Suicide Prevention, Suicide Attitude and Related Factors among Undergraduates in Changsha
- VernacularTitle:长沙市大学生自杀预防知识、态度及其影响因素
- Author:
Huilan XU
;
Zhenyu MA
;
Shuiyuan XIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
awareness of suicide;
suicide attitude;
undergraduates;
cross-sectional survey
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand suicide prevention knowledge, suicide attitude and related factors among undergraduates in Changsha.Methods:Using multistage stratified cluster sampling, a total of 1664 undergraduates from six universities in Changsha were tested with Suicide Awareness Questionnaire, Suicide Attitude Questionnaire (QSA), Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List (ASLEC), Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90). Results:The mean score of suicide awareness among undergraduates was 10.8?0.9 and the correct response rate was 54.5%. The result of suicide awareness score showed, female undergraduates had a lower score than males (9.2?0.8, 12.3?0.8;t=2.33, P=0.020), medical undergraduates had a higher score than ones of humanities and social science or engineering (13.9?0.8, 10.0?1.0, 9.7?0.7;F=10.47, P=0.000), undergraduates from one-child families had a higher score than ones from non-one-child families (11.9?0.7, 9.1?0.9;t=3.25, P=0.034), and college students from nuclear family had a higher score than ones from extended families or one-parent families (14.0?0.9, 10.3?0.8, 9.4?0.7;F=7.49, P=0.000). The major factors related to suicide awareness were gender, specialty and family type (?=0.087, 0.342 and 0.084, respectively). And the major factors related to attitude towards attributes of suicide behaviors were specialty, gender, suicide ideation and mental health status (?=0.688, -0.055, 0.810 and 0.731, respectively). Conclusions:College students in Changsha have severe misunderstands about suicide prevention. It is necessary to pay more attention to the education of suicide knowledge and to cultivate the correct suicide attitude among college students.
