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Factors related to Suicide Ideation among Middle School Students

일부 중학생들의 자살생각 및 그의 관련요인

  • Bae, Sang-Yun (Department of Health Administration, Vision University of Jeonju) ;
  • Yoon, Hyun-Suk (Department of Nurse, Chungnam National University Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Chungnam National University School of Medicine)
  • 배상윤 (전주비전대학교 보건행정학과) ;
  • 윤현숙 (충남대학교병원 간호부) ;
  • 조영채 (충남대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2014.07.16
  • Accepted : 2015.01.08
  • Published : 2015.01.31
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Abstract

This study was performed to determine the factors related to suicide ideation among some middle school students. A self-administered questionnaires survey was administered to 975 middle school students in Gyeongin area during the period from May 1st to June 30th, 2013. As a result, the suicide ideation of respondents turned out to be significantly higher in the following groups: females, experience of smoking, experience of alcohol drinking, of which the self-recognized body type was fatty, with out regular eating, poor subjective health status, poor home atmosphere, low family life satisfaction, lower school grade, poor relationship with friends, school violence experienced, school life dissatisfaction, severe hopelessness, severe distress, and depression. In particular, the factors related to hopelessness are strongly correlated with the suicide ideation.

본 연구는 중학생들의 자살생각 및 그의 관련 요인간의 관련성을 파악하여 자살생각에 유의하게 영향을 미치는 요인들을 규명하고자 시도하였다. 조사대상은 경인 지역의 4개 중학교에서 임의로 선정된 재학생 975명으로 하였으며, 자료수집은 2013년 5월 1일부터 6월 30일까지의 기간 동안에 무기명 자기기입식 설문지(self-administrated questionnaire)를 통해 이루어졌다. 연구결과, 자살생각이 높은 위험 군으로는 여성 군, 흡연경험 군, 음주경험 군, 비만하다고 생각하는 군, 식사를 규칙적으로 하지 않는 군, 주관적 건강상태가 좋지 않다고 생각하는 군, 가정 분위기가 좋지 않은 군, 가정생활 만족도가 낮은 군, 학년이 낮은 군, 친구와 관계가 좋지 않은 군, 학교폭력을 경험한 군, 학교생활 만족도가 낮은 군, 절망감 수준이 높은 군, 사회심리적스트레스 수준이 높은 군, 우울수준이 높은 군이 선정되었다. 특히 이들 변수 중 절망감 수준은 자살생각에 크게 영향을 미치는 변수로 지적되었다.

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