Choi Heeseung, Park Hanjong, Suarez Marie L, Park Chang, Zhao Zhongsheng, Wilkie Diana J
College of Nursing and the Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
BMJ Open. 2016 Dec 21;6(12):e013466. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013466.
The Truth about Suicide video has been widely used but has never been empirically tested regarding its cultural appropriateness for Asian Americans. The purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of using the video in a web-based suicide awareness programme for Asian American and non-Hispanic white college students.
A cross-sectional, comparative, web-based study was conducted with 227 Asian Americans and 204 non-Hispanic whites at a university in the Midwest region of the USA. Study participants completed a questionnaire measuring their cultural orientation and attitudes towards suicide, watched the 27 min video, completed a debriefing session and evaluated the video's overall suitability.
Asian Americans rated the suicide awareness video significantly lower for cultural relevance than did non-Hispanic whites (F=5.479, p=0.02). Collectivist cultural orientation was a significant predictor for cultural relevance, credibility and appeal; however, evaluation of the video's cultural relevance was negatively affected by Asian ethnicity.
Cultural orientation and race/ethnicity should be strongly considered when web-based suicide awareness programmes are developed for college students.
《自杀的真相》视频被广泛使用，但从未就其对亚裔美国人的文化适用性进行实证检验。本研究的目的是确定在针对亚裔美国大学生和非西班牙裔白人大学生的网络自杀意识项目中使用该视频的可行性。
在美国中西部地区的一所大学，对227名亚裔美国人和204名非西班牙裔白人进行了一项横断面、比较性的网络研究。研究参与者完成了一份测量其文化取向和对自杀态度的问卷，观看了27分钟的视频，完成了一个汇报环节，并评估了该视频的整体适用性。
亚裔美国人对自杀意识视频文化相关性的评分显著低于非西班牙裔白人（F=5.479，p=0.02）。集体主义文化取向是文化相关性、可信度和吸引力的重要预测因素；然而，亚裔种族对视频文化相关性的评价产生了负面影响。
在为大学生开发网络自杀意识项目时，应充分考虑文化取向和种族/民族因素。
