Influence of personal social network and coping skills on risk for suicidal ideation in Chinese university students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personal social network and coping skills have important influences on suicidality of young people and such influences must be understood in the context of other factors. This study aims to assess the influences of social contacts and coping skills on risk for suicidal ideation and to disentangle their possible pathways using a large sample of university students from China.

Methods

5972 students, randomly selected from 6 universities in China, completed the questionnaire survey for the study. Logistic regression was performed to estimate individual effect of social contacts and coping skills on risk for suicidal ideation. A partial least squares path model (PLSPM) was used to probe possible paths of their effects in the context of psychopathology.

Results

SUBMITTER: Tang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4372485 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature