Stress, Coping and Suicide Ideation in Chinese College Students

Authors

Xiaoyun Zhang, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Haiping Wang, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Yan Ruth Xia, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Xiaohong Liu, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Eunju Jung, University of ConnecticutFollow

Date of this Version

6-2012

Citation

Journal of Adolescence 35:3 (June 2012), pp. 683–690; doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.10.003

Comments

Copyright © 2011 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Used by permission.

Abstract

The study was to examine 1) whether stress and coping styles could significantly predict the probability of suicide ideation; 2) and whether coping styles were mediators or moderators on the association between life stress and suicide ideation. The survey was conducted in a sample of 671 Chinese college students. Approximately twenty percent students reported having suicide ideation. Life stress, active coping styles, and passive coping styles all had independent effect on the probability of suicide ideation. Passive coping styles, especially fantasizing, mediated the relation between life stress and suicide ideation. Moderation hypotheses were not supported. Implications of the findings and future directions were discussed.