Ovuga E B, Buga J W, Guwatudde D
Department of Psychiatry, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
East Afr Med J. 1995 Nov;72(11):722-7.
It has been suggested that some individuals are suicide prone, and that such individuals can be detected long before they commit suicide. This paper reports the risk factors associated with potential self-destructive behaviour among a group of freshmen and freshwomen at Makerere University. A suicide proneness questionnaire, the Umzimkulu Suicide Proneness Inventory (USPI), was completed by 619 students admitted to the university in the academic year 1992/93. The results indicate that students' propensity to self-destructive behaviour was significantly related to the history of suicide behaviour among the students, or their relatives, and the presence of a probable depressive disorder as indicated by scores above at least 60 on each of SR, AL, AS, and PDW, scales on the questionnaire. The paper describes in detail the development of the USPI, and the theory underlying the study. Implications for improving counselling services for students at Makerere University are highlighted.
有人认为，一些人有自杀倾向，而且在这些人自杀之前很久就能被发现。本文报告了与马凯雷雷大学一群大一新生中潜在的自我毁灭行为相关的风险因素。619名1992/93学年入学的学生填写了一份自杀倾向问卷，即乌姆齐姆库卢自杀倾向量表（USPI）。结果表明，学生的自我毁灭行为倾向与学生本人或其亲属的自杀行为史，以及问卷中SR、AL、AS和PDW量表上每项得分至少60分所表明的可能的抑郁症的存在显著相关。本文详细描述了USPI的编制过程以及该研究的理论基础。强调了对改善马凯雷雷大学学生咨询服务的启示。
