title: Attitudes toward suicide among Chinese people in Hong Kong.
abstract: Since suicide in Chinese people exhibits certain distinctive characteristics, it is important to develop indigenous measures to assess Chinese attitudes toward suicide that may be used to inform suicide reduction programs. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods, we developed a Hong Kong version of the Chinese Attitude toward Suicide Questionnaire (CASQ-HK) which assesses attitudes toward suicide, suicidal inclination under 12 hypothetical scenarios, and prior suicidal experience. A convenience sample of 1,226 people completed the self-report questionnaire. In keeping with Chinese tradition, respondents revealed both tolerant and condemning attitudes that varied with their sociodemographic characteristics. Generally, they were not strongly inclined to consider suicide in the presence of difficult scenarios. Female gender, older age, and the presence of suicidal ideation were associated with more contemplation of suicide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Hong Kong Mood Disorders Center, Chinese Unviersity of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong. singlee@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Sing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Adley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: Xian-yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Michael Robert
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kleinman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires