title: Risk Factors and Mediators of Suicidal Ideation Among Korean Adolescents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A significant number of Korean adolescents have suicidal ideations and it is more prevalent among adolescents than any other age group in Korea.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to attain a better understanding of the contributing factors to suicidal ideation among Korean adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  We recruited 569 high school students in Grades 10 and 11 in Pyeongtaek, Korea. The Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation was used to measure suicidal ideation as the outcome variable. The Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the School Related Stress Scale, the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire, and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance questions were used to measure thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, hopelessness, school-related stress, bullying, and previous suicidal behaviors, respectively. Data analyses included descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings suggest that perceived burdensomeness, hopelessness, school-related stress, and previous suicidal behaviors have significant direct effects on suicidal ideation. Hopelessness fully mediated the relation between thwarted belongingness and suicidal ideation, and partially mediated between perceived burdensomeness, school-related stress, and suicidal ideation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings provide more specific directions for a multidimensional suicide prevention program in order to be successful in reducing suicide rates among Korean adolescents.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of Mississippi, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Social Work, University, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Yi Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 2 University of South Carolina, College of Social Work, Columbia, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Sung Seek
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: 3 Pyeongtaek University, Department of Child & Youth Welfare, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jang Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 4 Namseoul University, School of Child Welfare, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.
authors.forename: Joon Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D058445:Bullying / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012929:Psychological Distance; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Korean adolescents; hopelessness; interpersonal theory of suicide; suicidal ideation