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The influence of poverty attribution on attitudes toward suicide and suicidal thought: A cross-national comparison between South Korean, Japanese, and American populations
- Source :
- Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 109, Iss, Pp 152259-(2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Previous studies report that income inequality is an important risk factor for depression and suicide, and an increasing income gap appears inevitable. However, little study to date has investigated associations between the attribution of poverty and suicide. Though we previously reported associations between socio-cultural factors, including income, and suicide, we tried to explore more focused associations between income, attribution of poverty (individualistic, societal), permissive attitude toward suicide, and suicidal thought using a structural equation model. Methods A total of 2213 participants from each of three nations (South Korea, Japan, and the United States) completed an online survey. Participants without a history of psychological disorders or suicide attempts completed scales measuring attributions of poverty, attitudes toward suicide, and severity of suicidal thoughts. Results We established a structural equation model, which exhibited a good fit for all nations, and compared significant path coefficients by country. South Korea had the highest severity of suicidal thought and societal attribution of poverty, followed by Japan and America. In all nations, a permissive attitude was positively related to the severity of suicidal thought and individualistic attribution of poverty was positively related to a permissive attitude toward suicide. Societal attribution of poverty was positively associated with a permissive attitude in Japan and the United States. Income was negatively associated with the severity of suicide in South Korea and the United States. Conclusion Through an established structural equation model, we found the influence of poverty on suicide and identify the common and distinctive factors associated with suicide in each country.
- Subjects :
- RC435-571
Poverty attribution
Permissive attitude
Structural equation modeling
Structural equation model
Suicidal Ideation
Individualism
Japan
Economic inequality
Republic of Korea
Humans
Income inequality
Permissive
Risk factor
Poverty
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Psychiatry
United States
Suicide
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Attitude
Comparative study
Psychology
Attribution
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0010440X
- Volume :
- 109
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7587d7f55f9a0169b0012004a7c81294