한국 노인의 자살에 대한 태도 - Q 방법론적 접근 - = Attitudes of Elderly Koreans toward Suicide- a Q-Methodological Approach -

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Attitudes of Elderly Koreans toward Suicide*
- a Q-Methodological Approach -

Jo, Kae-Hwa1)․Lee, Hyun Ji2)

1) Professor, Department of Nursing School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu,
2) Department of Social Welfare, Catholic University of Daegu


Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the types of suicide attitudes among the Korean elderly. Method: The Q-methodology which provides a method of analyzing the subjectivity of each item was used. Thirty-four selected Q-statements from 38 subjects were classified into a shape of normal distributionusing a 9 point scale. The collected data was analyzed using a QUANL PC program. Result: Three types of suicide attitudes for research subjects in Korean elderly were identified. Type I is understanding suicide - self conquest and labor type, Type II is opposing suicide - family band foundation type, and Type III is sympathizing with suicide - painful situation escaping type. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate that different approaches of suicide prevention programs are recommended based on the three types of suicide attitudes among Korean elderly.

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