This study attempted to empirically verify the effect of youth violence on suicidal behavior and the moderating effect according to drug abuse. The average number of suicides per 100,000 people in the OECD standard population is more than twice as hig...
This study attempted to empirically verify the effect of youth violence on suicidal behavior and the moderating effect according to drug abuse. The average number of suicides per 100,000 people in the OECD standard population is more than twice as high as in other countries. In addition, the problem of drug abuse among adolescents is also emerging as a social problem, causing great social losses combining the two problems. Recently, adolescents' drug problems are more serious due to misuse by addiction, not for treatment purposes, by purchasing diet supplements, depression treatments, and ADHD drugs. To this end, a total of 52,871 data were used for the final analysis, excluding missing values of values used as variables in the second data of the 2003 Youth Health Behavior Survey. As a result of the study, in the relationship between youth violence victim experience and suicidal behavior, both demographic and sociological characteristics were found to be significant factors influencing the level of youth suicide behavior. In other words, it was verified through empirical research that the experience of drug abuse is reinforcing the effect of adolescents' experiences of violence on the level of suicidal behavior. Based on the research results, policy suggestions in the educational aspect were presented, and it is expected that it can be used as basic data for research to derive comprehensive and systematic policy development such as prevention policies, early intervention, and follow-up support policies.