Risk Factors for Suicide in Taiwanese College Students

Objective: The authors investigated the personality characteristics, psychopathology, parenting style, and family function among Taiwanese college students with high, moderate, and low suicidal risks. Participants: The sample included 2,919 first-year college students (1,414 men, 1,505 women) from a...

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Published in:Journal of American college health 2008-09, Vol.57 (2), p.135-142
Main Authors: Gau, Susan Shur-Fen, Chen, Ying-Yeh, Tsai, Fang-Ju, Lee, Ming-Been, Chiu, Yen-Nan, Soong, Wei-Tsuen, Hwu, Hai-Gwo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
At Risk Persons
Behavior
Child Rearing
College Students
Colleges & universities
Correlation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Analysis
Drinking
Families & family life
Family Influence
Family Relations
Family Relationship
Female
Foreign Countries
Hospitals
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental health
Parenting style
Parenting Styles
Personality
Personality Traits
Physical examinations
Predictor Variables
Prevention
Prevention programs
Psychological Patterns
Psychology
Psychopathology
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Smoking
Students - psychology
Substance Abuse
Suicidal behaviour
suicidal risk
Suicide
Suicide - psychology
Suicides & suicide attempts
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Taiwan
Undergraduate students
Universities
Young Adult
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Summary:Objective: The authors investigated the personality characteristics, psychopathology, parenting style, and family function among Taiwanese college students with high, moderate, and low suicidal risks. Participants: The sample included 2,919 first-year college students (1,414 men, 1,505 women) from a university in Taipei, Taiwan. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire assessed domains covering demographics, personality, psychopathology, frequency of substance use, parenting style, family functioning, and suicidal behaviors. The authors used mixed models for data analysis. Results: The authors observed a positive linear trend between increased suicidal tendency and levels of neuroticism, harm avoidance, novelty seeking, psychopathology, and parenting styles of low affection, overprotection, and authoritarian controlling. Use of tobacco and alcohol and impaired family adaptation and cohesion were associated with high and moderate suicidal risks. Conclusions: Personality, psychopathology, substance use, and familial factors are important correlates of suicidal risks among college students in Taiwan. Optimal suicide prevention strategies in the college setting should incorporate the multiple facets of suicidal risks.
ISSN:0744-8481
1940-3208
DOI:10.3200/JACH.57.2.135-142