A comparison between American and Chinese college students on suicide-related behavior parameters |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Human Ecology, Putra University of Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;2. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, United States;3. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;4. Faculty of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;5. Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Putra University of Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;6. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University & Shandong University Center for Suicide Prevention Research, Jinan, Shandong, China;7. Centre for Community Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;8. Department of Psychology andCentre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
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| Abstract: | Background/ObjectiveThe 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.MethodThis 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.ResultsParticipants’ 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.ConclusionsThere 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. |
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| Keywords: | The Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised College students Suicide-related behavior Ex post facto study Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised Estudiantes universitarios Conductas relacionadas con el suicidio Estudio ex post facto |
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