Resource Tag: SCHOOL PROBLEMS

We investigated the association between excessive video game/Internet use and teen suicidality. Data were obtained from the 2007 and 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a high school-based, nationally representative survey (N = 14,041 and N = 16,410, respectively). Teens who reported 5 hours or more of video games/Internet daily use, in the 2009 YRBS, […]

This study investigated family, school, peer, & psychological factors contributing to adolescent suicide ideation. Participants were 1,358 Hong Kong Chinese adolescents divided into younger (12.3 years) & older (15.4 years) age groups. By using structural equation modeling, results showed family cohesion & sense of school belonging were the core predictors of self-esteem & depression, & […]

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Data regarding the care provided to graduate level health professionals at the mental health centre of the Federal University of Sao Paulo is presented. 146 students were seen from September 1996-September 2003. The main diagnoses were depression & anxiety disorders, causing 4.5% of the students to be suspended temporarily from their studies. Suicidal tendencies were […]

This briefing evaluates the relationship between child abuse, particularly sexual, & other risk factors present during childhood, & subsequent suicide attempts. Incidence rates are also discussed. There is relatively little concrete evidence on childhood suicide & therefore much of the evidence presented in this report relates to suicide in later life. One of the key […]

This instrumental study examined gender differences of school anger components & its prediction for suicidal behaviour. 1418 high school students were selected through stratified random sampling in Shiraz. Girls experienced anger more than boys but hostility was higher in boys. There was no gender difference regarding positive coping expression of anger or destructive coping expression. […]

This study quantified rates & severity of self-reported depression & suicide ideation in Chinese middle-school students, examined the relationship between depression & attempted suicide, & identified sociodemographic associations. A cross-sectional survey using self-completion questionnaires was carried out in 6 middle schools. 1576 questionnaires were completed. One-third of the students had suffered symptoms of severe depression, […]

This presentation provided an introduction to the topic of adolescent suicide. The causes of adolescent suicide were discussed, including family dysfunction & environmental pressures. The author asserts that knowledge about suicide is the most effective prevention tool & so reviews myths about suicide & the profile of a suicidal or potentially suicidal youth. The presentation […]

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This study compared 1993 & 1995 self-reported suicidal behaviour in relation to tobacco use, alcohol use, drug use, school misconduct, academic difficulties, home environment, sexual activity, & violence among 7th- to 12th-grade adolescents in a medium-sized Midwest school district. Independent factors accounted for more variance in male suicidal behaviour than in female suicidal behaviour. As […]

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Data was collected from 2402 high school students in Chandigarh, India. The statistical analyses used were chi square & Spearman’s correlation. 1078 students reported psychological problems. 180 students repored that life was a burden. 122 reported suicide ideation & 8 reported a suicide attempt. There was significant correlation between student’s perception of life as a […]

This study explored clinical & nonclinical predictors of inpatient hospital admission decisions across a sample of 13,245 children in foster care over 4 years. Optimal data analysis was used to construct a non-linear classification tree model for predicting admission decisions. As expected, clinical variables such as suicidality, psychoticism, & dangerousness predicted psychiatric admission. Several variables […]

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A secondary analysis of the Uganda Global School-Based Health Survey 2003 was conducted to obtain the prevalence of & assess factors that may be associated with suicide ideation among school-going adolescents in rural Uganda. 21.3% of males & 23.5% of females had seriously considered suicide within the past 12 months. Loneliness & worry were positively […]

The association of specific types of adolescent peer victimization with depression, suicide ideation, & suicide attempts was examined. A self-report survey was completed by 2,342 high school students. Regression analyses indicated that frequent exposure to all types of peer victimization was related to a high risk for depression, ideation, & attempts compared to students not […]

Using data from all waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, the short-term & long-term impact of an adolescent friend’s suicide on an adolescent’s depression & suicidality were investigated. Results suggest that a friend’s suicide is associated with heightened suicide thoughts & attempts & greater depression during the first year after loss. Six […]

Coroner court records of 1,721 Singaporean suicides occuring between 2000-2004 were reviewed; 398 individuals left suicide letters. Letter writers tended to be younger, single, & less likely to have mental or physical illness. A reason for suicide was evident in 58% of the letters. Major reasons included school & relationship problems in the young, financial […]

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