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This study examined the mediating effects of psychological strain (Strain Theory) as a possible explanation for the relationship between religiosity and suicidality among Chinese young adults. A questionnaire was administered that included the Religious Orientation-Revised Scale (RO-RS), Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R), and Psychol...
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... A bunch of studies (Goodwill, 2022;Lange et al., 2022) indicated that a lack of coping skills led to higher risks of suicide attempt for college students. Regarding religious factor for suicidal behaviour, only a few studies (Wang et al., 2021;Zhang, Dong, et al., 2022) provided evidence showing that religion was positively related to high risk of suicide behaviour among young group in China. ...
... In the previous study, the authors (Wang et al., 2021) reported a positive relationship between religion and suicide among Chinese university students with psychological strain as a mediator further leading to a high risk of suicidality. In the strain theory of suicide, Zhang (2005) proposed that unlike simple pressure or stress, psychological strain is regarded as at least two conflicting forces that overwhelm the individual making one lost in different directions. ...
... Since substantial evidence has been provided for the predictive power of psychological strain for suicide (Wang et al., 2021), it would be beneficial to explore the sources of psychological strain. Given the condition aforementioned that China is the least religious country, believers may suffer great value strain because religious beliefs and practices may have been regarded as deviant and abnormal. ...
In contrast to the Western world, China is a less religious country. whether in a country without real religions believing in religion would contribute to the variation in value strain is a worth noting issue. Based on previous studies, this study further examined the relationship between religion and suicidality with value strain as a mediating factor among Chinese college students. Employing cluster sampling, there were 13,250 college students recruited across seven provinces in China. Three psychometric scales were used to examine religiousness (Religious Orientation-Revised Scale), value strain levels (Psychological Strain Scale), and suicidal behaviors (Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised). Both univariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify the influencing power of religion on value strain and suicidality. In addition, a series of linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the mediating effect of value strain on the association between religion and suicidality. the findings showed that first, positive relationships between religion and value strain, and suicidality were both detected; second, adherents to religion were marginalized which may have caused more value conflict further leading to a higher suicidal risk among believers.
... Consequently, the higher female suicide rates resulted in a smaller suicide gender ratio. The gender ratio finding is consistent with existing research conducted in China [38,67] and in the United States among adolescents [68]. ...
This study explores how Confucianism affects suicide rates by gender. Data for the study come from the World Health Organization document “Suicide Worldwide in 2019,” which provides frequency and gender ratios for suicide rates in 183 member countries. One-way ANOVA and multiple linear regression analysis were used to examine potential differences in suicide rates and male to female ratio of suicides. Independent variables include region, income level, culture, and Confucian values that may be related to suicide. Suicide rates for Confucian countries do not show significant differences from European countries. However, these countries have lower suicide gender ratios.
... Wang et al. argued that in China, individuals who are affiliated with a religion are considered a marginalized population. Marginalization may lead to psychological strains, further increasing the risk of suicidality 49 . Therefore, it has been hypothesized that after a burn injury in children, their parents may seek religious support and some nonreligious people may turn to religion 17 . ...
To better improve the conditions for the recovery of children with burn injuries, timely understanding of the psychological status of parents is important. A cross-sectional survey on it using convenience sampling was conducted at two hospitals. Besides basic information, the Symptom Checklist 90, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Social Support Rate Scale, and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire were used, and the key factors were identified via multivariate linear regression analysis and path analysis. A total of 196 guardians were recruited, 180 valid and completed questionnaires were obtained, including 58 men (32.2%) and 122 women (67.8%), and their average age was 30.3 years (standard deviation = 7.6). Of these, 151 participants (83.9%) were parents. Multivariate analysis revealed that children’s age, parent gender, P score, negative coping style, and religion were the main factors that affected parents’ psychology. Moreover, path analysis showed that P score, children’s age, and negative coping style had the greatest impact on the total average score. These results suggest that during hospitalization, the following three factors should be focused on: older children, higher parental psychoticism, and increased negative coping style.
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