Correlations between negative life events and suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide ideation (SI) has become a serious social issue worldwide, and research has found a certain correlation between negative life events (NLE) and SI. Nevertheless, this relationship is still not clear among Chinese adolescents, a special population. Hence, this investigation performed a meta-analysis of observational research on the correlation between NLE and SI among adolescents in China, to further clarify the association.

Methods

We performed an extensive search on seven electronic databases starting from their establishment until March 10, 2023. The research mainly focused on cross-sectional studies conducted on samples of Chinese adolescents. To examine the association between NLE and SI, a meta-analysis model using random effects was utilized. To inves

SUBMITTER: He X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10539609 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature