Health-Related Factors and Suicidal Ideation in High School Students in Rural China

Bibliographic Data

ID13629311
AuthorsCun-Xian Jia (0000-0002-2651-147X, Shandong University School of Public Health, China, corresponding author), Shibao Li (0000-0002-3924-9001, Shandong University), Shi-Bao Li (Shandong University School of Public Health, China), Mei Han (0000-0002-3123-2205, Qingdao Municipal Women and Children’s Hospital, Shandong, China), Qi-Gui Bo (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention of Lijin County, Shandong, China)
Year2015
Volume73
Issue3
Pages263-274
Publication date2015-03-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222815576126
OpenAlexW2471388101
LanguageEN
References cited29

The study aimed to understand the reporting rate of suicidal ideation and its health-related factors in 1,378 high school students in rural China. These students were recruited from two high schools in Lijin County, Shandong Province, China by using a stratified random cluster sampling method. Overall, 13.5% of the sample reported having suicidal ideation in the past year, and there was no significant difference between boys and girls in reporting rate of suicidal ideation. Nightmares, physical activity, and sleep duration as well as family environment, paternal education, and mental heath status were significantly associated with suicidal ideation. More efforts for these factors should be considered in suicide prevention for high school students in rural China

China · Cluster sampling · Environmental health · Geography · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Rural area · Sociology · Stratified sampling · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies