Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University, 1791 Arastradero Rd, Palo AltoPalo Alto, CA, 94304, USA.
Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct;59(7):1401-1408. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01129-7. Epub 2023 May 4.
Suicide in the Arab World is grossly understudied. This study sought to understand suicidality among Arabic-speaking individuals visiting an online depression screener. A large sample (N = 23,201) from the Arab World was recruited online. 78.9% (n = 17,042) reported suicidality (thoughts of death or suicide, or a suicide attempt) and 12.4% reported a suicide attempt in the past 2 weeks. Binary logistic regressions indicated that women tended to report more suicidality, and that suicidality tended to decline with age (all ps < 0.001), across all levels of suicidality. Comparing countries with n ≥ 1000 (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia), several 3-way (gender * age * country) and 2-way interactions indicated that some countries departed from the usual pattern of responses. For instance, in Algeria, neither gender nor age differences were observed in reported attempts. Women and younger adults in the Arab World may be at higher risk of suicidality. Differences between and within countries warrant further exploration.
阿拉伯世界的自杀问题研究严重不足。本研究旨在了解使用在线抑郁筛查工具的阿拉伯语使用者的自杀倾向。通过在线方式招募了来自阿拉伯世界的大量样本（N=23,201）。78.9%（n=17,042）报告有自杀意念（死亡或自杀念头，或自杀未遂），12.4%报告在过去 2 周内有过自杀未遂。二元逻辑回归表明，女性更倾向于报告自杀意念，且自杀意念随年龄增长而下降（均 p<0.001），在所有自杀意念程度上均如此。比较 n≥1000 的国家（阿尔及利亚、埃及、约旦、摩洛哥和沙特阿拉伯），一些三向（性别年龄国家）和双向交互作用表明，一些国家的反应模式有所不同。例如，在阿尔及利亚，报告的尝试中既没有观察到性别差异，也没有观察到年龄差异。阿拉伯世界的女性和年轻成年人可能面临更高的自杀风险。国家之间和国家内部的差异需要进一步探讨。
