Since suicidal ideation have been reported to have a profound impact on
individuals, families, and, furthermore military organizations, reducing suicidal
ideation is important not only when it comes to suicide itself but also in
preventing various typ...
Since suicidal ideation have been reported to have a profound impact on
individuals, families, and, furthermore military organizations, reducing suicidal
ideation is important not only when it comes to suicide itself but also in
preventing various types of incidents. Therefore, it is necessary for individuals,
families, and military organizations to explore the leading variables of suicidal
ideation to identify the relationship with suicidal ideation and to identify
moderating variables to reduce suicidal ideation in this relationship. The purpose of
this study was to confirm job stress and alcohol dependence within the military
organizations as leading variables of suicidal ideation, and to confirm the mediating
effect of alcohol dependence in the relationship between job stress and suicidal
ideation. In addition, the moderating effect of resilience was verified in the
relationship between job stress and alcohol dependence, and in the relationship
between job stress and suicidal ideation. To this end, a survey response was
conducted on 266 militaray officers and NCOs of ROK Army, which measured job
stress, suicidal ideation, alcohol dependence, and resilience. As a result of
hierarchical regression analysis, the effect of job stress on alcohol dependence was
positively significant, confirming job stress as a leading variable of alcohol
dependence, and the partial moderating effect was significant when alcohol
dependence was used as a parameter in the relationship between job stress and
suicidal ideation. In addition, in the relationship among job stress, alcohol
dependence, and suicidal ideation, the moderating effect of resilience was
significant, and specifically, when resilience is high, the effect of job stress on
suicidal ideation will be lower than when it is low. In addition, when resilience is
high, the effect of alcohol dependence on suicidal ideation will be lower than when
it is low. In the conclusion, Summary of this study, its significance & implications,
limitations on this study, as well as directions for future study were presented
based on the results of this study.