Small but protective social capital against suicide ideation in poor communities: A community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Coupled with the lowest level of social connectedness, South Korea has the highest suicide rate among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. A possible link between community and suicide is social capital imprinted in social connectedness. This study explores whether social capital is protective against suicide ideation in relation to the poverty level of communities, and whether the associations are specific to certain elements of social capital.A total of 908 participants were included to assess cross-sectional association of social capital at individual level with suicide ideation by comparing between poor (government-leased apartments) and non-poor communities (nongovernment-leased apartments). Logistic regression analyses were performed to examine variou

SUBMITTER: Choi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7598880 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature