College Student Suicide: A Call To Action

Westefeld, John S.; Button, Christopher; Haley, James T.; Kettmann, Julie Jenks; Macconnell, Jennifer; Sandil, Riddhi; Tallman, Benjamin A.

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“…This finding suggests that undergraduates may be at greater risk for suicidal ideation than graduate students. The experience of leaving home and separating from one's family, forming new social networks on campus, and grappling with identity issues common in emerging adulthood (Westefeld et al, 2006) might be a particularly stressful experience for Asian American undergraduates. Thus, we anticipated that Asian American undergraduate students would be at greater risk for suicidal ideation compared to Asian American graduate students.…”

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Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Wong¹,

Brownson²,

Schwing³

2011

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Risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation among 1,377 Asian American college students across 66 U.S. campuses were examined. The results indicated a variety of factors were associated with morbid thoughts: medication for mental health concerns, gender, GPA, undergraduate status, religious affiliation, living with a family member, living with a partner, and active participation in student organizations. Furthermore, some of these factors were related to serious consideration of suicide: medication for mental health concerns, undergraduate status, living with family, and active participation in student organizations. Among Asian Americans who seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months, recent family, academic, and financial problems were the top three most frequent significant events occurring before the development of suicidal ideation.

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Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Wong¹,

Brownson²,

Schwing³

2011

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“…One variable that researchers have widely considered to be an early diagnostic hallmark of suicide risk is the presence of suicidal ideation (e.g., Farabaugh et al 2015;Reynolds 1991b). Thus, it is not surprising that a variety of suicidal ideation (SI) measures have been developed by researchers in efforts to assess for, and ultimately treat, early indicators of suicide risk in young adults (Batterham et al 2015;Paladino and Minton 2008;Westefeld et al 2006). …”

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Development of the Frequency of Suicidal Ideation Inventory: Evidence for the Validity and Reliability of a Brief Measure of Suicidal Ideation Frequency in a College Student Population

Chang

2016

Cogn Ther Res

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The present research focused on the development of a brief measure of suicidal ideation frequency, namely, the Frequency of Suicidal Ideation Inventory (FSII). Study 1 examined the latent structure of the FSII in a sample of 399 US college students. Results of exploratory factor analysis indicated a one-factor solution accounting for 86.96 % of the variance. Study 2 provided support for the internal reliability of the FSII across four different international samples (viz., US, Turkey, Hungary, and China). Within the US sample, the FSII was found to possess good 6-week test-retest reliability. Moreover, an examination of the associations between the FSII and important measures of suicide risk factors (e.g., suicidal behaviors) and suicide protective factors (e.g., flourishing) provided support for the construct validity of our new measure in an independent sample of 143 US college students. In addition, we found preliminary evidence supporting the FSII as a useful measure of the likelihood of making a future suicide attempt and evidence for the utility of the FSII over established measures of suicide risk in predicting depressive symptoms. Overall, the present findings provide promising evidence for the validity and reliability of the FSII as a brief measure of SI frequency in adults.

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“…[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] It is estimated that almost 19.4% of the Iranian university students are smokers, 3.9% use illegal drugs, and 10.1% use alcohol. 21 Despite the growing epidemic of suicide among university students and its residual effects, 22,23 the risk factors of suicide among university students have not been properly investigated particularly in developing countries. Unless reliable information about the burden and causes of suicide behaviors is collected, it is difficult or even impossible to design effective intervention strategies and carry out preventive measures.…”

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Suicide and Associated Risk Factors Among College Students

Poorolajal

Panahi

Ghaleiha

et al. 2017

Int J Epidemiol Res

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Background and aims: Despite the growing epidemic of suicide among college students, the associated risk factors have not been properly understood in developing countries. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of suicide ideation and attempt and associated risk factors among university students. Methods: We performed this cross-sectional study in the Hamadan University of Medical Sciences from January to May, 2016, and invited university students to participate voluntarily in the study. The outcomes of interest were suicide ideation and attempt. The exposures of interest were behavioral risk factors, including having girlfriends/boyfriends, emotional breakdown (also known as mental breakdown), illegitimate heterosexual and/or homosexual intercourse, cigarette smoking, drug abuse, psychiatric disorders, and social media. Results: Of 1254 participants, 146 (11.7%) had suicidal ideation during the past year and 63 (5.0%) had attempted suicide at least once in the past year. After adjusting the odds ratio (OR) (95% CI) for age and sex, it was found that suicide ideation was significantly associated with emotional breakdown 2.33 (1.64, 3.31), heterosexual intercourse 2.71 (1.77, 4.15), homosexual intercourse 3.21 (1.97, 5.25), cigarette smoking 4.03 (2.65, 6.11), drug abuse 12.09 (7.97, 18.35), psychiatric disorders 12.48 (7.59, 20.53), no interest in the discipline 2.08 (1.40, 3.07), and despair about the future 2.18 (1.49, 3.19). There was no significant association between suicide ideation and using social media 1.13 (0.65, 1.96). Conclusion: This study provided beneficial information about the association between suicidal ideation and attempted suicide and some behavioral risk factors among university students and emphasized the importance of these modifiable risk factors which if neglected, may severely impair the students' function.

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College Student Suicide: A Call To Action

Cited by 57 publications

References 43 publications

Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Development of the Frequency of Suicidal Ideation Inventory: Evidence for the Validity and Reliability of a Brief Measure of Suicidal Ideation Frequency in a College Student Population

Suicide and Associated Risk Factors Among College Students

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