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KMID : 1022120100120010097
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Health and Welfare
2010 Volume.12 No. 1 p.97 ~ p.114
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Effects of Protection and Risk Factors on Suicidal Ideation of the Elderly
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Seo In-Kyun
Jung You-Seon
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Abstract
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The present paper is designed to investigate protection factors that may be used to mitigate the impulse of the elderly to commit suicide. Community environments are set forth as protection factors here in an attempt to examine the effects of social support and concern of the community for the elderly that are deemed to be an effective bumper against impulse to suicide. On the other hand, self-respect, depression and stress are set forth as risk factors. This study is believed to contribute to working out measures to prevent suicide by analyzing the paths that can lead to the idea of suicide through mediation of risk factors by protection factors that have a bumper effect.
Following conclusion could be drawn from the present study that attempted to analyze the effects of protection factors that mediate risk factors for the elderly on their suicidal Ideation.
The higher the support by family members is, the higher their self-respect gets and the less their stress and depression become, resulting in their less suicidal Ideation
The higher support by friends old persons receive, the less their stress and depression become, leading to the less suicidal Ideation.
The higher support by others the elderly get, the stronger their impulse to suicide and the higher their stress become, intensifying their suicidal Ideation.
The better the living conditions of the elderly are, the higher their self-respect and the lower their stress get, causing less suicidal Ideation.
The higher their self-respect and the lower their depression get, leading to lower suicidal Ideation.
The implications of this study could be summed up as follows:
First, the measures for spiritual and physical support should be worked out to prevent dissolution of family and to encourage peer activities.
Second, counselling programs for peers and neighbors should be prepared to prevent suicide of the elderly.
Third, the facilities for convenient use and welfare of the elderly should be expanded, since the outcomes of this study reveal that the better the living environment surrounding the elderly is, the higher their self-respect and the lower their stress get resulting in their lower impulse to suicide.
Fourth, the policy to support regional senior festivals and plans of preferential treatment for the elderly should be introduced or expanded, since it becomes obvious that the higher the concern for the elderly is, the higher their self-respect becomes and the lower their depression and, consequently, their impulse to suicide get.
Fifth, the psychological health center for the elderly should be established to ensure overall management and treatment of self-respect, stress and depression of the elderly.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Suicidal Ideation, Risk Factors, Protection Factors
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