Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors Among Pacific Youth in New Zealand

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 335-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasileta Teevale ◽  
Arier Chi-Lun Lee ◽  
Jemaima Tiatia-Seath ◽  
Terryann Coralie Clark ◽  
Simon Denny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School Students ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Risk Factors For Suicide

Abstract. Background: New Zealand has the second highest youth suicide rate in the OECD and particularly among Pacific New Zealanders, who have a threefold higher risk of suicide attempt compared with the general population. Aims: Protective and risk factors for suicide attempts among New Zealand Pacific adolescents were assessed using data from Youth'12, an adolescent health and well-being survey. Method: This randomly selected nationally representative sample of New Zealand secondary school students included 1,445 Pacific high school students aged 12–17 years. Results: One in 10 (11.6%) Pacific adolescents reported attempting suicide. Risk factors for suicide included: being female, household food insecurity, low levels of family connections and family monitoring, life dissatisfaction, having a religious affiliation, and previous suicide by a family member or friend. Of those who had made a suicide attempt, 71% also experienced both suicide ideation and self-harm. Conclusion: This study suggests that given the high rates of suicide ideation and attempts among Pacific young people, targeted trials for new ways of support should be prioritized for this high-risk group. The Pacific family environment, which continues to be the critical space for intervening, and the school environment, as a provider of health services, were both protective of suicide attempt.

Characteristics of behavior of students of medical pre-university in relation to their own health

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
O. V. Tikashkina ◽  
A. Yu. Makarova
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Special Period ◽  
Health Resource ◽  
School Students ◽  
Personal Time ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
University Admission ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits

High school students are in a special period of their life, associated with increased preparation for University admission, which affects the lifestyle and well-being, which are risk factors for the health of students. The purpose of the study was to study the behavior of students in relation to their own health Resource center «Medical Sechenov Preuniversary» by means of a questionnaire. 152 surveyed students aged 15–17 years were found to have a violation of the multiplicity and regularity of nutrition, a deficit in the consumption of protein, vegetables and fruits in the diet. A significant part of them showed a lack of motor activity. At the same time, students have complaints of a vegetative nature: they experience anxiety, cephalgia and frequent irritability, and frequent back pain is noted. The lack of personal time was diagnosed in one fourth of the student.

Positive Family Environment, General Distress, Subjective Well-Being, and Academic Engagement among High School Students Before and During the COVID-19 Outbreak

2021 ◽  
pp. 014303432110664
Author(s):  
José Concepción Gaxiola Romero ◽  
Antonio Pineda Domínguez ◽  
Eunice Gaxiola Villa ◽  
Sandybell González Lugo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
General Distress ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the family dynamics of most people worldwide as well as the mode in which students take classes. The impact of such changes on students’ well-being, academic engagement, and general distress remains unknown. Therefore, this study aims to test the structural relations among positive family environment (a measure of Positive Home-Based Parent Involvement [HBI]), subjective well-being (SWB), general distress, and academic engagement, focusing on Mexican high school students. A longitudinal study was conducted covering two time points: before (T1) and during (T2) the COVID-19 outbreak. A sample of 502 students answered questionnaires in T1 whereas 111 did so in T2. Analyses were conducted using Mplus software. Principal results showed that the positive and significant association between positive family environment and SWB did not substantially change from T1 to T2, whereas the relation between positive family environment and academic engagement became stronger. Data revealed that a positive family environment can play an important role in promoting academic engagement among adolescent students despite the risks brought about by sanitary lockdowns and the increase of family interactions. Results are discussed highlighting the importance of positive family environments and HBI on academic outcomes for Mexican high school students.

scholarly journals Quality of Life and Exercise Motivation of Normal-Weight and Overweight Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-552
Author(s):  
Vasko Tišma ◽  
Renata Barić ◽  
Matea Karlović Vragolov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Exercise Motivation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male Adolescents

The aim of this study was to examine gender and body-mass index differences in quality of life and exercise motives of adolescents. The sample consisted of 744 first-year high school students from the City of Zagreb. Quality of life was measured with an adapted version of the Kidscreen-27, and exercise motivation with the EMI-2. The results suggest that adolescents experience positive quality of life and their exercise motivation derives from intrinsic and extrinsic motives. Higher levels of male adolescents' quality of life, compared to females', predominantly result from a greater sense of physical well-being, more pleasant emotions and moods, more positive school and family environment, and the ability to plan and spend leisure time. Normal-weight adolescents are more satisfied with their physical activity and health than overweight ones. Male adolescents are more driven by enjoyment, challenge, competition, strength, and social motives (belonging, pressure, and recognition), unlike females, who exercise more because of weight control. Normal-weight adolescents are more motivated for exercise by enjoyment than overweight ones, who are more driven by weight control. The implications of these findings were discussed.

scholarly journals Conditions of the Implementation of Selected Early Prevention Behaviours by High School Students from Radom

2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-52
Author(s):  
Jolanta Mogiła-Lisowska ◽  
Beata Bukowska
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
Minimal Impact ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Family

AbstractThe specific type of human activities that aim to maintain full health by maintaining biological, psychological and social comfort indicate the need to adopt a holistic perspective in any analysis of determinants of pro-health behaviour. When analysing the aetiology of somatic diseases, it is important to take into account biological and mental well-being as well as the connections between needs, interests and lifestyle decisions and their consequences. One of the measures used to reduce the risk of a progressive lack of immunity to non-infectious diseases is prevention, understood as actions aimed at preventing diseases or other adverse health phenomena by controlling their causes and risk factors. An important component of prevention programmes is preventing the occurrence of negative social behaviour patterns that contribute to the increased risk of diseases. Three basic components of a healthy lifestyle – regular physical activity, proper nutrition and sufficient rest and relaxation (stress management) – justify the importance of practising healthy habits from an early age. The role of promoting pro-health behaviours among children and adolescents is of particular importance in the context of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, obesity and weight problems.The aim of this study is to analyse the determinants of physical activity and a balanced diet in the lifestyle of high school students in Radom aged 16-19. The study was conducted in 2013 at VII Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński High School in Radom and involved 140 students. The results of the study indicate that only one-third of respondents fulfilled the requirements for minimal physical activity for their subjective and objective needs of this phase of ontogenetic development, such as being in the company of their peers, spending time in open air and taking care of their physical fitness. Unfortunately, the majority of the parents of the surveyed high school students, who were at the time about 40 years old, did not engage in any systematic physical activity. In other words, the family environment of the studied young people did not promote patterns of physical activity. Similarly, healthy nutrition in the study group was lacking. Both the boys and girls ate around five meals a day, but many respondents snacked between meals on sweets and crisps. The majority of students drank water. The vast majority of them ate their meals at home, ensuring that their meals were freshly prepared and not pre-cooked.Although school children prefer to spend time with their peers, the family is still a point of reference in terms of values and ways of spending free time. The authors of this paper must take into account the minimal impact of the family on choices regarding physical activity. The studied group of high school students demonstrated a lack of preventive care for their health and did not have a well-established systematic approach to physical activity and healthy eating habits.

scholarly journals Self-reported history of intensity of smoking is associated with risk factors for suicide among high school students

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0251099
Author(s):  
Meenakshi Dasagi ◽  
Dale S. Mantey ◽  
Melissa B. Harrell ◽  
Anna V. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Students ◽  
Current Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Heavy Smoking ◽  
Risk Factors For Suicide

Objective To examine the relationship between current cigarette smoking patterns and three established risk factors for suicide using nationally representative data of high school students in the United States. Methods We analyzed cross-sectional data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS)–United States, 2017. Multivariable, logistic regressions examined the association between 3 cigarette smoking behaviors [i.e., past 30-day cigarette (n = 13,731), frequent (n = 1,093) and heavy (n = 880) smoking] and 3 risk factors for suicidal outcomes [feeling sad or hopeless, suicidal ideation, suicide plan] assessed over the previous year. Results Among high school cigarette smokers, smoking 11 or more cigarettes per day (i.e., heavy smoking) was associated with 3.43 (95% CI: 1.69, 6.94) greater odds of reporting feeling sad or hopeless, 2.97 (95% CI: 1.60, 5.51) greater odds of reporting suicidal ideations, and 2.11 (95% CI: 1.34, 3.32) greater odds of reporting having ever planned a suicide attempt, controlling for covariates. Conclusions Our study shows that it is not simply cigarette smoking, but heavy cigarette smoking that is a risk factor for suicidal outcomes among adolescents. Public health implications A comprehensive plan is needed to accommodate heavy adolescent smokers who are at increased suicidal risk.

scholarly journals Suicide Ideation and Depression among High-School Students in Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
José María De la Roca Chiapas ◽  
Iliana Pamela Tapia Ibarra ◽  
José Eduardo Huerta Lepez ◽  
Daniel Paramo Castillo ◽  
Víctor Ramos Frausto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

Purpose: To analyse the levels of depression and its influence on the presence of suicide ideation among high-school students. Methods: cross-sectional, observational, and comparative study. The sample included 447 students who answered the following: the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation, the Hamilton Scale for depression and a risk factor questionnaire elaborated ex professor. Statistical analysis included a description of variables, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression. Results: Sixty-six students (14.8%) presented with suicide risk and 29 had made a suicide attempt. Almost 34% of the students presented some level of depression according to the Hamilton Scale. Conclusions: There is a strong correlation between suicidal behaviours and depression. It is important to raise awareness of the early signs of depression as a risk factor that may potentiate the risk of a suicide attempt.

scholarly journals Prevalence of exposure to violence and related factors among high school students in Turkey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binali Çatak ◽  
Multehan Evran ◽  
Fadime Kaya ◽  
Melek Evran
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Exposure To Violence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
School Type ◽  
School Students ◽  
Related Factors

Background: Exposure to violence during childhood can have an adverse effect on health and well-being. Aims: To determine the frequency of exposure to violence among ninth-grade high school students in Kars, Turkey, and violence-related factors. Also, to examine whether frequency of exposure to violence differed with respect to school type. Methods: We included 1730 ninth-grade high school students in Kars in this cross-sectional study that used stratification and cluster sampling methods, and 2 questionnaires. The first questionnaire was used to determine the socioeconomic and sociodemographic characteristics of the students. The second questionnaire was the Exposure to Violence Scale. χ2 and backward logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the independent variables among potential risk factors and exposure to violence. Results: Exposure to violence was found to have a prevalence of 65.8% among ninth-grade high school students. Binary analysis revealed that frequency of exposure to violence was differed significantly by type of high school, place of residence, type of family, and parents’ occupational status. Backward logistic regression showed that type of high school and type of family were risk factors for exposure to violence. Conclusion: The rates of exposure to violence were high among ninth-grade high school students in Kars. Preventive, protective and ameliorating intervention steps should be taken more seriously.

scholarly journals School Well Being Siswa Kota Jambi

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 452
Author(s):  
Yun Nina Ekawati ◽  
Nofrans Eka Saputra
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Conditions ◽  
Axial Coding ◽  
Teachers And Parents

This study aims to describe the indicators of a school well-being program in Jambi City. This research was conducted with an open survey method (open ended questionnaire), the analysis was carried out by categorization, axial coding, percentage, and a description of each category. The sampling technique is random sampling. This study included 239 high school students in Jambi City as respondents. The results showed that the indicators of a school well-being consisted of school conditions (having), social relations (loving), school self-fulfillment (being), and health status had been achieved even though in each component there was still unsatisfactory achievement indicator status. The main priority in realizing the development of a school well-being program in Jambi City includes planning to prepare relaxing facilities according to student needs, the role of teachers, constructive collaboration between teachers and parents, and strengthening physical and psychological health services. The implementation of the welfare school program is the responsibility of schools and stakeholders so that it is necessary to prepare for strengthening policies in governance, long-term plans, sources of funds, implementation, and supervision from local, provincial, and even Ministry level agencies

scholarly journals The Health and Well-Being of Transgender High School Students: Results From the New Zealand Adolescent Health Survey (Youth'12)

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terryann C. Clark ◽  
Mathijs F.G. Lucassen ◽  
Pat Bullen ◽  
Simon J. Denny ◽  
Theresa M. Fleming ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
Adolescent Health Survey ◽  
Health And Well Being
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