Reasons for Living and Coping with Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents in Malaysia

Din, Normah Che; Ibrahim, Norhayati; Amit, Noh; Kadir, Nor Ba`Yah Abdul; Halim, Mohd Radzi Tarmizi A

doi:10.21315/mjms2018.25.5.13

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“…However, parents or Guardian, family, relatives, friends, neighbours, and the society are not to be spared. The study by Che, Ibrahim, Amit, Abdul-Kadir, Halim, et al, (2018), examined suicidal intention among young adolescents in Malaysia in which the results showed that the reasons for living and palliative coping strategy correlated negatively with suicidal intention while multiple regressions revealed that family alliance and optimistic and palliative coping strategies were found to be significant reasons for living that protect adolescents from suicidal thoughts. Furthermore, this means that families contribute to suicide through their contribution to the level of stress experienced by the adolescent and their failure to provide social support.…”

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The influence of reinforcing factors on suicidal intention among students in South-South universities, Nigeria

Chigeru,

Atulomah,

Olanrewaju

2022

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The study objective was to determine the influence of reinforcing factors on suicidal intention among students in south-south, Nigeria. Reinforcing factors considered were level of family relationship and support, peer distractions, teacher-responses experienced and drug use dispositions. Descriptive survey was adopted using multi-stage sampling techniques. 115 students participated in the study. Institutions selected for the study were University of Port-Harcourt, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Federal University Otuoke, Niger Delta University, State University Akwa Ibom and Obong University. Data were collected using questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics; frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, and inferential statistics, correlation test using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and statistical significance was accepted at P<0.05 level of significance. Results revealed there was significant but weak positive correlation (r=0.214, p=0.011<0.05) between drug use disposition and suicidal intention, significant but weak positive relationship between suicidal intention and family support (r=-0.179, p=0.028<0.05) and teacher-student experience (r=-0.178, p=0.029<0.05) existed. However, there was no significant relationship between peer distraction and suicidal intention (r=0.041, p=0.330>0.05. Regression analysis showed significant relationship between reinforcing factors and suicidal intention (F110 =2.92, P=0.025<0.05, R2 =0.096). Results showed reinforcing factors account for 9.6% of the variation in suicidal intention. Peer distraction, family relationship and support, teacher-student experience and drug disposition when combined have significant effect on suicidal intention. This study recommends that health education should focus more on dangers of substance use and positive impact of other reinforcing factors to promote and boost the influence of the reinforcing factors on suicidal intention among students. Key words: Suicidal intention, reinforcing factors, peer distractions, drug use, family support and teacher-student relationship.

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The influence of reinforcing factors on suicidal intention among students in South-South universities, Nigeria

Chigeru,

Atulomah,

Olanrewaju

2022

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“… 8 , 9 These protective factors could differ between ethnicities and cultures, underscoring the crucial role of cultural and social values in protecting youth against suicidal behavior. 10 …”

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Psychometric Evaluation of Brief Reason for Living Inventory for Adolescents (BRFL-A) Instrument in the Indonesian Language

Pandia,

Fitriana,

Afriandi

et al. 2024

Global Pediatric Health

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Objectives. The Brief Reason for Living Inventory for Adolescents (BRFL-A) is used to assess protective factors against suicide in non-clinical settings. This study aimed to validate the psychometric properties of BRFL-A in Bahasa Indonesia. Methods. A total of 728 high-school and university students filled BRFL-A questionnaire and the results were analyzed. The reliability, content, convergent, discriminant, and factorial or construct validity, were investigated using content validity index Cronbach’s Alpha, while content validity index (CVI), confirmatory factor analysis, and Pearson product-moment correlation were assesed with MSPSS, SIS, INQ-15, and DASS-18. Results. The results showed that the Indonesian version of BRFL-A had good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, as well as content and concurrent validity, supporting both the 1-factor and the 5-factor model of factorial validity. Conclusions. The Indonesian version of the BRFL-A was valid and reliable to measure protective factors against suicide risk among adolescents and young adults in non-clinical settings.

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“…Whilst suicide risk and ideation are often associated with specific traumas, depression, and substance abuse, [7][8][9] a suicidal process may, however, take weeks to years for the fatal transition to occur from suicidal ideation and attempts to dying by suicide. 10 From the community surveys that were conducted in 21 countries (n >100 000 individuals), the World Health Organization found that the 12-month prevalence of suicidal ideation was approximately 2%, 11 a lifetime prevalence of 9%, 12 and 33 and 30% of those who had suicidal ideation progressed to suicide planning and attempt, respectively. 13 Among university students, the lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt was 22.3% and 3.2% respectively.…”

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Psychometric Properties and the Cut-Off Point of the English Version of the Yatt Suicide Attitude Scale

Ibrahim

Din

Amit

et al. 2022

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Background: The Malay version of the Yatt Suicide Attitude Scale (YSAS) was found to be reliable and valid for use in the Malaysian context. This study aims to validate and determine the cut-off points of the English version of the YSAS for a wider application by English-speaking researchers and practitioners. Methods: The English version of the YSAS, the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R), and Kessler’s K10 Psychological Distress Scale were distributed to 527 university students. Factor analysis was employed in the evaluation of its construct validity. The determination of the convergent and concurrent validity was determined by way of a bivariate correlation with the SBQ-R and Kessler’s K10 scales. Cronbach’s alpha and Receiver Operating Characteristic-analysis were also used to measure the internal consistency reliability as well as evaluate the screening properties of the scale. Results: The English YSAS and its ideation and attempt subdomains exhibited a high internal consistency value (>.8). The scale also had a cumulative variance of 76.39% and acceptable convergent and concurrent validity when compared to the SBQ-R and K10. The instrument demonstrated a better specificity in terms of the total score and suicide attempt and a better sensitivity trait on the suicidal ideation score. Conclusion: The English YSAS is a valid and reliable scale to assess suicidality, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among Malaysian university students.

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Reasons for Living and Coping with Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents in Malaysia

Cited by 8 publications

References 56 publications

The influence of reinforcing factors on suicidal intention among students in South-South universities, Nigeria

The influence of reinforcing factors on suicidal intention among students in South-South universities, Nigeria

Psychometric Evaluation of Brief Reason for Living Inventory for Adolescents (BRFL-A) Instrument in the Indonesian Language

Psychometric Properties and the Cut-Off Point of the English Version of the Yatt Suicide Attitude Scale

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