DOI: 10.5176/2251-3140_2.1.28
Authors: Hans Lie, Jenn-Chang Liou
Abstract:
Background: Suicide has become a major public health issue among adolescents. In Asian countries such as Indonesia and Philippines shares the same social norm which sees suicide as taboo.
Objective: This study aimed to understand the prevalence of suicide ideation among junior high school students in Indonesia and Philippines and the social factors influencing it.
Methodology: The Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2007 in Indonesia and Philippines were used in conducting this study. This study used two-stage cluster sampling design with a total of 5,369 junior high school students participate in a self-report questionnaire. 2 questions related to suicide ideation served as dependent variable, and 14 questions as the independent variable classified into socio-demographic, socio-environmental and psychosocial were fitted to model the binary logistic regression analysis.
Results and Conclusion: Female students are more likely to have suicide behavior (AOR=1.914; 95{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}CI=1.432-2.557). Philippines students are more likely to have suicide ideation than Indonesian students (AOR=4.760; 95{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}CI=3.256-6.960). However, Indonesian students with suicidal ideation were more likely to express their ideation by making a suicide plan (53.5{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}) compare to the counterparts (40.6{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}). Psychosocial factors, gender and school grade are important factors in students’ suicide behavior. Policy strengthening in counseling in the junior high schools is needed to prevent suicide.
Keywords: Indonesia, Philippines, Suicide, Students
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