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Abstract
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the mediating effects of life meaning between family functioning and suicide risk in freshmen, providing a reference for the delivery of suicide prevention interventions for this population.
METHODS: In November 2015, all the 2015 admitted full-time undergraduate students(2 900 cases) from Southern Medical University were recruited in this survey using self-developed Demographic Questionnaire, Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R), Family APGAR (APGAR) and Meaningful Life Measure (MLM).The mediating effects of life meaning between family functioning and suicide risk in them were analyzed.
RESULTS: A total of 2 787 cases〔including 979 males(35.1%) and 1 808(64.9%) females with a mean age of (18.4±0.8) years〕 returned responsive questionnaires, with a response rate of 96.1%.The mean score for SBQ-R, APGAR and MLM achieved by the respondents was (4.2±1.5), (7.8±2.3), (129.9±17.5), respectively.Both APGAR and MLM scores had significant negative correlation with SBQ-R score(P<0.05).And there was a significant positive correlation between MLM and APGAR scores(P<0.05).The suicide risk was influenced directly and significantly by the APGAR score(β=-0.176, P<0.001), and it decreased obviously with the increase of the importance of mediation variable of MLM score(β=-0.270, P<0.001), which indicated that the partial mediating effect of life meaning on the relationship between family functioning and suicide risk was significant, with an effect size of 0.12(accounting for 41% of the total effect).
CONCLUSION: The life meaning partially mediated the relationship between family functioning and suicide risk in college students. © 2018 by the Chinese General Practice.
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