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Autor/inn/en | Page, Randy M.; West, Joshua H. |
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Titel | Suicide Ideation and Psychosocial Distress in Sub-Saharan African Youth |
Quelle | In: American Journal of Health Behavior, 35 (2011) 2, S.129-141 (13 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1087-3244 |
DOI | 10.5993/AJHB.35.2.1 |
Schlagwörter | Prevention; Health Behavior; Suicide; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Stress Variables; At Risk Persons; Mental Health; Africa |
Abstract | Objectives: To determine if there is an association between psychosocial distress, health-risk behaviors and 12-month suicidal ideation among sub-Saharan African adolescents. Methods: Subjects included a cross-national sample of adolescents (N25,568) representing 7 African countries who completed the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS). Results: Students with 3-4 psychosocial distress indicators were 4-5 times more likely to report suicide ideation or having made a suicide plan, and those with 4-5 risky health behaviors were 2.5-3.5 times more likely. Conclusions: Interventions designed to identify African adolescents with cumulative psychosocial distress indicators and risky health behaviors have potential as effective suicide prevention strategies. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |