Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among college students and same-aged peers: results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among college students and same-aged peers: results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

Abstract PURPOSE: The primary aims are to (1) obtain representative prevalence estimates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) among college students worldwide and (2) investigate whether STB is related to matriculation to and attrition from college. METHODS: Data from the WHO World Mental Health...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2018-03
Hauptverfasser: Mortier, Philippe, Auerbach, Randy P, Alonso, Jordi, Axinn, William G, Cuijpers, Pim, Ebert, David D, Green, Jennifer G, Hwang, Irving, Kessler, Ronald C, Liu, Howard, Nock, Matthew K, Pindern Amaker, Stephanie, Sampson, Nancy A, Zaslavsky, Alan M, Abdulmalik, Jibril, Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali Obaid, Benjet, Corina, Demyttenaere, Koen, Florescu, Silvia, Girolamo, Giovanni de, Gureje, Oye, Haro Abad, Josep Maria, Hu, Chiyi, Huang, Yueqin, Jonge, Peter de, Karam, Elie G, Kiejna, Andrzej, Kovess Masfety, Viviane, Lee, Sing, Mcgrath, John J, O'Neill, Siobhan, Nakov, Vladimir, Pennell, Beth Ellen, Piazza, Marina, Posada Villa, José, Rapsey, Charlene, Viana, Maria Carmen, Xavier, Miguel, Bruffaerts, Ronny
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Sprache:eng
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Malalties mentals
Mental illness
Suicide
Surveys
Suïcidi
Youth
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract PURPOSE: The primary aims are to (1) obtain representative prevalence estimates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) among college students worldwide and (2) investigate whether STB is related to matriculation to and attrition from college. METHODS: Data from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys were analyzed, which include face-to-face interviews with 5750 young adults aged 18-22 spanning 21 countries (weighted mean response rate = 71.4%). Standardized STB prevalence estimates were calculated for four well-defined groups of same-aged peers: college students, college attriters (i.e., dropouts), secondary school graduates who never entered college, and secondary school non-graduates. Logistic regression assessed the association between STB and college entrance as well as attrition from college. RESULTS: Twelve-month STB in college students was 1.9%, a rate significantly lower than same-aged peers not in college (3.4%; OR 0.5; p 
ISSN:0933-7954