Suicide Risk in College Students: The Effects of Internet Addiction and Drug Use

Abstract

This study aims to identify the factors in suicide risk among college students by examining the direct and indirect effects of drug use, internet addiction, gender, and alcohol use on suicide risk. The sample of the study is composed of 975 students studying at different faculties of Ahi Evran University during the academic year 2011-2012. They were selected through convenience sampling. This study used the University Form of Risk Behaviors Scale and Internet Addiction Scale as the data collection instruments. A path analysis was conducted to view the effects of independent variables on suicide risk. Results showed that college students' suicide risk is predicted by drug use and Internet addiction; and while gender and alcohol use do not have a direct significant effect on suicide risk, their indirect effects are significant. According to these results, suicide risk in university students is predicted by other risk behaviors. Thus, the importance of demonstrating the causal relationship between risk behaviors is discussed in the light of literature.

Associations Between Uncertainty Stress, Life Stress and Internet Addiction Among Medical Students

“…IA has a great impact on student's physical, psychological and social performance. In terms of physical health, it can lead to a range of problem behaviors, such as social problems ( 3 ), eating disorders ( 4 ), sleep disorders ( 5 , 6 ), risky sex ( 7 ), and even suicide ( 8 ). A meta-analysis confirmed that Problematic Internet Use (PIU) is a predictor of eating disorders in students ( 9 ).…”

Psychological Capital, College Adaptation, and Internet Addiction: An Analysis Based on Moderated Mediation Model

“…The conditional mediation effects of the three dimensions of ColAda, as well as the relationships among EmoAda, IntAda, and IA individually moderated by PsyCap (horizontal axis takes ±SD), are shown in Figures 2-4 6 . Figure 2, referring to results of Table 3, reveals that, in general, an increase in PsyCap diminishes the risk of IA indirectly through the mediation effect of ColAda, but there are different modes in each path.…”

“…Internet addiction (IA) is one such problem. Numerous studies have found that IA is closely correlated with unhealthy mental states ( 1 , 2 ), academic failure and social isolation ( 3 , 4 ), and even suicidal ideation ( 5 , 6 ). In particular, as Berardis et al ( 7 , 8 ) pointed, IA might be associated with the development/concurrence of psychiatric disorders especially in a context of an emotional dysregulation.…”

“…The results show that the mediation effect is robust. Moderation effects are largely robust, except for the emotional adaptation dimension, which was not statistically significant among male college students 6. All three figures were exported by Mplus coding.…”

Internet addiction in high school and university students: an evaluation in terms of various psychological, social and personal variables

“…According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI) data for January-March 2015, internet use was the highest (77%) in the 16-24 age group, and the internet in Turkey is most commonly used for creating a profile on social media, and for sending messages or sharing photographs, videos, music, and so on. As adolescents have become the group that make the most use of the internet, research into internet addiction among adolescents and university students has increased (Kurt, 2015;Li, O'Brien, Snyder, & Howard, 2015;Siyez, 2015;Wu, Ko, Tung, & Li, 2016).…”