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Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Behaviors among College Students in Northeastern China: a Cross-Sectional Study

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The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviors among college students in Jilin Province, China. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2016, using a self-reported questionnaire. Convenience sampling method was used to select college students as participants. The analysis was based on a sample of 730 college students. We use multivariate logistic model to determine the risk factors of suicidal behaviors.The prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicidal plan, suicidal attempts were respectively 13.2%, 3.3% and 3.4%. After controlling for the potential confounding factors, history of family psychiatric illness, depression and quality of life were significantly associated with suicidal ideation. Besides, suicidal plan was predicted significantly by not living together with university roommates and depression. In terms of suicidal attempts, not living together with university roommates and history of family psychiatric illness were its risk factors. Comprehensive interventions regarding aims at risk factors may be critical as effective strategies to protect college students from suicide.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge all participants who contributed to this study.

This study was funded by Science Education Program Project “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” of Jilin Province No.441, 2016, Graduate Innovation Fund of Jilin University 2017163 and The Science and Technology International Cooperation Project of Jilin Province 20160414035GH.

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    Tingting Gao, Han Zhang, Jinglei Gao, Yixi Kong, Yueyang Hu & Songli Mei

  2. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, 3/F, Building E12, Taipa, Macau SAR, China

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Gao, T., Xiang, YT., Zhang, H. et al. Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Behaviors among College Students in Northeastern China: a Cross-Sectional Study. Psychiatr Q 89, 359–370 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-017-9540-9

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