Happiness and Its Association With Suicide Ideation and Attempt in Korea: The Roles of Socio-Environmental, Psychological, and Health-Related Factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between happiness and suicide behaviour across different gender and age groups remains unclear, with few studies identifying potential confounding or mediating factors that explain this association. We aimed 1) to examine the association of happiness with suicide ideation/attempt and 2) to assess the relative contribution of potential factors in explaining the associations in South Korea.

Methods

We used data from the Korea Community Health Survey 2021, with 214,070 respondents aged over 20 years. Happiness was measured by using Cantril's ladder of life satisfaction. Suicide ideation and suicide attempt were each measured by a single question. A hierarchical logistic regression model was used to identify the association between happiness and suicid

SUBMITTER: Choi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576216 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature