학술논문
Depression moderated the effect of exposure to suicide news on suicidality among college students in Taiwan
Document Type
Report
Author
Source
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Oct 2007, Vol. 37 Issue 5, p585, 8 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0363-0234
Abstract
The present study was designed to examine whether age, gender, and depression level may moderate the effect of exposure to suicide news on the suicidality of college students in Taiwan. A representative sample of 3,222 college students were recruited from Southern Taiwan with a total of 2,602 useable surveys returned. Results showed that only depression level reached a significant moderating effect and further examination showed that the exposure to suicide news significantly predicted suicidality solely in the severely depressed group.