Gender Difference in the Effect of Short Sleep Time on Suicide among Korean Adolescents
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Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangwon 25601, Korea
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Department of Social Welfare, Dong Seoul University, Gyenggi 13117, Korea
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Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, International St. Mary’s Hospital, Incheon 22711, Korea
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(18), 3285; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183285
Received: 9 August 2019 / Revised: 4 September 2019 / Accepted: 5 September 2019 / Published: 6 September 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health and Well-Being in Adolescence: Environment and Behavior)
A close association between the duration of sleep and suicide has been reported in previous studies. This study was designed to investigate whether there is a difference in the effects of sleep duration on suicide by gender. This study was conducted based on the results of a volunteer online survey for adolescents in middle and high school in the Republic of Korea. The results showed that the effect of a depressive mood on short sleep time and on suicide was not different between male and female adolescents. It has been reported that the direct effect of short sleep time on increasing suicidal ideation is 2.50 times higher in female than in male adolescents. Differences in the metabolism of sex hormones and sleep-associated neurotransmitters might have affected this result, but further studies are needed to clarify more obvious mechanisms. In addition, this result should be considered when establishing sleep education for adolescents.
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Keywords:
gender; sleep time; suicide; Korean; adolescents
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Park, W.-S.; Kim, S.; Kim, H. Gender Difference in the Effect of Short Sleep Time on Suicide among Korean Adolescents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3285.
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