Method for Determining Meditators of the Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Suicidal Ideation in Late Adulthood and Computing Device for Implementing the Method

Abstract

A method for determining mediators on the association between adverse childhood experiences and suicidal ideation of older adults according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is a method for determining mediators on the association between adverse childhood experiences of older adults, as an independent variable, and suicidal ideation, as a dependent variable, may include a data measurement step of measuring data for adverse childhood experiences, suicidal ideation, mental health mediators, physical health mediators, social relationship mediators, and covariates; and a statistical analysis step of estimating adjusted effects and crude effects of the mental health mediators, physical health mediators, and social relationship mediators on the suicidal ideation using a logistic-regression analysis and analyzing three path models respectively using mental health mediators, physical health mediators, and social relationship mediators, which are sets of multiple mediators.

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