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Epidemiology of Suicidal Behavior among Korean Adolescents
Author(s) -
Juon HeeSoon,
Nam Jung Ja,
Ensminger Margaret E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1994.tb01212.x
Subject(s) - psychology , hostility , logistic regression , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , epidemiology , distress , poison control , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , economics , macroeconomics
The purpose of this study was 10 estimate the prevalence of suicidal behaviors and their relation to background characteristics, social integration, academic stress, psychological distress, and substance use in a stratified random sample of 9886 high school students in Korea. In a multiple logistic regression, we found that depression was the strongest predictor of suicidal behaviors. The other factors significantly associated with suicidal behaviours were gender, academic stress, hostility and substance use. These results indicate that early identification of risk factors for suicidal behaviors may have potential for reducing possible future suicides.