Current Status and Awareness of Drinking, Suicide Attempt, and Dating Violence Among University Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine university students’ perception on drinking status, experience of suicide attempts, dating violence and coping with them. For this study, an online survey was conducted from December 1st to December 27th, 2020, targeting university students in the first to fourth years of ‘A’ university in the Chungbuk region. As a result of the study, first, 40.6% of the total subjects drank once a month in relation to drinking, following the result that they drank 2~3 times a month. Secondly, regarding suicide attempts, 18% of the total respondents answered that they had thought of suicide at least once a year, and in the case of female students, more than half considered emotions such as depression and anxiety to be the causes of suicide. Third, with regard to dating violence, both male and female college students were mostly aware of dating violence, and it was found that female students experienced more actual dating violence than male students. The results obtained through this study can be used as basic data to prepare systematic support for situations of crisis for university students.