A comparison between American and Chinese college students on suicide-related behavior parameters

作者：Bob Lew, Augustine Osman, Jenny Mei Yiu Huen, Ching Sin Siau, Mansor Abu Talib, Cun-Xian Jia, Caryn Mei Hsien Chan, Angel Nga Man Leung · 发表于：International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.03.005 · 被引用次数：47 · 研究领域：Suicide and Self-Harm Studies、Mental Health via Writing、Mental Health Treatment and Access

The United States (US) and China are the two largest economies, but recent and directly comparable studies on suicide-related behaviors in the two countries are lacking. By using the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R), item-level comparison was performed in assessing self-reported suicide-related behaviors between the US and Chinese undergraduates. This study involved a total of 3,185 college students aged between 18 to 24 years (1,185 US college students, and 2,000 Chinese students who were randomly selected from a large sample of 11,806 Chinese college students). Participants filled out the 4-item SBQ-R. Participants’ responses were compared by country and sex. There was a higher overall risk of suicide-related behaviors among US students (24.3%) compared to Chinese students (17.0%). US students also reported higher lifetime attempt, past-year ideation, and lifetime threat. US female college students reported the highest suicide-related behaviors compared to other sub-groups. There is a need to tailor specific interventions to alleviate college students’ suicide-related behaviors in the US and China, with a particular focus on US females. Estados Unidos y China son las dos economías mundiales más grandes, pero faltan estudios recientes y comparables sobre comportamientos relacionados con el suicidio entre ambos países. Mediante el Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) se realizó una comparación a nivel de ítems para evaluar los comportamientos autoin...