Gender differences in self-harm and drinking behaviors among high school students in Beijing, China
| Autor: | Shang Ma, Ning Ma, Chai-Quan Li, Dongmei Luo, Ruo-Ran Lv, Yi Song, Jingshu Zhang, Xiaojin Yan, Jia-Li Duan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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China medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Drinking Binge drinking Lower risk Association Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Beijing Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Humans Self-harm 030212 general & internal medicine Child Students Association (psychology) Sex Characteristics High school students Schools business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Harm Female Biostatistics business Self-Injurious Behavior 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Research Article Demography |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020) BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background Self-harm and drinking are both serious problems in adolescents and many studies presented evidence of their association. However, gender differences in this association are seldom deeply discussed. Our study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of self-harm and explore its association with drinking behaviors by gender and investigate the extent to which the gender differences exist in the association between self-harm and drinking. Methods A total of 32,362 students in grades 7 to 12 in Beijing, China were anonymously surveyed and included in our study using two-stage, stratified probability proportion sampling. Self-harm, drinking behaviors and other basic information were obtained from an anonymous questionnaire. Demographic variables, self-harm and drinking behaviors were analyzed using the Chi-square test and the Gamma test between genders and the gender differences in this association were analyzed by Log-binomial regression. Results The total prevalence of self-harm was 13.7% with no significant gender difference (χ2 =0.352, P = 0.553). The prevalence of self-harm in girls decreased with age (G = -0.163, P Conclusion Among high school students, self-harm has a significant positive association with drinking and girls with drinking behaviors are at higher risk of suffering self-harm. Identifying adolescents’ drinking behaviors is of vital importance to self-harm prevention and special attention should be focused on younger girls. |
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