Factors Influencing Suicidal Ideation in Girls' High School Students

Kim, Gab Yeon; Kim, Hee Sook

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify factors which influence suicidal ideation in students in girls' high schools.
METHODS
The participants were 202 students attending a girls' high school and a specialized girls' high school in D city. Data were collected from October 8 to December 23, 2013. Research tools were suicidal ideation, existential spiritual well-being, interpersonal relations, and depression. Data were analyzed using t-test, one-way ANOVA with Scheffe-test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression by stepwise selection with SPSS/WIN 12.0.
RESULTS
Suicidal ideation was negatively correlated with existential spiritual well-being, interpersonal relations, and positively correlated with depression. Effective variables were depression (Î²=0.54, p<.001), existential spiritual well-being (Î²=-0.22, p=.001), and grades (Î²=-0.10, p=.042). These variables explained 52% of the variance in suicidal ideation.
CONCLUSION
Based on the outcomes of this study, it is necessary to design an intervention program that teachers and community mental health nurses can use to increase existential spiritual well-being and decrease the depression and suicidal ideation for students in girls' high schools.