RESEARCH ARTICLE
Prevalence of Suicidal Behavioural Experiences in the University: Implications for Childhood Development
Moses Onyemaechi Ede1, *, Chinedu Ifedi Okeke1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2023Volume: 16
E-location ID: e187494452303131
Publisher ID: e187494452303131
DOI: 10.2174/18749445-v16-e230418-2022-HT21-4315-1
Article History:
Received Date: 27/10/2022Revision Received Date: 10/02/2023
Acceptance Date: 21/02/2023
Electronic publication date: 09/05/2023
Collection year: 2023
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
This study surveyed the prevalence of suicidal behavior in a higher education setting. Two particular purposes, two research questions, and two null hypotheses were used to steer this study in order to achieve the objectives. This descriptive design made use of the University of Nigeria Nsukka's student demographics.
Methods:
A total of 100 students made up the study's sample. To obtain the sample, an unintentional sampling method was employed. For this study, a self-created questionnaire called the Suicidal Behaviour Questionnaire (SBQ) was utilized. The data collected was analyzed using mean and percentages.
Results:
The findings indicated that university students do not engage in suicide behavior. Additionally, it demonstrated the rarity of suicide thoughts. Gender has no discernible effect on the replies of male and female tertiary institution students based on their encounters with suicidal behavior. The mean replies of male and female tertiary institution students on the occurrence of suicide events show no discernible gender-based differences.
Conclusion:
According to the findings, it is advised that suicide education and prevention be taught in schools and that guidance counselors post bulletins on suicidology.
