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A Review on Variables Related to Suicide of the Korean Youth and Elderly: An Application of Vulnerability Stress Model to Suicide

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2015, 28(3), pp.227-254
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

CHONG,YOUNG-SOOK 1,  정영주 1

1부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study reviewed 74 suicide-relevant articles published by the Korean Psychological Association Divisions since 1990, including several formal data and meta-analysis data studies on suicide prevention, using a vulnerability stress model. Through the review, we found some differences in suicide risk factors between the Korean youth and elderly groups. Family violence in childhood, academic problems, and bullying at school were factors that increased vulnerability among Korean adolescents, while poverty or economic crisis and deterioration in health or negative self-perceived health increased vulnerability among Korean elders. The elders tended to make a decision to commit suicide after deep reflection and were mainly affected by hopeless, while, in contrast, the youth group members attempted suicide as an immediate response. The previous reviewed studies showed the importance of social support as a psychological buffer against suicide in both groups. There were some limitations, in that many suicide prevention programs were focused on adolescents and college students but very little research has been conducted in the context of the elderly. We need more prevention programs for Korean elders, which take into consideration developmental tasks.

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