Suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking: a cross-sectional study of students
Objective Higher education students express high levels of suicidal ideation. However, data on students’ knowledge of suicide and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help are lacking. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate students’ suicidal ideation, suicide li...
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| author | Emilijus Žilinskas Sigita Lesinskienė |
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| description | Objective Higher education students express high levels of suicidal ideation. However, data on students’ knowledge of suicide and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help are lacking. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate students’ suicidal ideation, suicide literacy and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, and to assess whether these variables were interrelated. Methods Higher education students completed an online survey that consisted of 12 questions on suicide literacy (based on the Literacy of Suicide Scale), the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale and the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale. Results A total of 2004 students completed the survey. Female students and biomedical students showed the highest suicide literacy and most positive help-seeking attitudes. Higher study year was associated with more positive help-seeking attitudes. Art students expressed the highest levels of suicidal ideation. Suicide literacy had a weak positive correlation with help-seeking attitudes (Spearman’s rho = 0.186). Conclusions Suicidal ideation, suicide literacy and help-seeking attitudes may differ according to student’s gender, study year and study field. Better suicide literacy may promote psychological help-seeking behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dcca2583c4ba43929fcba7a344cd95122023-05-17T05:33:27ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of International Medical Research1473-23002023-05-015110.1177/03000605231172452Suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking: a cross-sectional study of studentsEmilijus ŽilinskasSigita LesinskienėObjective Higher education students express high levels of suicidal ideation. However, data on students’ knowledge of suicide and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help are lacking. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate students’ suicidal ideation, suicide literacy and attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, and to assess whether these variables were interrelated. Methods Higher education students completed an online survey that consisted of 12 questions on suicide literacy (based on the Literacy of Suicide Scale), the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale and the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale. Results A total of 2004 students completed the survey. Female students and biomedical students showed the highest suicide literacy and most positive help-seeking attitudes. Higher study year was associated with more positive help-seeking attitudes. Art students expressed the highest levels of suicidal ideation. Suicide literacy had a weak positive correlation with help-seeking attitudes (Spearman’s rho = 0.186). Conclusions Suicidal ideation, suicide literacy and help-seeking attitudes may differ according to student’s gender, study year and study field. Better suicide literacy may promote psychological help-seeking behavior.https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605231172452 |
| spellingShingle | Emilijus Žilinskas Sigita Lesinskienė Suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking: a cross-sectional study of students Journal of International Medical Research |
| title | Suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking: a cross-sectional study of students |
| title_full | Suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking: a cross-sectional study of students |
| title_fullStr | Suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking: a cross-sectional study of students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking: a cross-sectional study of students |
| title_short | Suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help-seeking: a cross-sectional study of students |
| title_sort | suicide literacy and attitudes toward psychological help seeking a cross sectional study of students |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605231172452 |
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