TY - JOUR
T1 - The prevalence and correlates of suicidality in a sample of adolescents in Guangdong, China
AU - Yan, Pei
AU - Ren, Yaxuan
AU - Li, Minyi
AU - Lin, Min Pei
AU - Xu, Sian
AU - Liu, Jiaqi
AU - Zhou, Guofu
AU - Xu, Liang
AU - You, Jianing
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded in part by the National Key R&D Program of China (no. 2016YFB0404202), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 31771228), the Project of Key Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, MOE (17JJD190001), Program for Chang Jiang Scholars and Innovative Research Teams in Universities (no. IRT_17R40), Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (No. 2019050001), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology (2017B030301007), and MOE International Laboratory for Optical Information Technologies, the 111 Project. This study was also supported by the base of psychological services and counseling for “Happiness” in Guangzhou. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Address correspondence to Jianing You, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; E-mail: youjiang@gmail.com.
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Background: Suicidality is a public health concern among Chinese adolescents. This study aimed to examine the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a large sample of Chinese adolescents. Methods: A total of 30,644 Chinese students (56.7% male; Mage = 14.14 years) completed the questionnaires, and a multinomial logistic regression was conducted to analyze the data. Results: About 17.0% of the participants reported having suicidal ideation and 4.4% reported suicide attempts in the past year. Adolescents with more rumination, more severe depressive symptoms, more communication problems with their parents, and more feelings of burdensomeness were more likely to be suicidal ideators or suicide attempters rather than non-suicidal controls. Additionally, male adolescents, adolescents from incomplete families, adolescents whose parents have lower educational levels, and adolescents with less rumination, more severe depressive symptoms, less communication problems with their parents were more likely to be suicide attempters rather than suicidal ideators. Discussion: Suicidality is prevalent and correlates with various familial and individual factors in Chinese adolescents. Theoretical and clinical implications of the findings were discussed.
AB - Background: Suicidality is a public health concern among Chinese adolescents. This study aimed to examine the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a large sample of Chinese adolescents. Methods: A total of 30,644 Chinese students (56.7% male; Mage = 14.14 years) completed the questionnaires, and a multinomial logistic regression was conducted to analyze the data. Results: About 17.0% of the participants reported having suicidal ideation and 4.4% reported suicide attempts in the past year. Adolescents with more rumination, more severe depressive symptoms, more communication problems with their parents, and more feelings of burdensomeness were more likely to be suicidal ideators or suicide attempters rather than non-suicidal controls. Additionally, male adolescents, adolescents from incomplete families, adolescents whose parents have lower educational levels, and adolescents with less rumination, more severe depressive symptoms, less communication problems with their parents were more likely to be suicide attempters rather than suicidal ideators. Discussion: Suicidality is prevalent and correlates with various familial and individual factors in Chinese adolescents. Theoretical and clinical implications of the findings were discussed.
KW - Adolescent
KW - China
KW - Correlates
KW - Prevalence
KW - Suicide
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U2 - 10.1521/jscp.2020.39.02.77
DO - 10.1521/jscp.2020.39.02.77
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85088705223
VL - 39
SP - 77
EP - 100
JO - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
SN - 0736-7236
IS - 2
ER -