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A Study on a Relationship Between University Students Life Stress and Suicidal Ideation: Mediating Effect of Mental Health

대학생의 생활스트레스와 자살생각 간의 관계: 정신건강의 매개효과

  • Received : 2015.09.22
  • Accepted : 2015.11.20
  • Published : 2015.11.28
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Abstract

This study was intended to investigate the effect of life stress of university students on the suicidal ideation and to verify the mediating effect of personal mental health on a relationship between life stress and suicidal ideation. Therefore, this study collected data from 491 university students who are enrolled in 4 universities located in Daejeon Metropolitan City, Chungnam, and Chungbuk. According to the main findings of this research, life stress, suicidal ideation, and mental health had statistically significant correlation. Secondly, life stress not only makes direct effect on the suicidal ideation, but makes indirect effect through a mediating variable, the mental health, as well that mental health is verified to mediate a relationship between life stress and suicidal ideation. The research results suggest that mental health of university students is impoverished when life stress is higher, and can make effect on the suicidal ideation due to continual phenomenon of losing general function of life. This study investigated how counselors can intervene convergence policy approach with mental health of clients that affects the relationship between life stress and suicidal ideation of university students, and suggested implication and limitation of this study and suggestions for a follow-up study.

본 연구는 대학생의 생활스트레스가 자살생각에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고 생활스트레스와 자살생각 사이에서 개인의 정신건강이 매개효과가 있는지 검증하고자 하였다. 따라서 자료는 대전광역시와 충남, 충북 등에 위치한 4개 대학에 재학중인 대학생 491명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하여 분석하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과를 보면, 첫째 생활스트레스, 자살생각, 정신건강은 통계적으로 유의한 상관이 있었다. 둘째, 생활스트레스는 자살생각에 직접적 영향을 줄 뿐만 아니라 매개변인인 정신건강을 통해 간접적으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나, 정신건강은 생활스트레스와 자살생각 사이를 부분매개 하는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 연구결과는 대학생의 생활스트레스가 높을수록 개인의 정신건강은 피폐해지며, 일상적인 생활기능조차도 상실하게 되는 연속적인 현상으로 자살생각에 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 시사해 준다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 대학생의 생활스트레스가 자살생각에 미칠 수 있는 부정적 영향과 그 관계에 영향을 주는 내담자의 정신건강적인 측면에 상담자가 어떻게 개입할 것인가에 대하여 융복합적 정책 접근을 논의하고 연구의 시사점과 제한점 및 후속연구를 위한 제언을 제시하였다.

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