“…Epidemiological studies about adolescents' suicide in Western countries have consistently reported higher rates of nonfatal suicidal behavior among females, suggesting gender‐specific susceptibility to suicide attempts during adolescence (Bae, Ye, Chen, Rivers, & Singh, ; Thompson & Light, ; Wunderlich, Bronisch, Wittchen, & Carter, ). This gender gap in suicidal behavior among adolescents also has been noted in Asian countries (Choo, Diederich, Song, & Ho, ; Mak, Ho, Chua, & Ho, ; Mak, Ho, Zhang, Day, & Ho, ) as well as South Korea (Ko, Lee, & Kim, ), where 22.9% of girls reported suicidal ideation and 5.4% reported attempting suicide, whereas 14.1% of boys reported suicidal ideation and 2.8% reported attempting suicide in 2014. Female predominance in suicidal behavior has remained unchanged since 2006 (National Statistical Office of Korea, ).…”