Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia
Suicide attempts behavior among adolescents in Malaysia is notable and alarming. Usually, suicide attempts are associated with depression as one of the risk factors. This study attempted to identify the prevalence rate of depression and suicide attempts behavior among Malaysian adolescents. In th...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2018
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14966/1/429-1670-1-SM.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14966/ http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/33 |
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| Summary: | Suicide attempts behavior among adolescents in Malaysia is notable and alarming. Usually,
suicide attempts are associated with depression as one of the risk factors. This study
attempted to identify the prevalence rate of depression and suicide attempts behavior among
Malaysian adolescents. In this study, adolescents involved as the study’s sample are those
who are aged between 13 to 24 years old. The instrument used to measure depressive
symptoms and suicide attempts in this study is The Columbia Depression Scale for
Adolescents. 22.3% and 20.5% of adolescents involved in this study showed depressive
symptoms at a moderate level according to their age category which is early and late
adolescents respectively. On the other hand, the prevalence rate of suicide attempts among
Malaysian adolescents is 8.7%. Findings of this study could be a benchmark for future studies
as well as direction for future planning in the prevention of suicidal behavior. |
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