여대생의 학업, 사회, 정서적응이 자살생각에 미치는 영향

The effects of academic, social, and emotional adaptation of female college students on suicidal ideation through the moderating effect of self-resilience

본 연구는 여대생의 대학생활에서의 학업적응, 사회적응, 정서적응이 자살생각에 미치는 영향과 이에 대한 자기탄력성의 조절효과를 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 서울소재 S여대 2016학년도 신입생 1,287명으로부터 학업적응, 사회적응, 정서적응, 자기탄력성 및 자살생각에 대하여 조사하였다. 검사도구의 양호도를 살펴보기 위하여 신뢰도 분석 및 확인적 요인분석을 수행하였고 대학생활적응 변인과 자기탄력성이 자살생각에 미치는 영향 및 자기탄력성의 조절효과를 살펴보기 위하여 중다회귀분석을 수행하였다. 분석 결과 여대생의 사회적응, 정서적응 및 자기탄력성은 자살생각을 통계적으로 유의미한 수준으로 낮추어 주었고 자기탄력성은 사회적응 및 정서적응과 자살생각 간의 관계를 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 여대생의 대학생활부적응이 극단적인 자살생각으로 흐르지 않도록 대처 방안에 대한 기초자료를 마련하였다는데 의의가 있다.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of female college students’ academic, social, and emotional adaptation on suicidal ideation through the moderating effect of self-resilience. The participants of the study were 1,287 freshmen at S women’s university in Seoul. Reliability and confirmatory factor analysis results showed that the psychometric properties of the measures used in this study are favorable. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis results showed that female college students’ social and emotional adaptation negatively predicted their suicidal ideation, while academic adaptation was not a significant predictor when the degrees of social and emotional adaptation are controlled for. The result suggested that female students who adjust well socially and emotionally in college are less likely to involve in suicidal ideation. Furthermore, the negative effects of social and emotional adaption on suicidal ideation were moderated by the level of self-resilience. A high level of self-resiliece reduced the magnitude of the negative relationship of social and emotional adaptation with suicidal ideation while a low level of self-resilience strengthened the negative relationship between social/emotional adaptation and suicidal ideation. It is noteworthy that a low level of self-resilience coupled with a low level of social/emotional adaptation generated a high involvement in suicidal ideation. We discussed practical implications for preventing college students suicidal ideation by enhancing college life adaptation and self-resilience.