Survey on the epidemic characteristics of suicidal tendency among middle-school students in cities

To identify the epidemical characteristics of suicidal tendency among middle-school students in cities of China and to explore the main factors leading to suicidal tendency in adolescents. Multi-stage cluster sampling method was used to select 9015 students in grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively from...

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Published inZhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì Vol. 28; no. 2; p. 127
Main Authors Xiong, Guang-lian, Wu, Jing, Shen, Qiu-ying, Mo, Shao-xiong, Yang, Dao-wei, Zhang, Qiu-yun, Zhang, Pian
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.02.2007
Subjects
Adolescent
China - epidemiology
Data Collection
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Students - psychology
Suicide - psychology
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Urban Population
China
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Summary:To identify the epidemical characteristics of suicidal tendency among middle-school students in cities of China and to explore the main factors leading to suicidal tendency in adolescents. Multi-stage cluster sampling method was used to select 9015 students in grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively from 25 general middle schools in Beijing, Hangzhou, Wuhan and Urumqi of China in June 2006 and field investigation was carried out through "China Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) Questionnaire". Among the students in the four cities, the incidence rates of suicidal ideation were from 14.4% to 20.8% with an average of 17.4%. The incidence rates of suicidal plan were from 6.8% to 9.7% with an average of 8.2% and were different among cities. 15.0% of the boys had suicidal ideation and 6.7% of them made a suicidal plan comparing to 19.7% of girls having had suicidal ideation and 9.5% of them made a suicidal plan. The two kinds of suicidal tendency in girls were all higher than those in boys. City, age, gend
ISSN:0254-6450