OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between suicide and self-injury behavior with psychological adaptability of college students so as to provide the basic information for prevention of suicide and self-injury behavior.
METHODS A sample of 825 college students completed a self-report questionnaire that measured sociodemographic characteristics anxiety depressive symptoms resilience self-compassion and forgiveness.
RESULTS Among 825 college students the prevalence rates of suicidal ideation suicidal plan suicidal preparation and suicidal action were 9.9% 3.5% 2.5% 1.8% respectively. The rate of self-injury was 11.8%. Compared with the group with low scores of forgiveness dimension high score of forgiveness was the protective factor of suicidal psychological behavior OR = 0.26 and self-injury OR = 0.31 P<0.05. Compared with the score of Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale in each scale of mental resilience low score was the risk factor of self-injury OR = 2.11 while high score was the protective factor of suicidal mental behaviors OR = 0.51 P<0.05. Compared with the middle scores of the self-compassion scale and hearland forgiveness scale the low scores were the risk factors for suicidal psychological behavior OR = 1.66 2.28 while the high scores were the protective factors for suicidal psychological behavior OR = 0.33 0.44 and self-injury OR = 0.35 0.39 P<0.05.