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OMNES: The Journal of Multicultural Society - Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 1-19
ISSN: 2093-5498 (Print) 2671-969X (Online)
Print publication date 31 Jan 2023
Received 17 May 2024 Revised 10 Aug 2024 Accepted 21 Aug 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14431/omnes.2024.07.14.2.01

Longitudinal Mediating Effect of Depression in the Relationship between Alcohol Dependence and Suicidal Ideation in Women
Lee, Sun Ah* ; Jin, Ling
Corresponding author, Department of Education, Jeonbuk National University
Department of Education, Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

This study examined the longitudinal mediating effect of depression on the relationship between alcohol dependence and suicidal ideation in women, analyzing the data of 4,211 in the four-year survey (2014–2017) of the Korea Welfare Panel (KOWEPS) using an autoregressive cross-lagged model (ARCLM). The results were as follows: (1) alcohol dependence, depression, and suicidal ideation in women at the previous time point had stable and continuous significant effects on alcohol dependence, depression, and suicidal ideation, respectively, at a later time point. (2) Women’s alcohol dependence at the previous time point had a statistically significant effect on depression at the later time point, and depression at the previous time point had a static effect on suicidal ideation at the later time point. (3) Depression completely mediated the relationship between women’s alcohol dependence at the previous time point and suicidal ideation at the later time point. Thus, the higher the woman’s alcohol dependence at the previous time point, the higher the depression, and the higher the depression at the previous time point, the more suicidal ideation experienced at the later time point. This study provides empirical data on the pathway of female alcoholics to suicide by verifying the longitudinal mediating effect of depression on the relationship between alcohol dependence and suicidal ideation in women through ARCLM.

Keywords: women, alcohol dependence, depression, suicidal ideation, longitudinal mediating effect
Acknowledgments

This paper was supported by research funds of Jeonbuk National University in 2022.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Biographical Note

Sun Ah Lim is a Professor in the Department of Education at the Jeonbuk National University, South Korea. She received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Lim’s research interests focus on understanding adolescents perceptions of parent and teacher support; the individuals’ leaning motivation and positive psychological traits; and student trajectories into higher education. E-mail: sunahlim@jbnu.ac.kr

Jin Ling received her Ph.D. in Education from the Jeonbuk National University, South Korea. Dr. Jin's research interests focus on positive psychologiccal traits and psychological healthy of college students. E-mail：kimlieng00@naver.com

 

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