Suicidal Behaviors in College Students: Frequency, Sex Differences, and Mental Health Correlates Including Sluggish Cognitive Tempo

The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Stephen P BeckerAaron M Luebbe

Abstract

To (1) describe rates of suicidal behaviors in a sample of college students, (2) evaluate sex differences, and (3) provide a preliminary examination of the unique association of sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms and other mental health dimensions in relation to suicidal behaviors in college students. Participants were 1,704 college students from two universities who completed measures assessing mental health symptoms and suicidal behaviors (i.e., past ideation/attempts, past-year ideation, disclosure of intent to commit suicide to another person, and likelihood of a future suicide attempt). Four percent of participants reported a previous suicide attempt and 2.2% indicated that it was likely they would attempt suicide someday. 7.5% reported thinking about killing themselves often in the past year; 41.4% of these participants reported they had never told someone they might attempt suicide. Approximately one quarter (24%) of participants were classified with suicide risk based on an empirically established cutoff score, though rates differed between women (26.1%) and men (20.4%). Women were also more likely than men to report a previous suicide attempt and to tell someone else about their suicidal ideation. In regression mo...Continue Reading

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Mar 11, 2018·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·Stephen P Becker, Erik G Willcutt
Oct 31, 2019·Journal of American College Health : J of ACH·Danielle R BusbyCheryl A King
Nov 10, 2020·Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry·Stephen P Becker
Feb 7, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Estefanía Solla Montero, Francisco Manuel Morales-Rodríguez
Apr 29, 2018·Journal of Affective Disorders·Alex S HoldawayStephen P Becker
Sep 8, 2019·Journal of Affective Disorders·Stephen P BeckerAaron M Luebbe
Aug 11, 2021·Journal of Psychiatric Research·Subhashini MadhavanJohn R Seeley

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