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Article: Exposure to suicide and suicidal behaviors among Hong Kong adolescents

TitleExposure to suicide and suicidal behaviors among Hong Kong adolescents
Authors
KeywordsAdolescents
Hong Kong
Suicidal behaviors
Suicide exposure
Issue Date2005
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/socscimed
Citation
Social Science And Medicine, 2005, v. 61 n. 3, p. 591-599 How to Cite?
AbstractSuicidal behaviors (deliberate self-injury with the intent to hurt or kill oneself) have been little examined outside the West. The aims of this study were to (a) determine the correlates of suicidal behaviors, and (b) examine whether depression and suicide ideation moderated the effects of exposure to completed and attempted suicide on suicidal behaviors among a community sample of Hong Kong youth ages 12-17. Adolescents responded to questions regarding self-injurious behaviors, and also indicated presence of intention to hurt or kill themselves in the past 12 months. Based on their responses, two groups of interest were formed: 96 youths reported both self-injurious behaviors and the intent to hurt or kill themselves, and formed the "suicidal behaviors" group; and, 1213 adolescents reported neither self-injurious behaviors nor intent to hurt self or die, and formed the control group. The participants also responded to questions about depressive symptoms, anxiety, suicidal ideation and attempt, alcohol/drug use, stressful life events, and family relationships. They indicated whether anyone they knew had attempted or completed suicide in the previous 12 months. Logistic regression indicated that depressive symptoms, stressful life events, suicidal ideation and exposure to suicide attempt (but not completed suicide) contributed unique variance to the presence of suicidal behaviors, after controlling for demographic variables. Depression (and at trend levels, suicidal ideation) moderated the effect of exposure to suicide attempt by others on suicidal behaviors. Our results indicate that completed suicide in the social network increases risk for suicidal behaviors, but not when other risk factors are controlled. By contrast, a suicide attempt independently increases risk for suicidal behaviors. Furthermore, those youths who experience depressive symptoms or suicidal ideation are at particularly high risk for engaging in suicidal behaviors when an exposure to suicide attempt occurs. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86434
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.954
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dc.contributor.authorWong, JPSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorStewart, SMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, SYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorRao, Uen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, THen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:16:59Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:16:59Z-
dc.date.issued2005en_HK
dc.identifier.citationSocial Science And Medicine, 2005, v. 61 n. 3, p. 591-599en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0277-9536en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86434-
dc.description.abstractSuicidal behaviors (deliberate self-injury with the intent to hurt or kill oneself) have been little examined outside the West. The aims of this study were to (a) determine the correlates of suicidal behaviors, and (b) examine whether depression and suicide ideation moderated the effects of exposure to completed and attempted suicide on suicidal behaviors among a community sample of Hong Kong youth ages 12-17. Adolescents responded to questions regarding self-injurious behaviors, and also indicated presence of intention to hurt or kill themselves in the past 12 months. Based on their responses, two groups of interest were formed: 96 youths reported both self-injurious behaviors and the intent to hurt or kill themselves, and formed the "suicidal behaviors" group; and, 1213 adolescents reported neither self-injurious behaviors nor intent to hurt self or die, and formed the control group. The participants also responded to questions about depressive symptoms, anxiety, suicidal ideation and attempt, alcohol/drug use, stressful life events, and family relationships. They indicated whether anyone they knew had attempted or completed suicide in the previous 12 months. Logistic regression indicated that depressive symptoms, stressful life events, suicidal ideation and exposure to suicide attempt (but not completed suicide) contributed unique variance to the presence of suicidal behaviors, after controlling for demographic variables. Depression (and at trend levels, suicidal ideation) moderated the effect of exposure to suicide attempt by others on suicidal behaviors. Our results indicate that completed suicide in the social network increases risk for suicidal behaviors, but not when other risk factors are controlled. By contrast, a suicide attempt independently increases risk for suicidal behaviors. Furthermore, those youths who experience depressive symptoms or suicidal ideation are at particularly high risk for engaging in suicidal behaviors when an exposure to suicide attempt occurs. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/socscimeden_HK
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Science and Medicineen_HK
dc.subjectAdolescents-
dc.subjectHong Kong-
dc.subjectSuicidal behaviors-
dc.subjectSuicide exposure-
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten_HK
dc.subject.meshAnxiety - epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshChilden_HK
dc.subject.meshDepression - epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshFamily Characteristicsen_HK
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshHong Kong - epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshQuestionnairesen_HK
dc.subject.meshRisk Assessmenten_HK
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen_HK
dc.subject.meshSchoolsen_HK
dc.subject.meshSelf-Injurious Behavior - epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshStress, Psychologicalen_HK
dc.subject.meshStudentsen_HK
dc.subject.meshSubstance-Related Disorders - epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshSuicide, Attempted - psychology - statistics & numerical dataen_HK
dc.titleExposure to suicide and suicidal behaviors among Hong Kong adolescentsen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailHo, SY:syho@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailLam, TH:hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.12.012en_HK
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