scholarly journals A Study on the moderating effects of resilience on the relation between loneliness and suicidal ideation of elderly living alone

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-197
Author(s):  
김은정
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Elderly Living

scholarly journals Social Relationships and Suicidal Ideation Among the Elderly Who Live Alone in Republic of Korea: A Logistic Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 004695801877417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Jung Kwon ◽  
Ji-Ung Jeong ◽  
Mihyang Choi
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Logistic Model ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Public System ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Korean Elderly ◽  
Elderly Living

With population aging and change in family structure, the number of the elderly who live alone is rapidly increasing in Korea. The aim of this study was to explore the association between social relationships—especially newly formed formal social relationships (FSRs)—and suicidal ideation among Korean elderly who live alone. The elderly who live alone (N = 2509) from the 2014 Survey of Living Conditions and Welfare Needs of Older Koreans were analyzed using logistic regression. This study found that informal social relationships (ISRs) (eg, children, friends and neighbors) of the elderly who live alone had statistically significant association with suicidal ideation, whereas FSRs (eg, formal helper and social participation) did not have significant association with suicidal ideation. The findings of this study suggest that the Korean Government needs to strengthen public system for alleviating social isolation of the elderly living alone. Therefore, this study proposed 2 strategic approaches to maintain and strengthen ISRs and to develop different types of FSRs (eg, the measures to combine FSRs with ISRs, gatekeepers, etc).

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