Resource Tag: KOREA

This study aimed to examine the validity of reasons for living (RFL) and the protective role they may play against suicidal ideation in college students in South Korea. A total of 277 undergraduate students participated by completing the College Student Reasons for Living Inventory (CS-RFL), along with measures of suicide risk including depression, hopelessness, and […]

Journal held in CSP Library. One extra copy in folder.

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Age- & method-specific suicide rates for women in South Korea, Taiwan, Sweden, & the United States in 2002 were calculated & compared. Hanging, firearms, & jumping from a height were classified as violent suicide methods. Poisoning suicides were further classified according to use of drugs, gases, pesticides, & other agents. Half of Taiwanese & American […]

This study sought to determine why paraquat is such a common agent for suicide attempts in Korea. 250 cases (143 males, 107 females) of attempted suicide by paraquat igestion were analyzed. The procurement of the paraquat was divided into 2 categories: purchased & pre-existing. Men were more likely to have purchased paraquat than were women. […]

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This study examined the association between early initiation of problem behaviours (alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, sexual intercourse) & suicidal behaviours, & explored the effect of concurrent participation in these problem behaviours on suicidal behaviours among Korean adolescents. Data were obtained from the 2006 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Bivariate & multivariate logistic analyses were conducted. […]

This study tested a structural model to explain the relationship between the predictor variables of trait anger, anger suppression, entrapment, psychosomatic symptoms, depression, & resilience & the dependent variable of suicide ideation. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 11,393 Korean students. Trait anger, entrapment, psychosomatic symptoms, depression, & resilience had a direct effect […]

This study assessed the current status of suicidal behaviour & examined the association between hopeless feelings, suicidal behaviour, & components of the WHO Quality-of-Life-BREF instrument among 1217 college students in China, Thailand, & Korea. 3.7% of Thai, 10% of Chinese, & 13.2% of Korean sudents exhibited suicidal behaviour in the past 12 months. Most components […]

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File copy includes an erratum published in December issue.

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Objective This study attempts to provide fundamental information to help with the development of health policy and health services by looking at the trends of the gender-specific mortality rates in Korea and Japan. Design The death statistics of Korea and Japan over the 21-year period from 1983 to 2003 are analyzed. Setting We used the […]

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The relationship of Internet addiction to depression & suicide ideation was examined in a sample of 1573 Korean high-school students. A correlational survey design was employed. 1.6% were diagnosed as Internet addicts while 38% were classified as possible addicts. The prevalence of addiction did not vary with gender. The levels of depression & suicide ideation […]

The authors compared symptoms among 3 groups of depressed patients (60 Koreans, 42 Korean-Chinese, & 31 Chinese), using Hamilton’s Rating Scale for Depression & Beck’s Depression Inventory. The findings suggest that Korean depressives are characterized by psychological symptoms, Chinese depressives by somatic symptoms, & Korean-Chinese by both somatic-psychological symptoms. Results are discussed in the context […]

In this article, the author seeks to discover whether a tradition of widow-suicide following the death of a husband ever existed in pre-modern Korean society, through the analysis of various written accounts of the widow’s suicide over the ages. The author also explores the crucial relationship of individual case-histories of suicide to the basic elements […]

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3 hypotheses about symptoms of war-related posttraumatic stress disorder & general psychiatric disorder were tested among a sample 5,138 war zone veterans. All 3 hypotheses were supported significantly. With respect to suicidality, the Vietnam cohort accounted for 5 of 9 significant measures when age, education & medical condition were controlled for. A surprising finding was […]

This study estimated the prevalence of suicidal behaviours & their relation to background characteristics, social integration, academic stress, psychological distress, & substance use in a stratified random sample of 9886 high school students in Korea. Depression was the strongest predictor of suicial behaviours. The other factors significantly associated with suicidal behaviours were gender, academic stress, […]