Psychology Department, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI)/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2019 Apr;49(2):535-546. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12446. Epub 2018 Feb 22.
This study examined the relationship between adolescents' beliefs about the prevalence of youth suicide ideation (ideation descriptive norms) and suicide attempts (attempt descriptive norms) with self-reported suicide ideation and attempts. Descriptive norms, suicide ideation, and suicide attempts as well as gender, race/ethnicity, and exposure to family, peer, and others' suicide were assessed in 2,109 students at six suburban New York State high schools. After controlling for demographic variables and exposure to suicide, elevated ideation descriptive norms and attempt descriptive norms were associated with higher rates of suicide ideation and lifetime suicide attempts among adolescents. Adolescents who believed suicide ideation and attempts to be more widespread among peers (i.e., elevated ideation and attempt descriptive norms) were more likely to endorse suicide ideation and attempts. Correcting these descriptive norms may be a worthwhile goal for school-based suicide prevention programs.
本研究考察了青少年对青少年自杀意念(意念描述性规范)和自杀尝试(尝试描述性规范)的信念与自我报告的自杀意念和尝试之间的关系。在纽约州六所郊区高中的 2109 名学生中评估了描述性规范、自杀意念和自杀尝试以及家庭、同伴和他人自杀的暴露情况。在控制人口统计学变量和自杀暴露后,较高的意念描述性规范和尝试描述性规范与青少年自杀意念和终生自杀尝试的发生率较高相关。认为自杀意念和尝试在同龄人中更为普遍的青少年(即,意念和尝试描述性规范升高)更有可能认可自杀意念和尝试。纠正这些描述性规范可能是学校自杀预防计划的一个有价值的目标。