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KMID : 1159120200270040115
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Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Psychology
2020 Volume.27 No. 4 p.115 ~ p.134
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South Korean Public Eyes on Self-Harming Adolescents:Text Analysis of Online News Comments
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Kim Seo-Young
Lee Dong-Gwi
Sohn Ha-Rim
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Abstract
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While recent news highlighted the severity of Korean adolescents’ Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI), the current study text-analyzed Korean online users’ reactions reflected in comments of news about self-harming adolescents. Via natural language processing, co-word analysis was conducted to visualize the relationship between frequently used words, and Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling was used to draw five prominent topics in the online comment data. Results elucidated Korean users’ reactions were polarized to two extremes ? empathy and comfort or criticism and ridicule. Although many users understood adolescent NSSI as a form of social problem in relation to high academic pressure and poor environment, no practical discussion about ideas for intervention was shown. By exploring diverse reactions the self-harming adolescents can encounter, this study allows to make plausible predictions about the influence of these reactions to be tested in future studies. Suggestions for counseling and treatment are provided.
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KEYWORD
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Adolescent Mental Health, Adolescent Self-harm, NSSI, Public Opinion Analysis, Text Mining
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