Depressive symptoms as a mediator between perceived social support and suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents.
J Affect Disord
; 302: 234-240, 2022 04 01.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35090945
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Little is known about the association between perceived social support (PSS) and suicidal ideation in Chinese adolescents. This study was to examine the association of perceived social support and suicidal ideation (SI) and the mediating role of depressive symptoms in a large sample of adolescents in China.METHOD:
A total of 11,831 adolescents who participated in the baseline Shandong Adolescent Behavior & Health Cohort were included for analysis. Perceived social support, depressive symptoms, and other variables were assessed by a self-administrated questionnaire. Path analysis was used to estimate the association between PSS, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation.RESULTS:
The prevalence rate of SI in the past year was 12.5%. Suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms were significantly associated with low PSS from family, friends, and significant others. Path analysis revealed that depressive symptoms partially mediated the relationship between PSS from family, friends, and significant others and suicidal ideation. After controlling for covariates, the mediation effect proportion of depressive symptoms on the associations between perceived social support from family, friends, and significant others and SI ranged from 19.20% to 62.12%.LIMITATIONS:
As this is a cross-sectional study, no causal relationship could be made.CONCLUSIONS:
Depressive symptoms partially mediated the association between perceived social support and suicidal ideation. Longitudinal research is needed to better understand the association between social support and suicidal ideation in adolescents.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Depression
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Suicidal Ideation
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
J Affect Disord
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
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