Relationship between traditional Chinese cultural beliefs and suicide risk among Chinese medical postgraduate students.
10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2024.12.14
- Author:
Kailu CHEN
1
;
Rong XIAO
1
Author Information
1. Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cultural belief;
medical postgraduate students;
suicidal ideation;
suicide risk;
traditional Chinese culture
- MeSH:
Humans;
Students, Medical/psychology*;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Suicide/psychology*;
Suicidal Ideation;
China/ethnology*;
Culture;
Female;
Male;
Risk Factors;
Adult;
Young Adult;
East Asian People
- From:
Journal of Southern Medical University
2024;44(12):2382-2387
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:To study the relationship between traditional Chinese cultural beliefs and suicide risk in Chinese medical postgraduate students.
METHODS:The Chinese Traditional Cultural Belief Scale (CTCBS) and Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ-R) were used to investigate 541 medical postgraduate students in a medical university.
RESULTS:The total score of traditional Chinese cultural belief of the medical postgraduate students was 49.68±6.85, and 66.9% of them had a clear cultural belief. The detection rate of suicide risk among the medical postgraduates was 15.7%, and 20.1% of them reported suicidal ideation within the past year. Traditional Chinese cultural belief was negatively correlated with suicide risk among the medical postgraduates (r=-0.210, P<0.001), and those with higher levels of cultural belief had lower SBQ-R scores (F=6.255, P<0.01). The medical postgraduates with lower cultural beliefs had a higher detection rate of suicide risk (28.6% vs 21.2% vs 12.7%). The students with high suicide risks had significantly lower total scores and all the dimension scores of CTCBS (P<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS:Most medical postgraduates have clear traditional Chinese cultural beliefs, which can be beneficial to reduce suicide risk among the students.
