Exposure to suicide and suicidality in Korea: Differential effects across men and women?
- Authors
- Lee, Min-Ah; Kim, Seokho; Shim, Eun-Jung
- Issue Date
- May-2013
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
- Keywords
- Behavioural contagion; depression; exposure to suicide; gender; suicidality; social network
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY, v.59, no.3, pp 224 - 231
- Pages
- 8
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
- Volume
- 59
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 224
- End Page
- 231
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/14702
- DOI
- 10.1177/0020764012441296
- ISSN
- 0020-7640
1741-2854
- Abstract
- Background: Little is known about whether exposure to suicide within close social networks is associated with the suicidality in exposed individuals, and potential gender differences regarding this association. Aims: This study examines the effect of exposure to suicide on the suicidality in exposed individuals. Methods: The data were drawn from the 2009 Korean General Social Survey, a nationally representative interview survey. Suicidality was measured by the suicidality module in the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), with exposure to suicide being determined by asking about the experience of a failed or completed suicide attempt by a closely related person. Results: Exposure to the suicide of someone close was significantly associated with higher suicidality in exposed individuals. While the effect of a failed attempt became non-significant after controlling for psychological factors, that of exposure to a completed act of suicide remained significant. A subsample analysis by gender indicated a significant gender difference: with control for demographic and psychological factors, exposure to a completed suicide had a significant effect on the suicidality of females only. The effect of exposure to a failed attempt became non-significant both in males and females after controlling for other factors. Conclusions: Findings suggest the necessity of screening for prior exposure to suicide in suicide risk assessment and the need for gender-tailored suicide-prevention strategies.
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