One of the characteristics of suicide phenomena in the Korean society is that it witnesses suicide committed by entertainers quite often. Some entertainers choose suicide as a way to resolve crises and conflicts, and those suffering from maladjustments, when seeing this, are highly likely to follow their suit, committing copycat suicide. For this reason, society needs to pay close attention to entertainers’ suicide. Many entertainers with depressive, negative sentiments relate themselves easily to other entertainers’ suicide in terms of both their jobs and feelings, which in turn make them choose suicide. This study explores what psychological effect entertainers’ suicide has on those entertainers suffering from psychological maladjustment. This is done through analyzing texts appearing on different kinds of media. At the same time, the study discusses possible ways to help them think less about suicide, at a preventive level.

ABSTRACT
 FOREWORD
 THEORETICAL DISCUSSION ON PSYCHOLOGICALMALADJUSTMENT AND COPYCAT SUICIDE AMONGENTERTAINERS
  Psychological Maladjustment among Entertainers
  Copycat Suicide among Entertainers
 MEDIA TEXTS ANALYSIS ON ENTERTAINERS’ MIMICSUICIDE SUFFERING FROM PSYCHOLOGICALMALADJUSTMENT
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

• Ju-yeon LEE(Professor at the Department of Special Counselling Therapy, Gukje Cyber University)