Coping Skills, Mental Disorders, and Suicide Among Rural Youths in China

Li, Ziyao; Zhang, Jie

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“…We used its 24 items to assess coping skills and the choices range from 1=not at all to 4=fairly often. The previous studies have indicated the high validity of the CRI scale in the West (Agnew & Kaufman, 2010; Doveston & Cullingford-Agnew, 2006) and the East (Li & Zhang, 2012) samples.…”

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Reliability, validity and preliminary hypothesis tests for the English version of the Psychological Strain Scales (PSS)

Zhang

Lyu

2014

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Background The original Psychological Strain Scales (PSS) was published with data from a sample of a Chinese population, which consisted of four strain scales: value strain, aspiration strain, deprivation strain, coping strain. This study aims to validate and develop the English version of the PSS instrument. Method Together with the PSS, Moos’s Coping Response Inventory (CRI), Spielberger Trait-Anxiety scale, CES-D depression scale, and the NCS suicidal behavior scales were administered in a survey to a sample (N=280) of American college students. Item-total statistics, Cronbach’s Alpha, Guttman Split-Half coefficient, factor analyses, correlation analysis and t tests were applied to test the reliability and validity of the English version of the PSS. Univariate and multivariable regression analyses were operated to know how extent the PSS predicts psychopathology such as anxiety, depression and suicidal behaviors. Results Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of PSS was 0.936. The Split-Half Coefficient of PSS was 0.839. The reliability of the PSS was excellent. The factor analysis results demonstrated strong construct validity of each scale. The criterion validity and the discriminant validity were both excellent for the English version of PSS instrument. Conclusions With the excellent scores on both reliability and validity, the English version of the PSS scales can be an excellent measurement for estimating the psychological strain levels of American college students as well as predicting their psychopathology. The PSS can be applicable for research to evaluate and predict suicidal behaviors and mental disorders.

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Reliability, validity and preliminary hypothesis tests for the English version of the Psychological Strain Scales (PSS)

Zhang

Lyu

2014

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…For the social structural influences, social support was a protective factor (Lyu and Zhang, 2014) as found elsewhere in the world (Thoits, 1986), but being married (Zhang et al, 2010b) and religious belief (Zhang and Xu, 2007) were correlates (Kraemer et al, 1997) which were starkly different from the evidence in the West (Stack, 1983, 1998). Further, less education, low SES, family suicide history, negative life events, and deficient coping were also found to be significantly associated with an increased risk of suicide among those rural young residents in China (Jia and Zhang, 2011; Kong and Zhang, 2010; Li and Zhang, 2012; Liu and Tein, 2005; Zhang and Ma, 2012) (Please review the information in Table 1 and Table 2). …”

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“…The total score was used in the analyses with higher score indicating better coping skills. It has been tested multiple times in rural Chinese populations with excellent reliability and validity (Li and Zhang, 2012; Zhang et al, 2011c). …”

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Suicides and medically serious attempters are of the same population in Chinese rural young adults

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Sun

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Background Suicide rates in China are among the highest in the world, although there has been a decreasing trend in the past few years. One practical approach to study the characteristics and risk factors of suicide is to interview the suicide attempters. Aims It was to compare completed suicides with serious attempters that may shed lights on suicide prevention strategies. Method This is a combination of two case control studies for suicide completers and suicide attempters respectively. After a sample of suicides (n=392) and community living controls (n=416) were obtained and studied in rural China, we collected in the same rural areas data of suicide attempt and studied 507 medically serious attempters and 503 community counterparts. Results Characteristics and previously observed risk factors were compared between the suicides and the attempters, and we found that the demographic characteristics and risk factors for the suicides were also for the medically serious attempters but at some lesser degrees for the attempters than for the suicides. It was especially true of suicide intent, deficient coping, negative life events, and impulsivity. While most of the demographic characteristics were not significantly different between the suicides and the attempters, most of the clinical variables could distinguish the two groups. Conclusions The suicide victims and the serious attempters could be of the same group of people who were at the edge of fatal self-injury, and the same clinical risk factors but of different degrees have divided them into the life and death groups.

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“…In addition, higher levels of neuroticism seem to predict future onset of psychotic disorders [41,42]. A large study by Li and Zang showed that patients with suicidal ideations, both with and without psychotic disorders, scored significantly higher on passive coping mechanisms and lower on active coping than the control group [43]. However, studies on neuroticism and coping styles in relation to suicide risk in psychotic patients are lacking.…”

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Suicide in Recent Onset Psychosis Revisited: Significant Reduction of Suicide Rate over the Last Two Decades — A Replication Study of a Dutch Incidence Cohort

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This study aims to compare the suicide risk over the past decade following recent onset psychosis to findings from the eighties and nineties in the same catchment area and to identify predictors of suicide in the context of the Psychosis Recent Onset Groningen-Survey (PROGR-S). A medical file search was carried out to determine the current status of all patients admitted between 2000 and 2009. The suicide rate was compared with a study executed in 1973–1988 in the same catchment area. Predictors of suicide were investigated using Cox regression. The status of 424 of the 614 patients was known in July 2014. Suicide occurred in 2.4% of patients with psychosis disorders (n = 10; mean follow-up 5.6 years); 6 out of 10 suicides took place within two years. Within two decades, the suicide rate dropped from 11% (follow-up 15 years, 8.5% after 5 years) to 2.4%. The Standardized Mortality Rate (SMR) of suicides compared with the general population was 41.6. A higher age was the only significant predictor for suicide. Neuroticism, living situation, disorganized and negative symptoms, and passive coping style all showed a trend for significance. A significant reduction in the suicide rate was found for people with psychosis over the past decades. Given the high SMR, suicide research should be given the highest priority. Identifying predictors may contribute to further reduction of suicide among patients with psychosis.

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Coping Skills, Mental Disorders, and Suicide Among Rural Youths in China

Cited by 42 publications

References 25 publications

Reliability, validity and preliminary hypothesis tests for the English version of the Psychological Strain Scales (PSS)

Reliability, validity and preliminary hypothesis tests for the English version of the Psychological Strain Scales (PSS)

Suicides and medically serious attempters are of the same population in Chinese rural young adults

Suicide in Recent Onset Psychosis Revisited: Significant Reduction of Suicide Rate over the Last Two Decades — A Replication Study of a Dutch Incidence Cohort

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