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Perceiving life as getting worse raises suicidal ideation risk
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Claim 1 of 8Not checkedNew research finds that people are far more likely to report suicidal ideation when they perceive their life to be getting worse relative to their own recent past, rather than because of their income, age or health status alone.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 8Not checkedThe study used annual observations spanning 2018 to 2023 from the Korean Welfare Panel Study and analyzed responses from 14,552 individuals, tracking self-reported life satisfaction on a 0–10 ladder of life and interpreting it through Cumulative Prospect Theory.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 8Not checkedIndividuals whose self-reported wellbeing had declined from the prior year were more than twice as likely to report suicidal ideation as those whose wellbeing had improved or stayed the same (3.02% vs. 1.41%).View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 8Not checkedHow strongly a person reacts to setbacks was the strongest individual predictor of suicide risk, and individuals with the highest loss aversion had suicidal ideation rates over 12 times higher than those with the lowest.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 8Not checkedA person's positive outlook on the future mattered only when combined with how sharply they reacted to recent losses, and the belief alone was not a meaningful predictor.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 8Not checkedYoung women emerged as the demographic group most sensitive to declining wellbeing, showing the largest reduction in ideation risk when circumstances improved.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 7 of 8Not checkedDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, suicidal ideation rates in the sample declined even as average wellbeing fell, which the authors attribute to a shared, society-wide sense of hardship that may have softened individual feelings of personal loss.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 8 of 8Not checkedThe findings suggest that suicide-prevention screening might shift from static risk factors toward tracking recent changes in self-reported wellbeing and sensitivity to setbacks.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Europe PMC, Crossref · 15 candidate papers
Determinants of suicidal ideation in older adults: evidence from a national panel study in South Korea.
Frontiers in Public Health · 2025 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Study on the Effects of Suicide Loss Experience on Suicidal Ideation, Plan and Attempt of the Elderly
Korean Journal of Gerontological Social Welfare · 2017 · Crossref
Longitudinal Associations Between Food Insecurity and Suicidal Ideation Among Adults Aged ≥65 in the Korean Welfare Panel Study
International Journal of Public Health · 2023 · Europe PMC, Crossref
Longitudinal Perspectives on Health and Medical Research in Korea: Strengths and Limitations of Key Panel Datasets.
2025 · Europe PMC
An Exploratory Study on Generation Differences in Life Satisfaction and Related Factors: Generational Comparisons Using the Korean Welfare Panel Study
Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies · 2012 · Crossref
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