Citation

Choi YS, Shin HK, Hong DY, Kim JR, Kang YS, Jeong B, Park KS, Lee KH. J. Prev. Med. Pub. Health 2019; 52(1): 30-40.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Korean Society for Preventive Medicine)

DOI

10.3961/jpmph.18.095

PMID

30742759

PMCID

PMC6378391

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of self-esteem as a moderator of the factors influencing suicidality among middle-schoolers.
METHODS: Moderated multiple regression analysis was applied to assess the influence of happiness, depression, and hostility on suicidality and to determine the degree to which self-esteem served as a moderator of those relationships. Data were collected from 268 students at a middle school in Busan, Korea, using a self-administered structured questionnaire.
RESULTS: Happiness, depression, and hostility had significant direct effects on suicidality. Self-esteem showed no direct effect, but had a significant moderating effect on the relationship between hostility and suicidal behavior.
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that various interventions, such as counseling programs, should be designed to alleviate hostility and depression and to enhance happiness and self-esteem among early adolescents.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Female; Male; Self Concept; Adolescent; Depression; Suicide; Self-esteem; Suicidality; Models, Theoretical; Regression Analysis; Republic of Korea; Hostility; Psychology, Adolescent; Happiness; Early adolescents