Modern society is characterized by rapid changes and distraction of many traditional social regulations and values. Juveniles struggle to overcome various psychological agonies, undergo cognitive distortion amongst social indifference, and eventually ...
Modern society is characterized by rapid changes and distraction of many traditional social regulations and values. Juveniles struggle to overcome various psychological agonies, undergo cognitive distortion amongst social indifference, and eventually choose to self-extinguish as the final shelter to escape from the pain. Suicides in adolescence are gradually increasing although adolescence is the stage of life usually characterized by purity, ideals, infinite possibilities, and energy. Many juveniles spontaneously and intentionally deny survival and destroy themselves to escape from reality, which is one of 10 most popular reasons to commit a suicide.
This study divided the causes of suicides in adolescence into psychological factors and environmental factors and examined how juveniles are stressed by low self-esteem, self-respect, maladjustment to school life, poor academic performance, and social relationships and how conflicts with teachers/parents and family backgrounds could motivate suicides.
Also, the statistics of the Korea National Statistical Office were used to compare and analyze how numbers of suicides in adolescence differ in each city and province of Korea. It was found that Jeollabuk-do has higher numbers of suicides compared to Gwangju and Jeollanam-do, the regions that are surrounding Jeollabuk-do. Every region in Korea is seeing an increasing number of suicides because they are equally exposed to public media.
Following the introduction in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 examined the theoretical background of suicide as well as the causes and characteristic of suicides in adolescence, definition of suicide, and characteristics of adolescence. Chapter 3 examined the records and situations of suicides in adolescence.
Chapter 4 classified the motivation of suicide into students themselves, family relations, school life, and local communities and presented possible solutions. The five counseling stages to prevent suicides in adolescence were provided along with preventive intervention measures. In conclusion, it was found that suicide can be prevented with the help of people in surroundings.
This study could be used to prevent and reduce suicides in advance rather than investigating the causes after students kill themselves. Specific preventive programs could be applied to parents, teachers and local communities so as to give hope to many juveniles in despair and help them grow into bright adults with healthy minds and bodies. By doing so, students would be able to pursue their dreams in happiness.