• 생물정신의학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2019

Objectives Suicide is a complex phenomenon not only caused by the individual's mental illness and economic situation, but also occurred in sociocultural contexts and relationships around the individual. Therefore, the attitudes, which include collective norms, thoughts and feelings of a population, toward suicide play a fundamental role in the prevention of suicide. Factor structure of Attitudes Toward Suicide (ATTS), developed by Renberg, is also various in different sociocultural contexts. This is the first study to investigate factor structure of ATTS along with nationwide sample of Korean adults. Methods This study analyzed the factor structure and reliability of ATTS in 1500 regionally stratified Korean adults. Exploratory factor analysis was performed by using principal axis factoring and varimax rotation. Results The selection of 33 ATTS items based on internal consistency and communality was conducted. Five factors were analyzed, which were named 'Good reason,' 'Negative gaze,' 'Predictability,' 'Means of escape,' and 'Common secret,' respectively. Explained total variance was 41.94%, and the internal consistency ranged from 0.516 to 0.740. Conclusions Each of the five factors contains different semantic dimensions. Consistent with previous studies, factors containing permissive attitude toward suicide was high in those with history of suicidal thought and of suicide attempt. It is notable that the 'Good reason' showed higher score in elderly. This may be related to socioeconomic or physical adversities which have been considered the major cause of suicide in elderly.

• 정보처리학회지
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.74-78
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• 1996

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.305-315
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 청소년의 자살 태도, 삶의 인식, 우울이 자살(사고, 계획, 시도)에 미치는 영향을 조사하는 것이다. I 지역 중학교 2학년 학생 889명의 일반적 특성, 자살에 대한 태도(ATTS), 삶의 인식, 우울증(K-CESD-R) 등의 자료를 분석하였다. 자살 사고가 있는 학생은 246명(27.6%), 자살 계획은 85 명(9.5%), 자살 시도는 46 명(5.1%)이었다. 남학생보다 여학생이, 외모 만족도가 낮을수록, 우울이 높을수록, 주관적 정신건강, 신체건강이 낮을수록, 여가 만족도가 낮을수록 자살(사고, 계획, 시도)이 높아졌다. 자살 사고의 예측 요인은 우울, 주관적 정신건강, 외모 만족도, 자살 태도 중 해결책, 허용성이었고, 자살 계획의 예측 요인은 우울, 주관적 정신건강, 자살 태도 중 해결책, 허용성이었고, 자살 시도의 예측 요인은 우울, 자살 태도 중 허용성이었다. 본 연구 결과는 청소년 자살 예방 교육에서 우울을 낮추고 삶의 인식과 자살 태도를 바꾸기 위한 다양한 노력이 필요함을 시사한다.