KMID : 0367320110220040294
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2011 Volume.22 No. 4 p.294 ~ p.301
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Factors Related with Suicidality in High-School Students : Focused on Perceived Academic Performance
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Kwack Young-Sook
Shin Ji-Hyun
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study investigated factors related to suicide in high school students and focused on perceived academic performance.
Methods: We surveyed 293 grade 10 high-school students in Jeju and Gyeonggi provinces and gave them self-assessment questionnaires. To evaluate the suicide risk, the questionnaire included questions about suicidal thoughts, plans, threats, deliberate self-injury, and suicide attempts from the Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI). Also, it included the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Locus of Control Scale (LOC), Rosenberg¡¯s Self Esteem Scale (RSE) and Perceived Academic Performance (PAP) to identify factors related to suicide in high school students.
Results: Depression, hopelessness, and low self-esteem were related with suicidal thoughts, plans, attempts, and severe suicidal ideation (SSI ¡Ã score16). In the multivariate analysis, a low level of PAP (OR=3.796, 95%CI 1.280-11.257) was significantly associated with severe suicidal ideation (SSI score ¡Ã 16). Deliberate self-injury was most prevalent in failing the PAP group and also having a high level of PAP (OR=6.161, 95%CI 1.474-25.760).
Conclusion: The authors found that the suicide risk of high school students is related to depression, hopelessness, low self-esteem and a low level of PAP. These results provide significant indicators in planning an adolescent suicide prevention program.
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KEYWORD
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Suicide, Perceived Academic Performance, High-School children
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