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Self-efficacy as a mediator on the relationship between parent-child bonding and suicidal ideation among middle school students


Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Sewon Kwon, MSW, Graduate School of Social Welfare, Health & Mental Health Lab, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
In Han Song, PhD, Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)

Background: The incidence of suicide among adolescents has rapidly increased, causing a serious social problem currently in Korea. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of parent-child bonding on suicidal ideation among middle school students, and to examine the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between parent-child bonding and suicidal ideation.

Methods: For the Adolescent Health Promotion Study, 500 middle school students were selected national-wide by using quota sampling from regional areas in Korea. A multiple regression analysis and Sobel test were used to verify the significant mediating effect.

Results: The results show that suicidal ideation were negatively associated with the levels of parent-child bonding and self-efficacy, and that self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between parental bonding and suicidal ideation. That is, parental bonding directly affected suicidal ideation, and it increased suicidal ideation through self-efficacy as a mediator.

Conclusion: These findings imply that parent-child relationship of adolescents is a core factor which impact the adolescents` suicide, and that self-efficacy plays an important role in suicidal ideation. Policy, education, and intervention efforts should be targeted at both improving family relationships and increasing self-efficacy among adolescents in planning suicide prevention programs.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Advocacy for health and health education
Program planning
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Explain the relationship between parent-child bonding and suicidal ideation among middle school students. Analyze the mediating effect of self-efficacy between family factors and suicidal ideation.

Keyword(s): Suicide, Adolescents

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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