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Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1523253
This article is part of the Research Topic Youth Mental Health, Particularly in Asian Populations View all 54 articles
Prevalence and Family Function Associated with Suicide-Related Behaviors in Vocational College Population of Southern China: The Mediating Role of Depression
Provisionally accepted- 1 Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, China
- 2 Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Background: Suicide is positively associated with a range of psychological risk factors such as family function and depression. However, it remains unclear if depression mediates the association between family function and suicide in Chinese adolescents.We enrolled 14263 students from Shenzhen Polytechnic College, China.Family function, depression and suicide were assessed in these students by self-report measures, respectively. With path analysis and logistic regression, the mediating role of depression in the association between family function and suicide was analyzed.Results: In this study, the detection rate of suicide-related behaviors among vocational school students was 12.19%, among which the detection rates of suicide idea, suicide plan and suicide attempt were 11.59%, 4.26% and 2.70%, respectively. Depression played a significant mediating role in the influence of family function on suicide-related behaviors.Poor family function might increase the risk of suicide-related behaviors in vocational school students, and this effect was partly realized by affecting their mental health. Improving family function could not only improve adolescent's psychological status, but also reduce their suicide-related behaviors.
Keywords: Suicide, Family function, Depression, young adults, South China
Received: 05 Nov 2024; Accepted: 05 Feb 2025.
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* Correspondence:
He Wang, Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Yueyun Wang, Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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