Citation

ZHANG-Yichuan CAOXMAZWANGQCAOXWANGL. Chin. J. Sch. Health 2020; (12): 535-538.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Zhongguo xue xiao wei sheng za zhi she)

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE@#To to describe the prevalence of cyberbullying and its relation with suicide among college students in Taiyuan,and to provide scientific basis for promoting the physical and mental health of teenagers.@*Methods@#Using the method of multi-stage stratified random cluster sampling, a total of 4 012 people were randomly selected from 2 colleges (departments) in sophomore and junior years of 6 universities in Shanxi Province during May to Jul.2018, and the survey contents included basic demographic characteristics, internet usage, cyber bullying, and suicide behavior.@*Results@#The total report rate of cyberbullying among college students was 19.42%, among which the report rates of cyberbullying vicitimization cyberbullying and both cyberbulling penetration and victimization were 1.60%,11.49％ and 6.16％(247/4 012), respectively.The overall reported rate of suicidal behavior was 10.87%(436/4 012).Logistic analysis indicated that cyberbullying victimization,as well as cyberbulling penetration and victimization were risk factors for suicidal behavior（OR=1.82，2.97，P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#Cyberbullying behaviors of college students, especially those who suffer from cyberbullying or the simultaneous implementation and suffering of cyberbullying, may increase the risk of suicide. Therefore, while reducing the occurrence of cyberbullying, we should pay more attention to the mental health of students suffering from cyberbullying and reduce the occurrence of health-risk behaviors such as suicide.

Language: zh

Keywords

Behavior; Internet; Students; Regression analysis; Suicide; Violence