Association of emotional and behavioral problems with single and multiple suicide attempts among Chinese adolescents: Modulated by academic performance

Journal of Affective Disorders
Lan GuoCiyong Lu

Abstract

There were differences in the characteristics and prevalence rates between individuals with a history of one suicide attempt and those with multiple suicide attempts. This large-scale study was conducted to test, among Chinese adolescents, the associations of emotional and behavioral problems with single and multiple suicide attempts and whether these associations vary with adolescents' academic performance. Data were drawn from the 2019 School-based Chinese Adolescents Health Survey (n = 20,702). Information about emotional and behavioral problems, suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, academic performance, and sleep duration was gathered. Multinomial logistic regression models using Firth penalized likelihood approach and appropriate sampling weights were performed. Compared with no suicide attempt, peer problems, emotional problems, conduct problems, and hyperactivity were associated with an elevated risk of both a single suicide attempt and multiple suicide attempts, respectively (P < 0.05); the magnitudes of these associations in multiple suicide attempters were higher than those in single suicide attempters. Further stratification analyses by academic performance showed a greater association of the four difficulties with m...Continue Reading

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