Department of Communication and Media, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
Ewha Institute for Age Integration Research, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
J Clin Psychol. 2024 Aug;80(8):1949-1961. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23703. Epub 2024 May 14.
The purpose of this study is to understand the role of suicide literacy and suicide stigma in laypeople's intention to recommend professional help in Korea. Additionally, the study focuses on the role of expressive suppression as a sociocultural factor.
Participants read vignettes depicting either subclinical distress or suicidal ideation and answered questions measuring suicide literacy, stigma, and expressive suppression. Mediated moderation analyses were used to examine the interactions between these factors.
The result found the significant effect of expressive suppression. The mediating effect of suicide stigma on the relationship between suicide literacy and recommendation of professional help was significant for those who do not suppress their emotions. This result indicates that when individuals were not hesitant to express negative emotions, high suicide literacy lowered suicide stigma and led to more willingness to recommend professional help.
The results showed that expressive suppression acts as a barrier deterring Koreans from professional help for their mental health. The findings underscore the importance of sociocultural factors such as expressive suppression in developing suicide prevention strategies.
本研究旨在探讨自杀素养和自杀污名在韩国民众推荐专业帮助的意愿中的作用。此外，本研究还关注表达抑制作为一种社会文化因素的作用。
参与者阅读描述亚临床困扰或自杀意念的情境描述，并回答衡量自杀素养、污名和表达抑制的问题。采用中介调节分析来检验这些因素之间的相互作用。
结果发现表达抑制具有显著影响。对于那些不抑制情绪的人来说，自杀污名在自杀素养与专业帮助推荐之间的关系中具有中介作用。这一结果表明，当个体不回避表达负面情绪时，较高的自杀素养会降低自杀污名，并导致更愿意推荐专业帮助。
研究结果表明，表达抑制是阻止韩国人寻求心理健康专业帮助的障碍。这些发现强调了表达抑制等社会文化因素在制定自杀预防策略中的重要性。
