Personal and Family Correlates of Suicidal Ideation among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

Yuk Ching KWOK LAI; Daniel T L SHEK

Personal and Family Correlates of Suicidal Ideation among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong

Yuk Ching KWOK LAI
, Daniel T L SHEK

Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

Based on the family ecological model, personal (hopelessness, social problem solving, emotional competence) and family (parent-adolescent communication, family functioning) quality of life measures related to adolescent suicidal ideation were examined in 5,557 Secondary 1 to Secondary 4 students in Hong Kong. Results showed that suicidal ideation was positively related to adolescent hopelessness but negatively related to emotional competence, social problem solving, father-adolescent communication, mother-adolescent communication and family functioning. Multiple regression analyses showed that hopelessness was the most important predictor of adolescent suicidal ideation, followed by mother-adolescent communication, family functioning, social problem solving, father-adolescent communication, and emotional competence. Path analyses with and without the direct effects showed that hopelessness mediated the effect of personal and family correlates on adolescent suicidal ideation. Theoretical and practice implications of the findings are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Development and the Environment: Advances in Quality of Life Studies
Pages	12
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2008
Event	International Conference on Human Development and the Environment: Advances in Quality of Life Studies - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Duration: 12 Dec 2008 → 13 Dec 2008

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Conference	International Conference on Human Development and the Environment
Place	Hong Kong, China
Period	12/12/08 → 13/12/08

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personal correlates
family correlates
suicidal ideation
Chinese adolescents

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Personal and Family Correlates of Suicidal Ideation among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong. / KWOK LAI, Yuk Ching; SHEK, Daniel T L.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Development and the Environment: Advances in Quality of Life Studies. 2008. p. 12.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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