Negative life events increase the risk of suicidal ideation in 6653 Chinese freshmen: From a 1-year longitudinal study

He, Zheng; Liu, Debiao; Cheng, Jing; Wang, Deborah Baofeng; Liu, Yan; Wu, Yili

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.12.039

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“…Suicidal ideation prevalence in China increased during the COVID-19 period compared with the pre-pandemic period in China (1.52% in Shandong), based on a prior study from April 2018 to October 2019 [ 30 ]. Suicidal ideation prevalence may vary with alteration of the years and areas.…”

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“…Those students who felt more connected with other students and teachers were more likely to feel calm and trusting [ 28 ]. Previous literature reported the various suicidal ideation situations in disparate Chinese university students, indicating the prevalence range of suicidal ideation from 1.24% to 26.00% [ 1 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ].…”

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Assessing Prevalence and Unique Risk Factors of Suicidal Ideation among First-Year University Students in China Using a Unique Multidimensional University Personality Inventor

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Background: University students with suicidal ideation are at high risk of suicide, which constitutes a significant social and public health problem in China. However, little is known about the prevalence and associated risk factors of suicidal ideation among first-year university students in China, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of suicidal ideation and its factors in first-year Chinese university students from a vocational college in Zhejiang during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Using a cluster sampling technique, a university-wide survey was conducted of 686 first-year university students from Hangzhou in March 2020 using University Personality Inventory (UPI). UPI includes an assessment for suicidal ideation and possible risk factors. Suicidal ideation prevalence was calculated for males and females. Univariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression models were conducted, adjusting for age and sex. Analyses were carried out using the SPSS version 22.0 software. Results: The prevalence of 12-month suicidal ideation among first-year university students during March 2020 was 5.2%, and there was no significant difference between males and females (4.8% vs. 6.0%, x2 = 0.28, p = 0.597). Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified social avoidance (B = 0.78, OR = 2.17, p < 0.001) and emotional vulnerability (B = 0.71, OR = 2.02, p < 0.001) as positively associated with suicidal ideation. Conclusions: Social avoidance and emotional vulnerabilities are unique factors associated with greater suicidal ideation among first-year university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. UPI serves as a validated tool to screen suicide risks among Chinese university students. Encouraging social engagement and improving emotional regulation skills are promising targets to reduce suicidal ideation among first-year university students.

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Assessing Prevalence and Unique Risk Factors of Suicidal Ideation among First-Year University Students in China Using a Unique Multidimensional University Personality Inventor

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“…Quite a few suicide theories (10)(11)(12) include environmental factors as important antecedent variables of suicidal ideation. Previous studies found that negative life events are important antecedents of depression, despair, suicidal ideation, and even suicidal behavior (13)(14)(15)(16). Based on the theories and previous studies, we hypothesized that the combination of physical and mental stress caused by the pandemic (such as worrying about the risk of infection of oneself or the surrounding relatives) and other stressful events may exacerbate suicidal ideation in students.…”

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Role of rumination and hope on negative life events and suicidal ideation under the background of normalization of pandemic prevention and control: A moderated mediation model

Yao

Qiao

Dong

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionThe study aimed to investigate the impact and mechanism of negative life events on college students' suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic and the buffering effect of hope under the background of normalization of pandemic.MethodsA total of 5211 participants took part in this study. Self-reported negative life events, rumination, hope and suicide ideation were measured using a range of questions and scales. Our research demonstrated that the incidence of suicidal ideation among college freshmen in the past week was higher during the COVID-19 pandemic than that before the pandemic. In this study, conditional process model 15 was used to verify the hypothetical model of rumination as a potential mediator and hope as a moderator.ResultsThe hypothesized moderated mediation model was verified significant (β = -0.047, 95% CI = [-0.061, -0.035]), and hope was found to moderate the direct effect of negative life events on suicidal ideation (β = -0.039, t = -2.937, 95% CI = [-0.065, -0.013]) as well as the indirect effect of through the mediator rumination (β = -0.134, t = -10.850, 95% CI = [-0.158, -0.110]).DiscussionWe found that rumination partially mediated the effect of negative life events on suicidal ideation, and hope buffered the direct and indirect effect of negative life events on suicidal ideation. The implications of the findings for clinical interventions are discussed, including the importance of hope arousal as a protective factor and rumination as a cognitive mechanism for emotion regulation under the background of normalization of pandemic.

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“…This finding is consistent with the stress‐sensitization model of suicide (Mann et al, 1999), which posits that life events play a large role in the occurrence of suicide as a major stressor. Over the past four decades, researchers have conducted numerous studies of the relations between life events and SI, and the results have consistently demonstrated a significant positive correlation between negative life events and SI in adolescents, and that stressful life events are an important risk factor for SI in adolescents (Howarth et al, 2020; Liu & Miller, 2014; Yıldız, 2020; Zheng et al, 2022). For example, life events, such as involvement in bullying in any capacity (Holt et al, 2015), academic stress (Okechukwu et al, 2022), and parental burnout (Mikolajczak et al, 2018) significantly and positively predict adolescent SI.…”

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“…and that stressful life events are an important risk factor for SI in adolescents (Howarth et al, 2020;Liu & Miller, 2014;Yıldız, 2020;Zheng et al, 2022). For example, life events, such as involvement in bullying in any capacity (Holt et al, 2015), academic stress (Okechukwu et al, 2022), and parental burnout (Mikolajczak et al, 2018) significantly and positively predict adolescent SI.…”

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The influence of negative life events on adolescent suicidal ideation: Longitudinal mediating effect of emotional problems

Ling

Chen

2023

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction Youth suicide is a worldwide public health and social issue. Suicidal ideation (SI), which spans a spectrum of thoughts from mild cognitions about death to serious and specific plans about taking one's life, is a significant risk factor for actual completed suicide. Thus, it is important to identify the environmental factors and psychological mechanisms that affect SI in adolescents. Methods A sample of 607 Chinese high school students (Mage = 16.20, SD = 0.55) participated. Latent growth curve modeling was used to examine developmental trends in emotional problems and SI, incorporating a four‐wave longitudinal design over a 1‐year interval. A longitudinal mediation model was constructed to examine the effects of the intercept and slope of emotional problems in the relation between negative life events and SI. Results The results indicated that: (1) adolescents demonstrated a linear decrease in emotional problems and SI during the follow‐up period, and the higher the initial level, the slower the growth rate; (2) negative life events demonstrated a significant positive predictive effect on the initial level of adolescent SI; and (3) negative life events played an indirect role in the initial level of adolescent SI through the initial level of emotional problems. Conclusions Negative life events and emotional problems are influential factors in the level of SI in adolescents; however, further research is needed regarding the rate of change in SI.

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Negative life events increase the risk of suicidal ideation in 6653 Chinese freshmen: From a 1-year longitudinal study

Cited by 7 publications

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Assessing Prevalence and Unique Risk Factors of Suicidal Ideation among First-Year University Students in China Using a Unique Multidimensional University Personality Inventor

Assessing Prevalence and Unique Risk Factors of Suicidal Ideation among First-Year University Students in China Using a Unique Multidimensional University Personality Inventor

Role of rumination and hope on negative life events and suicidal ideation under the background of normalization of pandemic prevention and control: A moderated mediation model

The influence of negative life events on adolescent suicidal ideation: Longitudinal mediating effect of emotional problems

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