The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China
Background : Suicide is a major global mental health problem among college students. The aim of the current study was to explore the association between the psychological strains of the strain theory of suicide and suicidal behaviors among college students.Methods : Participants comprised 1912 colle...
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| author | Song, Yan Bai, Wei Wang, Mohan Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Lili Yu, Weiying Li, Yuanyuan Hua, Wanqing Lew, Bob Abu Talib, Mansor Kou, Changgui |
| author_facet | Song, Yan Bai, Wei Wang, Mohan Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Lili Yu, Weiying Li, Yuanyuan Hua, Wanqing Lew, Bob Abu Talib, Mansor Kou, Changgui |
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| description | Background : Suicide is a major global mental health problem among college students. The aim of the current study was to explore the association between the psychological strains of the strain theory of suicide and suicidal behaviors among college students.Methods : Participants comprised 1912 college students (16–28 years old, 47.2% female) from three universities in Jilin Province, China, who completed the self-report assessments of psychological strains (40 items Psychological Strains Scale) and suicidal behaviors (Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised). The demographic characteristics included four variables: health status, psychological status, academic status and economic status.Results: Approximately 15.0% (286/1912) of participants were classified as having suicide risk, based on the cut-off scores of the SBQ-R. The prevalence of suicidal behaviors among males and females was 11.9% (120/1009) and 18.4% (166/903), respectively. Value strain (OR = 1.075, 95%CI: 1.057–1.094), aspiration strain (OR = 1.082, 95%CI: 1.064–1.101), deprivation strain (OR = 1.073, 95%CI: 1.052–1.093), and coping strain (OR = 1.095, 95%CI: 1.075–1.116) were risk factors for suicidality in college students. Coping strain (OR = 1.050, 95%CI: 1.023–1.077) was still positively associated with suicide risk in multivariate logistic regression. Logistic regression analysis indicated that coping strain had the highest correlation with suicidal behaviors.Limitations: The directionality of the relationships cannot be deduced because this study is cross-sectional.Conclusion: This study confirms a strong association between psychological strains and suicidal behaviors in college students. Some measures can be taken to reduce psychological strains to mitigate suicide risk among college students. More studies investigating coping strain among college students are warranted. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-823592021-08-12T02:04:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82359/ The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China Song, Yan Bai, Wei Wang, Mohan Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Lili Yu, Weiying Li, Yuanyuan Hua, Wanqing Lew, Bob Abu Talib, Mansor Kou, Changgui Background : Suicide is a major global mental health problem among college students. The aim of the current study was to explore the association between the psychological strains of the strain theory of suicide and suicidal behaviors among college students.Methods : Participants comprised 1912 college students (16–28 years old, 47.2% female) from three universities in Jilin Province, China, who completed the self-report assessments of psychological strains (40 items Psychological Strains Scale) and suicidal behaviors (Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised). The demographic characteristics included four variables: health status, psychological status, academic status and economic status.Results: Approximately 15.0% (286/1912) of participants were classified as having suicide risk, based on the cut-off scores of the SBQ-R. The prevalence of suicidal behaviors among males and females was 11.9% (120/1009) and 18.4% (166/903), respectively. Value strain (OR = 1.075, 95%CI: 1.057–1.094), aspiration strain (OR = 1.082, 95%CI: 1.064–1.101), deprivation strain (OR = 1.073, 95%CI: 1.052–1.093), and coping strain (OR = 1.095, 95%CI: 1.075–1.116) were risk factors for suicidality in college students. Coping strain (OR = 1.050, 95%CI: 1.023–1.077) was still positively associated with suicide risk in multivariate logistic regression. Logistic regression analysis indicated that coping strain had the highest correlation with suicidal behaviors.Limitations: The directionality of the relationships cannot be deduced because this study is cross-sectional.Conclusion: This study confirms a strong association between psychological strains and suicidal behaviors in college students. Some measures can be taken to reduce psychological strains to mitigate suicide risk among college students. More studies investigating coping strain among college students are warranted. Elsevier 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82359/1/The%20association%20between%20psychological%20strain%20and%20suicidal%20behaviors%20among%20college%20students.docx Song, Yan and Bai, Wei and Wang, Mohan and Liu, Xinyu and Zhang, Lili and Yu, Weiying and Li, Yuanyuan and Hua, Wanqing and Lew, Bob and Abu Talib, Mansor and Kou, Changgui (2019) The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China. Journal of Affective Disorders, 259. pp. 195-200. ISSN 0165-0327; ESSN: 1573-2517 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032719302381?via%3Dihub 10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.042 |
| spellingShingle | Song, Yan Bai, Wei Wang, Mohan Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Lili Yu, Weiying Li, Yuanyuan Hua, Wanqing Lew, Bob Abu Talib, Mansor Kou, Changgui The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China |
| title | The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China |
| title_full | The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China |
| title_fullStr | The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China |
| title_short | The association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students: a mental health survey in Jilin Province, Northeast China |
| title_sort | association between psychological strain and suicidal behaviors among college students a mental health survey in jilin province northeast china |
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