Do maltreated children think of suicide more? Evidence from South Korea
利用韩国青少年面板数据和准实验方法，研究发现自我报告的儿童虐待使自杀念头概率平均增加近6个百分点，其中言语虐待的影响大于身体虐待。
Despite extensive research on adolescent mental health, the effects of maltreatment by parents on suicidal thoughts in children remain underexplored. This study aims to fill this gap using data from the Korean Youth Panel Survey and a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences methodology with a staggered treatment design and individual fixed effects. Our results indicate that self-reported child maltreatment is associated with an average increase of nearly 6 percentage points in the probability of reporting suicidal thoughts. Notably, self-reported verbal maltreatment has a larger estimated effect than self-reported physical maltreatment. These findings underscore the need for early identification and intervention strategies that address both verbal and physical maltreatment.