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Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers’ Reports

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to analyze the suicidal warning signs of Korean students with different psychometric profiles based on teacher reports. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study based on Korean school teachers’ responses to the Student Suicide Report Form. In total, 546 consecutive...

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Autores principales: Lee, Mi-Sun, Kim, Joonbeom, Hong, Hyun Ju, Bhang, Soo-Young
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Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10293661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37365728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e194
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author Lee, Mi-Sun
Kim, Joonbeom
Hong, Hyun Ju
Bhang, Soo-Young
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Kim, Joonbeom
Hong, Hyun Ju
Bhang, Soo-Young
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description BACKGROUND: This study aimed to analyze the suicidal warning signs of Korean students with different psychometric profiles based on teacher reports. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study based on Korean school teachers’ responses to the Student Suicide Report Form. In total, 546 consecutive cases of student suicide were reported from 2017 to 2020. After missing data were excluded, 528 cases were included. The report consisted of demographic factors, the Korean version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for teacher reporting, and warning signs of suicide. Frequency analysis, multiple response analysis, the χ(2) test, and Latent Class Analysis (LCA) were performed. RESULTS: Based on the scores of the Korean version of the teacher-reported SDQ, the group was divided into nonsymptomatic (n = 411) and symptomatic (n = 117) groups. Based on the LCA results, four latent hierarchical models were selected. The four classes of deceased students showed significant differences in school type (χ(2) = 20.410, P < 0.01), physical illness (χ(2) = 7.928, P < 0.05), mental illness (χ(2) = 94.332, P < 0.001), trigger events (χ(2) = 14.817, P < 0.01), self-harm experience (χ(2) = 30.618, P < 0.001), suicide attempts (χ(2) = 24.072, P < 0.001), depressive symptoms (χ(2) = 59.561, P < 0.001), anxiety (χ(2) = 58.165, P < 0.001), impulsivity (χ(2) = 62.241, P < 0.001), and social problems (χ(2) = 64.952, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Notably, many students who committed suicide did not have any psychiatric pathology. The proportion of the group with a prosocial appearance was also high. Therefore, the actual suicide warning signals were similar regardless of students’ difficulties and prosocial behaviors, so it is necessary to include this information in gatekeeper education.
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spelling pubmed-102936612023-06-28 Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers’ Reports Lee, Mi-Sun Kim, Joonbeom Hong, Hyun Ju Bhang, Soo-Young J Korean Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: This study aimed to analyze the suicidal warning signs of Korean students with different psychometric profiles based on teacher reports. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study based on Korean school teachers’ responses to the Student Suicide Report Form. In total, 546 consecutive cases of student suicide were reported from 2017 to 2020. After missing data were excluded, 528 cases were included. The report consisted of demographic factors, the Korean version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for teacher reporting, and warning signs of suicide. Frequency analysis, multiple response analysis, the χ(2) test, and Latent Class Analysis (LCA) were performed. RESULTS: Based on the scores of the Korean version of the teacher-reported SDQ, the group was divided into nonsymptomatic (n = 411) and symptomatic (n = 117) groups. Based on the LCA results, four latent hierarchical models were selected. The four classes of deceased students showed significant differences in school type (χ(2) = 20.410, P < 0.01), physical illness (χ(2) = 7.928, P < 0.05), mental illness (χ(2) = 94.332, P < 0.001), trigger events (χ(2) = 14.817, P < 0.01), self-harm experience (χ(2) = 30.618, P < 0.001), suicide attempts (χ(2) = 24.072, P < 0.001), depressive symptoms (χ(2) = 59.561, P < 0.001), anxiety (χ(2) = 58.165, P < 0.001), impulsivity (χ(2) = 62.241, P < 0.001), and social problems (χ(2) = 64.952, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Notably, many students who committed suicide did not have any psychiatric pathology. The proportion of the group with a prosocial appearance was also high. Therefore, the actual suicide warning signals were similar regardless of students’ difficulties and prosocial behaviors, so it is necessary to include this information in gatekeeper education. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2023-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10293661/ /pubmed/37365728 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e194 Text en © 2023 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bhang, Soo-Young
Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers’ Reports
title Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers’ Reports
title_full Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers’ Reports
title_fullStr Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers’ Reports
title_full_unstemmed Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers’ Reports
title_short Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers’ Reports
title_sort can we notice the suicidal warning signs of adolescents with different psychometric profiles before their death?: analysis of teachers’ reports
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10293661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37365728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e194
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