Abstract
Background/Objective: 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.
Method: 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.
Results: 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.
Conclusions: 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. Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. on behalf of Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual.
Method: 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.
Results: 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.
Conclusions: 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. Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. on behalf of Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 108-117 |
| Journal | International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2020 |
Citation
Lew, B., Osman, A., Huen, J. M. Y., Siau, C. S., Abu Talib, M., Jia, C., . . . Leung, A. N. M. (2020). A comparison between American and Chinese college students on suicide-related behavior parameters. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 20(2), 108-117. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.03.005Keywords
- 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
- Alt. title: Comparación entre estudiantes universitarios estadounidenses y chinos en parámetros de comportamiento relacionados con el suicidio