The Impact of High School Students' Sense of Security and Emotional Growth Beliefs on Attitudes Toward Suicide
Yu-Fan Liu （ Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750021, China ）
Li-Heng Yang （ Ningxia University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750021, China ）
https://doi.org/10.37155/2972-4856-0301-1Abstract
Objective: To explore the influence of contemporary high school students' sense of security and emotional growth beliefs on their attitudes toward suicide. This study employed literature review and questionnaire methods to survey 386 high school students. Results: (1) Overall, high school students hold ambivalent or neutral attitudes toward suicide; their interpersonal security is relatively high, while their sense of control is lower. (2) Demographic variables such as gender, single-parent family status, and left-behind experience signifcantly afect high school students' sense of security, emotional growth beliefs, and attitudes toward suicide. (3) There is a signifcant correlation between high school students' sense of security, emotional growth beliefs, and attitudes toward suicide. (4) Sense of security mediates the relationship between emotional growth beliefs and attitudes toward suicide.
Keywords
High school students; Sense of security; Emotional growth beliefs;Attitudes toward suicideFull Text
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[30]Fan Xinghua, Yu Si, Peng Jia, et al. The relationship between life stress, loneliness, and well-being among left-behind children: The mediating and moderating role of psychological capital [J]. Psychological Science, 2017, 40(02): 388-394.
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[33]Zhang Yaya, Fan Hongxia, Pan Min. Factors influencing psychological security among high school students [J]. Chinese Journal of Health Psychology, 2016, 24(09): 1369-1374.
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