Stress, coping and suicide ideation in Chinese college students.
The study was to examine 1) whether stress and coping styles could significantly predict the probability of suicide ideation; 2) and whether coping styles were mediators or moderators on the association between life stress and suicide ideation. The survey was conducted in a sample of 671 Chinese college students. Approximately twenty percent students reported having suicide ideation. Life stress, active coping styles, and passive coping styles all had independent effect on the probability of suicide ideation. Passive coping styles, especially fantasizing, mediated the relation between life stress and suicide ideation. Moderation hypotheses were not supported. Implications of the findings and future directions were discussed.
Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 31331 Mound Rd. Apt. H, Warren, MI 48092, USA. xzhang@huskers.unl.edu
Xiaoyun
X
Zhang
Haiping
H
Wang
Yan
Y
Xia
Xiaohong
X
Liu
Eunju
E
Jung
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult