Differences in Suicidal Pathways According to Adolescents’ Interpersonal Sensitivity

This study was conducted to analyze differences in pathways of suicide risk and the influence of related risk factors among adolescents based on their interpersonal sensitivity. To achieve this, a survey was conducted using data from 496 high school students in the metropolitan area, including their levels of suicide ideation and urges, suicide planning, suicide attempts, and their experiences of related risk factors. Path analysis and multigroup analysis were performed to analyze collected data. Results of the analysis showed that the group with high interpersonal sensitivity had significantly larger coefficients for pathways leading to suicide ideation and urges, suicide planning, and suicide attempts than the group with low interpersonal sensitivity.