Citation

Mamun MA, Rayhan I, Akter K, Griffiths MD. Int. J. Ment. Health Addiction 2022; 20(4): 1958-1971.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11469-020-00403-z

PMID

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Abstract

Recently, suicide among Bangladeshi university students has become a serious problem. However, to date, there have been no studies assessing suicidal behaviors among Bangladeshi students. Therefore, the present study investigated suicidal ideation (SI) and its risk factors among this population. A classroom-based convenience sampling method was utilized to survey 665 students of a university in Bangladesh (67.5% males; aged 21.16 years: SD ± 1.6). In addition to socio-demographic questions, the survey also included the Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale, Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21.

RESULTS showed that the prevalence of suicidal ideation was 2.3% in the past 24 h, 4.8% in the past 15 days, 6.9% in the past month, 14.7% in the past year, and 61.1% in the lifetime. The unadjusted regression model showed that being divorced (or separated) from a partner (OR = 4.486, 95% CI = 1.972-10.207, p < 0.0001), Facebook addiction (OR = 1.550, 95% CI = 1.006-2.388, p = 0.047), depression (OR = 1.657, 95% CI = 1.677-4.211, p < 0.0001), anxiety (OR = 2.649, 95% CI = 1.624-4.320, p < 0.0001), and stress (OR = 2.626, 95% CI = 1.673-4.122, p < 0.0001) were the risk factors of past-year SI. Compared with global prevalence rates, the present study reported higher levels of SI prevalence. Therefore, supportive suicide prevention programs are needed to tackle SI and alongside comorbid psychopathology. © 2020, The Author(s).

Language: en

Keywords

Stress; Anxiety; Depression; Suicidal ideation; Psychopathology; Bangladeshi students; Facebook addiction