title: Psychological strains and suicide intent: Results from a psychological autopsy study with Chinese rural young suicides.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous studies have examined the prevalence of psychological strains among various suicide populations. However, it is still unexamined whether psychological strains can predict suicide intent directly.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We planned to explore the prevalence of psychological strains and analyze the relationship between psychological strains and suicide intent among Chinese rural young suicides.
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychological autopsy method was used to investigate the environmental and other factors of rural young suicides. Psychological strains were identified from in-depth interviews by the proxy informants of each suicide. The first 8 items of Beck's Suicidal Intention Scale (SIS) were used to estimate the suicide intent.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed that 96.6% of the suicides had at least one type of strain, and those suicides who had more strains tended to score higher on the suicide intent scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study further supports that suicide intent can be predicted by psychological strains in Chinese rural young suicides. The scanning of psychological strains can be used for suicide prevention in Chinese rural young suicides.
authors.affiliation: Center for Suicide Prevention Research, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: School of Social Development, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Center for Suicide Prevention Research, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China Department of Sociology, State University of New York College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA zhangj@buffalostate.edu.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Social Development, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012424:Rural Population; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; Suicide intent; psychological strain; strain theory of suicide