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Significant Domains of Life Satisfaction That Affect Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Adolescent suicide is a serious national issue in Korea. Recently, life satisfaction has been recognized as a major factor related to this issue. The main purpose of this study was to identify the domains of life satisfaction that affect suicidal behavior in adolescence.

Methods

Data were collected from eight middle schools in Incheon, Korea. A total of 1297 students answered questions regarding their demographic characteristics, happiness, self-related life satisfaction domains (appearance, leisure time, physical health, and mental health), depressive symptoms, and suicidal behavior.

Results

In the Spearman correlation analysis, female sex, perceived socioeconomic status (SES), happiness, and all four self-related satisfaction scores showed significant correlations with depression and suicidality. Multivariate regression analysis suggested that suicidality was significantly affected by perceived SES, satisfaction with appearance, mental health satisfaction, and depression. Finally, depression was identified as a partial mediator of the association between mental health satisfaction and suicidality, and a complete mediator of the association between female sex and suicidality.

Conclusion

Perceived SES, satisfaction with appearance, and mental health satisfaction significantly affected students' suicidality, with or without the effect of depression. Health authorities, educators, and family members must be aware of this to identify adolescents at suicide risk earlier.

SUBMITTER: Kim JS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8262976 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Significant Domains of Life Satisfaction That Affect Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents.

Kim Ji Soo JS Choi Seo-Hyun SH Lee Sang-Eun SE Lee Chai Won CW Kim Won-Hyoung WH Bae Jae Nam JN Lee Jeong Seop JS Maeng Seri S Son Jisung J Kim Hyeyoung H

Soa--ch'ongsonyon chongsin uihak = Journal of child & adolescent psychiatry 20210701 3

<h4>Objectives</h4>Adolescent suicide is a serious national issue in Korea. Recently, life satisfaction has been recognized as a major factor related to this issue. The main purpose of this study was to identify the domains of life satisfaction that affect suicidal behavior in adolescence.<h4>Methods</h4>Data were collected from eight middle schools in Incheon, Korea. A total of 1297 students answered questions regarding their demographic characteristics, happiness, self-related life satisfactio ...[more]

PMID: 34285635

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Significant Domains of Life Satisfaction That Affect Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents.

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Significant Domains of Life Satisfaction That Affect Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents.

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