Effect of Increased Depressive Feelings during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Association between Depressive Mood and Suicidal Behavior: Using the 17th (2021) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey (KYRBS)

Jinsu Yeo, Geunhyoung Park, Joohyun Shin, Kwanghyun Seo and Yeonsoon Ahn ()
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Jinsu Yeo: Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26424, Korea
Geunhyoung Park: Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26424, Korea
Joohyun Shin: Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26424, Korea
Kwanghyun Seo: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Korea
Yeonsoon Ahn: Department of Preventive Medicine and Genomic Cohort Institute, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju 26426, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-9

Abstract: This study investigated the impact of increased depressive feelings during the COVID-19 pandemic on the suicidal behavior of Korean high school students using the 17th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey (KYRBS). We classified the independent variables into four groups (“no depressive mood and no increase in depressive feelings [group A]”, “no depressive mood and increase in depressive feelings [group B]”, “depressive mood and no increase in depressive feelings [group C]”, and “depressive mood and increase in depressive feelings [group D]”). Compared to group A, group D showed an odds ratio of 18.30 in men and 14.87 in women for suicidal behavior after accounting for demographic and health behavioral characteristics. We found that depressive mood and a relatively short-term increase in depressive feelings had a synergistic effect, rather than an additive one, on suicidal behavior. Based on this result, we claim that an appropriate intervention method is necessary to prevent adolescents’ depressive mood from developing into suicidal behavior during the pandemic.

Keywords: depressive mood change; COVID-19; suicidal behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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