Mediating effect of hopelessness between depression and suicide risk in junior middle school students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2014.08.006
- VernacularTitle:绝望在初中生抑郁与自杀危险性间的中介作用
- Author:
Ying YANG
;
Xiaojing CHENG
;
Jinling ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Suicide risk;
Depression;
Hopelessness;
Mediating effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2014;23(8):691-693
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the relation among depression,hopelessness and suicide risk,as well as the mediating effect of hopelessness between depression and suicide risk.Methods 1 381 students were recruited from five junior middle schools in Linyi by using cluster random sampling.They were investigated with General Situation Questionnaire,Scale for Suicide Ideation(SSI),Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and Beck Depression Iventory (BDI).Results Suicide risk in junior middle school was significant positively correlated with depression and hopelessness (r=0.43 and 0.64 respectively,P＜0.01).Hopelessness partly mediated the relationship between depression and suicide risk (55.8％).Furthermore,hopelessness showed partial mediating effect on the relationship between depression and suicide risk in boys (42.7％) and in 7th Grade students (29.9％),and also complete mediating effect in girls (74.1％) and in 8th Grade students (95.3％).Conclusion The suicide risk in middle school students increase with the increasing of the severity of depression and hopelessness.The hopelessness plays different mediating effects on relation between depression and suicide risk in students with different gender and grade.
