141st APHA Annual Meeting

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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, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
In Han Song, PhD , Graduate School of Social Welfare, Health and Mental Health Lab, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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.

Keywords: Suicide, Adolescents

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I conducted the survey, analyzed the data, and wrote the abstract with my coauthor
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.