correlation was found between functional life and suicide probability (r=-.641, p=0.000), increase being evident in those with poor functional life. Conclusions: It is recommended that cancer patients should be supported for improving their functional lives with help in coping processes for illness and treatment symptoms. Evaluation of the patient mental status to prevent the suicide among this group is an important role for nurses.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.266-272
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• 2015

Objectives : This study examined the impact of peer's suicide on mental health of middle-school students. The aim of this study was to describe the course of posttraumatic stress and grief reaction, suicide ideation, and depression score among adolescents after exposure to peer's suicide and to examine the relationship between posttraumatic stress and other mental health scores in these subjects. Methods : Thirty seven middle school students who were exposed to the suicidal death of a peer completed self-report measures to assess levels of depression, grief reaction, post-traumatic stress, and suicide ideation at 1 month and 8 months after the peer's suicide. Results : There was no significant change in mental health scores between 1 month and 8 months. Level of posttraumatic stress after 8 months was related to acute grief response. Subjects who experienced a clinically significant level of suicidal ideation and posttraumatic stress showed more mental health problems. Conclusion : The results suggested that peer's suicide strongly impacted mental health issues of adolescents at a critical time of adolescent development. Clinicians should perform a thorough evaluation of mental health problems for youth who experienced peer's suicide and help them in management of their grief reaction.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.179-191
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• 2012

The study thus examined and analyzed 1,478 people aged 65 or older in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2010 to investigate the effects of differences in the elderly's general characteristics and depression & suicide ideation and in their subjective health perceptions and quality of life on their depression and suicide ideation. As a result, Significant differences in their suicide ideation were also caused by such quality of life variables as ill in bed, exercise capacity, self-management, daily activity, pain and uncomfortableness, and anxiety. The logistic analysis results of depression and suicide ideation according to the degree of subjective health perception show a significant finding that the better health perception they had compared with their very poor subjective health perception, the lower the odds ratio became. In the category of quality of life, only experience of uncomfortableness caused significant results on suicide ideation and depression. The results of the study will be of great use as basic data to intervene in the suicide route of the elderly and take measures to prevent suicide.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2014

Objectives: This study aimed to examine how the relationship between socioeconomic factors at the macro level and suicide mortality rate of Korea was different from that of other OECD countries. Methods: We created OECD panel data of 29 OECD countries from 1985 to 2006 and analyzed the relationship between socioeconomic factors and suicide mortality rate for separate age and sex groups using a fixed-effect model. Economic factors included per capita GDP, per capita GDP growth rate, unemployment rate, and women's economic participation rate. Social factors included birth rate, alcohol consumption, and the percentage of population 65 and older. Results: Unemployment rate had a positive relationship with suicide in other countries but it had a negative relationship in some groups of Korea. Women's economic participation rate was both positively and negatively related with suicide in Korea but it did not relate to suicide in others. The negative relationship of birth rate and the positive relationship of alcohol consumption with suicide were evident in Korea, which were not found in other countries. The percentage of population 65 and older was negatively correlated in some female groups in Korea, while no significant relationship was found in other countries. Conclusions: Korea was substantially different from other OECD countries in the relationship between socioeconomic factors and suicide mortality rate.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.74-85
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• 2017

Objective : A variety of approaches are needed to solve high suicide rates in Korean society. Although suicide prevention education has been provided for the public and suicide risk groups in Korea, a systematic discussion of simple, effective suicide prevention guidelines for the general public has yet to be made. Self-help guidelines for suicide prevention, which can help prevent suicide in at risk individuals, will be developed through expert questionnaires. Methods : In order to develop the draft guidelines, suicide prevention self-help phrases were gathered and compiled from homepages and publicity materials of domestic and international suicide prevention and related organizations. A panel of 16 suicide prevention experts conducted primary and secondary surveys using the Delphi method, which derives results from consensus among expert groups. The validity and appropriateness of the guidelines was analyzed using content validity ratios (CVR). Results : Of 33 candidate phrases selected for the suicide prevention guidelines, 9 showed high CVR after the secondary Delphi round. The highest level of support with total agreement was given to 'Do not be alone, stay with someone'. However, more than half of the panelists evaluated 14/27 of the primary Delphi round and 12/26 of the secondary Delphi round phrases as invalid. The researchers completed 10 self-help guidelines for suicide prevention, after eliminating 1 redundant phrase and including 2 additional phrases that showed relatively high CVR. Conclusion : We have developed 10 self-help guidelines for suicide prevention through the consensus of experts. Further studies on the effects of the guidleines relative to suicide rates are needed after widespread dissemination.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1711-1720
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• 2011

본 연구는 도시 농촌지역 고등학생들의 자살에 대한 인식 및 태도를 알아보고, 그에 관련된 요인을 파악하기 위하여 우리나라 중부권에 소재한 K시의 도시지역 학생 1,114명, 농촌지역 학생 968명을 대상으로 2009년 7월 1일부터 7월 31일까지 구조화된 자기기입식 설문지를 이용하여 설문조사하였다. 연구결과 최근 1년간 자살생각을 갖은 고등학생은 38.8%였으며 도시와 농촌 간에 유의한 차이가 없었다. 자살에 대한 인식 및 태도는 농촌지역학생이 도시지역학생보다 높았으며, 자살 인식도에 영향을 미치는 관련요인으로 도시지역학생은 부모와 동거유무, 학교계열, 최근1년 간 자살생각유무, 자살태도가 유의한 변수로 선정되었으며(설명력 22.3%), 농촌지역학생에서는 성별, 부모와 언쟁 유무, 최근1년 자살생각유무, 자살태도가 유의한 변수로 선정되었다(설명력 37.1%). 자살태도에 영향을 미치는 관련요인으로 도시지역학생은 학교계열, 자살 인식도가 유의한 변수로 선정되었으며(설명력 20.6%), 농촌지역학생은 성별, 흡연유무, 자살 인식도가 유의한 변수로 선정되었다(설명력 38.8%). 따라서 자살에 대한 인식과 태도에 영향을 주는 가정환경 및 학교생활 변인을 적극적으로 관리하는 프로그램 개발 및 자살예방을 위한 지속적인 관심과 지도가 필요하다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.33-46
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• 2021

본 연구는 우리 사회의 자살현상을 알아보고, 자살예방대책의 사회현상 반영여부 및 적절성에 대해 알아보고자 뉴스 빅데이터를 활용한 네트워크 분석을 실시하였다. 이를 위해 2000년부터 2018년까지 8개 중앙지에서 자살을 키워드로 9,142개의 뉴스기사 제목을 수집하였고, 명사를 중심으로 단어를 추출하여 데이터 정제를 거쳐 네트워크 분석을 실시하였다. 총 기간은 1, 2차 자살예방대책을 기준으로 4개의 구간으로 나누었고, 상위 50개의 빈출 주제어와 CONCOR분석을 통해 각 구간의 자살현상의 특징을 파악하였다. 분석결과 1구간(2000~2003년)은 6개의 군집(군, 인터넷 환경, 경제적 문제, 비관, 학교, 비리), 2구간(2004~2008)은 8개의 군집(사회고위층, 학교, 경제적 문제, 자살시도, 가정문제, 사회적 문제, 군, 책임), 3구간(2009~2013)은 6개 군집(학교, 가정문제, 자살시도, 직업별, 군, 조사), 4구간(2014~2018)은 8개 군집(군, 자살보험금, 가정문제, 자살시도, 직업별, 업무스트레스, 연예인, 비리)이 분석되었다. 이와 같은 네트워크 분석을 통해 우리 사회의 자살현상의 특징을 알아보았으며, 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 2차에 걸쳐 실시된 자살예방대책의 적절성 여부를 논의하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.70-77
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• 2012

Objectives: Identify the characteristics related to the suicide rates in rural and urban areas of Korea and discover the factors that influence the suicide rate of the rural and urban areas. Methods: Using the data on causes of death from 2006 to 2008, the suicide rates were calculated and compared after age-standardization based on gender, age group and urbanicity. And, in order to understand the factors that influence suicide rate, total 10 local characteristics in four domains - public service, social integration, residential environment, and economic status - were selected for multiple regression analysis. Results: The suicide rates were higher in men than women, in rural areas than urban, and in older people than the younger. Generally, although there were variations according to age group and urbanicity, suicide rates were significantly related to residential environment and regional economic status but not related to regional welfare spending and social integration. In addition, the population over the age of 65 years, only regional economic status has significantly influence on their suicide rates. Conclusions: The influence of characteristics of regions on suicide rate is various by age-group, gender, and urbanicity. Therefore, in order to lower suicide rate and reduce the gap between regions, various approaches must be adopted by taking into account the socioeconomic characteristics of the regions.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제15권6_2호
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• pp.107-119
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• 2015

테러리즘의 핵심적 목표는 계획적 사회혼란과 심리적 공포의 확산을 통해 정치적, 이념적, 종교적 등의 이해에 유리한 여건을 조성하는 것이다. 따라서 테러집단은 폭력적 충격을 통해 대중적인 심리적 공포를 확산시킬 수 있는 수단과 방법을 최대한 동원한다. 또한 테러리즘은 현대문명의 발전과 국제사회구조를 반영하면서 개념과 수단 방법 등이 유기체적으로 진화하게 된다. 현대 테러리즘의 특징은 테러리즘이 비국가 무장단체의 국가를 상대로 한 전쟁의 수단으로 진화하였으며, 자살폭탄테러는 테러를 통한 국제정치의 일환으로 이슬람 극단 테러조직의 전략에 부합됨으로써 유행처럼 확산되고 있다는 점이다. 인류의 테러리즘의 위협으로부터 해방되기 노력은 무력에 의한 조급한 정책을 십 수년간 실행하여 왔으나 실효성 있는 결과를 얻지 못했으며, 자살폭탄테러라는 극단적인 위협이 확산되는 상황에 직면했다. 자살폭탄테러의 예방은 자살폭탄테러범의 심리적 범행동기를 고려하여 병리현상의 치료와 같은 개념으로 종교적 이질감과 문명에 대한 적대감을 해소함으로써 자살공격의 기반을 줄여나가는 노력을 지속적으로 진행하여 나가야 한다.