Relationships among Suicide Traumatic Experiences, Attitudes toward Suicide, Depression, Self-efficacy, and Social Support in General Adults
10.12934/jkpmhn.2020.29.1.1
- Author:
Soo Jung LEE
1
;
Sunah KIM
;
Go-Un KIM
;
Jin Young PARK
;
Ran KEUM
Author Information
1. Assistance Professor, Department of Nursing, Kyungnam University, Changwon, Korea
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2020;29(1):1-13
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:0
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Abstract:
Purpose:The amis of this study were to examine the suicide traumatic experiences and attitudes toward suicide and examine their associations with depression, self-efficacy, and social support in general adults.
Methods:In this descriptive cross-sectional study, data were collected through a web-based survey (N=500). We analyzed 441 respondents considering missing data. A structured questionnaire included Attitude Toward Suicide (ATTS), experiences and characteristics related to suicide, depression, self-efficacy, and social support. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA with Scheffé tests, Fisher’s exact tests, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients with SPSS/WIN 23.
Results:Among study participants, 34.9% reported suicide traumatic experiences. When they had more acceptability’ and ‘understandability’ in the attitudes toward suicide, they were younger, more depressive, and at the lower level of self-efficacy. There were somewhat differences of associations of ‘understandability’ in the attitudes toward suicide with depression, suicide attempt, suicide thought, and experience counseling between the suicide trauma and non-trauma groups. There were positive correlations for ‘acceptability’, ‘understandability’, ‘tabooing’, and depression and negative correlations for ‘acceptability’, self-efficacy, and social support.
Conclusion:Our study findings suggest that educational programs need to improve nurse’s ability in suicide-related practices considering psychological factors and development of comprehensive nursing interventions.
