Association among emotional and behavioural problems, sexual minority status and suicidal behaviours in adolescents: a cross-sectional study from Guangdong Province in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study was conducted to estimate whether emotional and behavioural problems mediate the association between sexual minority status and suicidal behaviour among Chinese adolescents. We also tested whether such mediation is moderated by the sex assigned at birth.

Design

Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

A secondary analysis of the cross-sectional data collected from 7th-grade to 12th-grade students in junior high schools (n=36), senior high schools (n=24) and vocational high schools (n=12) in six cities of Guangdong Province, China. A multistage, stratified cluster, random sampling method was used in the 2019 School-based Chinese Adolescents Health Survey.

Participants

A total of 16 663 students aged 11-20 years.

Outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Li W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449960 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature