Study on the school-related-factors of attempted suicide among rural middle school students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2009.01.006
- VernacularTitle:安徽省4县农村中学生自杀未遂的学校相关因素研究
- Author:
Xiu-Ya XING
1
;
Fang-Biao TAO
;
Jia-Hu HAO
;
Shao-Jun XU
;
Pu-Yu SU
;
Zhao-Hui HUANG
Author Information
1. 安徽医科大学
- Keywords:
Suicide,attempted;
Violence;
Life satisfaction;
Adolescent;
Rural population
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2009;30(1):21-25
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective This study was undertaken to examine possible relationship between attempted suicide and underachievement,bullying,low life satisfaction and low self-concept at school.Methods An anonymous self-report survey assessing demographic characteristics and the major risk factors of teenage attempted suicide was completed by students from 16 middle schools in grades seven to twelve in 4 counties of Anhui province (age 10 to 21 years).An anonymous questionnaire was used to rate attempted suicide,bullying involvement and learning performance.Attempted suicide was defined as: experiencing specific suicide actions at least one time during the 12 months preceding the survey.Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale and Children' s Self-concept Scale were used to evaluate satisfaction and self-conscience on and at respectively.In total,10 894 respondents substantially completed the survey.Multiple logistic-regression analyses,controlling for socio-demographic variables,was used to analyze if underachievement,bullying,low school life satisfaction and low children' s self-conscience at school had been risk factors.Results 629 participants (5.8%) reported having made at least one attempted suicide within the last 12 months.Students being underachieved were significantly having more attempted suicide events than those excellent students (X2=11.39,P=0.023).Students being both bully-victims and practiced bully were significantly more than those being only practiced bully (28.7% vs.15.8%,P＜0.001),being victims (28.7% vs.10.6%,P＜0.001) or having neither of them (28.7% vs.4.8%,P＜0.001).Results from multiple logistic regression analyses showed that underachievement,bullying,lower school life satisfaction and low self-conscience were risk factors for attempted suicide.Conclusion Data from this study confirmed that school bullying and children' s self-conscience at school were significantly associated with attempted suicide among rural middle school students in Anhui province.It is of importance to improve the school' s environments to reduce the risk of attempted suicide among this group.
