Risk-taking behaviour of Cape Peninsula high-school students. Part II. Suicidal behaviour
| Autor: | Flisher, A.J., Ziervogel, C.F., Chalton, D.O., Leger, P.H., Robertson, B.A. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Zdroj: | South African Medical Journal; Vol 83, No 7 (1993); 474-476 |
| ISSN: | 2078-5135 0256-9574 |
| Popis: | The prevalence of a wide range of risk-taking behaviour among high-school students in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, was investigated. In this article, the results for suicidal behaviour are presented. Cluster sampling techniques produced a sample of 7 340 students from 16 schools in the three major education departments. A self-administered questionnaire was completed in a normal school period. Estimates for each education department were weighted to produce an overall estimate. During the previous 12 months, 19% of students had seriously thought about harming themselves in a way that might result in their death, 12,4% had told someone that they intended to put an end to their life, and 7,8% had actually tried to put an end to their life. There were different trends according to gender, standard and language(s) spoken at home. Of those who had made a suicide attempt during the previous 12 months, 85,7% indicated that they had seriously thought about doing so, while 57,7% had told someone that they intended putting an end to their life. There is in many cases no continuity from suicidal ideation to communicating suicidal intent to an actual attempt. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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