The purposes of this study were to find the correlation of family stress, negative emotion, ego resilience and suicide ideation, and to explore the mediating role of ego resilience between family stress, negative emotion, and suicide ideation. The sub...
The purposes of this study were to find the correlation of family stress, negative emotion, ego resilience and suicide ideation, and to explore the mediating role of ego resilience between family stress, negative emotion, and suicide ideation. The subject of the survey was 265 university students. The data were analyzed with frequency, Pearson`s correlation and structual equation modeling by SPSS and AMOS. Instruments were McCubbin(1981)`s Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes(FILE), Bradburn(1969)`s The Structure of Psychological well-being, Block & Kremen(1996)`s ego resilence, and Reynold(1988)`s Suicidal Ideation Questionaire. The major findings were as follows; Family stress was positively correlated with negative emotion and suicide ideation, but was negatively correlated with ego resilience. Ego resilience negatively correlated with negative emotion and suicide ideation. Ego resilience mediated the effects of family stress, negative emotion and suicide ideation. Family stress and negative emotion influenced ego resilience and suicide ideation positively. Ego resilience influenced negatively suicide ideation. In conclusion, it is important to intervene university students` suicide ideation through special education program and counseling in order to built ego resilience.