TY - JOUR
T1 - Suicidal ideation among Viennese high school students
AU - Dervic, Kanita
AU - Akkaya-Kalayci, Türkan
AU - Kapusta, Nestor D.
AU - Kaya, Marihan
AU - Merl, Elisabeth
AU - Vogel, Elisabeth
AU - Pellegrini, Elisabeth
AU - Friedrich, Max H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by grant no. 2074/2001 from the Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of Vienna.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Suicidality spans a spectrum ranging from suicidal thoughts to suicidal acts, and suicidal ideation is more prevalent in youth populations, suggesting important developmental issues. We assessed the prevalence of lifetime suicidal ideation and associated psychosocial factors among Viennese high school students. METHOD: An anonymous self-report survey assessing demographic characteristics and the major psychiatric risk factors of teenage suicide was completed by students at three Viennese high schools (n = 214; mean age 15.4 years). RESULTS: Eighty-one (37.9%) high school students reported having had suicidal thoughts at some point in their lives, girls significantly more often than boys (48.5% vs. 29.1%, P = 0.004). Furthermore, lifetime suicidal ideation in Viennese high school students was associated with living in broken-home families, cigarette smoking, substance problems (alcohol/drugs), self-reported depression, and high school type (the highest prevalence was in grammar school). After adjusting for confounders, we found that female gender, substance problems, school type and cigarette smoking were significantly associated with lifetime suicidal ideation in Viennese high school students. CONCLUSIONS: The psychosocial factors associated with adolescent suicidal ideation require attention in the contexts of suicide prevention and mental health promotion.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Suicidality spans a spectrum ranging from suicidal thoughts to suicidal acts, and suicidal ideation is more prevalent in youth populations, suggesting important developmental issues. We assessed the prevalence of lifetime suicidal ideation and associated psychosocial factors among Viennese high school students. METHOD: An anonymous self-report survey assessing demographic characteristics and the major psychiatric risk factors of teenage suicide was completed by students at three Viennese high schools (n = 214; mean age 15.4 years). RESULTS: Eighty-one (37.9%) high school students reported having had suicidal thoughts at some point in their lives, girls significantly more often than boys (48.5% vs. 29.1%, P = 0.004). Furthermore, lifetime suicidal ideation in Viennese high school students was associated with living in broken-home families, cigarette smoking, substance problems (alcohol/drugs), self-reported depression, and high school type (the highest prevalence was in grammar school). After adjusting for confounders, we found that female gender, substance problems, school type and cigarette smoking were significantly associated with lifetime suicidal ideation in Viennese high school students. CONCLUSIONS: The psychosocial factors associated with adolescent suicidal ideation require attention in the contexts of suicide prevention and mental health promotion.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Suicidal ideation
KW - Vienna
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U2 - 10.1007/s00508-006-0753-4
DO - 10.1007/s00508-006-0753-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 17427021
AN - SCOPUS:34250885053
SN - 0043-5325
VL - 119
SP - 174
EP - 180
JO - Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
JF - Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
IS - 5-6
ER -