중고등학생의 우울과 자살 생각의 관계에서 가족 결속력의 조절효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find an intervention plan to reduce suicidal thoughts in adolescents by examining the moderating effect of family cohesion in the relationship between depression and suicidal thoughts in middle and high school students. For this purpose, 500 middle and high school students residing in 10 cities and provinces across the country including Seoul were surveyed, and 399 of them were sampled and analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and PROCESS macro 4.0. The main findings are that first, depression showed a positive correlation with suicidal ideation, a negative correlation with family cohesion, and suicidal ideation showed a negative correlation with family cohesion. Second, the group with high family ties showed a relatively gentle increase in suicidal ideation due to depression, whereas the group with low family ties showed a steeper increase in suicidal ideation due to depression. In addition, the conditional effect of depression on suicidal ideation was significant in all three conditions of low, average, and high family cohesion. Therefore, family cohesion played a buffering role in the relationship between depression and suicidal ideation. Based on these results, a method to improve family cohesion was suggested as an intervention method to reduce the effect of depression on suicidal thoughts in middle and high school students.