Childhood maltreatment associated suicidal risk in Chinese children and adolescents: a mediation of resilience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing evidence suggests that children and adolescents who had experienced childhood maltreatment (CM) are at higher suicidal risk. However, the mediation role of resilience in this association remains unclear. We aim to investigate the mediation via resilience in the associations between CM and three suicidal risk indicators (suicidal ideation, SI; suicidal plan, SP; suicidal attempt, SA) among a large sample of Chinese children and adolescents.

Methods

A population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in southwestern China Yunnan province. A total of 9723 children and adolescents were included and analyzed by using a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling design. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to explore the associati

SUBMITTER: Peng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11299359 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature