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Suicide Ideation and Self-Harm Behaviors in First-Year Dormitory Students at a Public Midwestern University: A Pilot Study.
- Source :
- Chronic Stress; 6/5/2024, p1-12, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Purpose: Currently, 1 in 5 college students struggle with suicidal ideation while 7% to 44% engage in nonsuicidal self-injury. Illinois has one of the highest teenage and college student suicide rates in the United States. This pilot study assessed suicide ideation and self-harm behaviors at a public Illinois university. This is the first study to use 5 standardized psychological instruments to investigate these 2 crises in freshmen college students who are all required to reside in dormitories. The main hypothesis was to determine if the independent effects of freshmen students' depression, Five-Factor Model, and Reasons for Living affected the dependent variables, self-harm behaviors and suicide ideation. Methods: Forty first-year college dormitory students completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II, Scale of Suicidal Ideation, Five-Factor Model, Inventory of Statements About Self-Injury, and Reasons for Living Scale in person. Results: Participants were 18 to 19 years old, predominantly female (65%), and non-White (62%). Forty percent reported self-harm behaviors and 19% reported suicidal ideation. The top reasons for contemplated suicide attempts included the inability to solve problems (33%) and attention/revenge (28%). Students experienced high levels of anxiety (55%), self-consciousness (43%), and depression (18%). Depression was associated with suicide ideation (β = 0.05, P =.006), while neuroticism and openness were associated with self-harm behaviors (aOR = 3.36, P =.02, aOR = 0.48, P =.047, respectively). Ninety-five percent reported "responsibility to family" as a Reason for Living. Conclusions: Preliminary evidence necessitates an examination of self-harm and suicide ideation among all freshmen, investigating both risk and protective factors. In the future, a prevention intervention should be implemented campus-wide (and eventually nationwide) for all first-year dormitory students to enhance their mental well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RISK assessment
SUICIDAL ideation
RESEARCH funding
CONSCIOUSNESS
DATA analysis
PILOT projects
RESPONSIBILITY
STATISTICAL sampling
QUESTIONNAIRES
LOGISTIC regression analysis
PROBLEM solving
ANXIETY
EMOTIONS
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SELF-mutilation
SUICIDAL behavior
ATTENTION
ODDS ratio
EMAIL
SURVEYS
PERSONALITY
TELEPHONES
STATISTICS
PSYCHOLOGY of college students
DATA analysis software
MENTAL depression
REGRESSION analysis
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24705470
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Chronic Stress
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177713590
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/24705470241259939