Relationships between Perceived Discrimination and Suicidal Ideation among Impoverished Chinese College Students: The Mediating Roles of Social Support and Loneliness
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Basic Situation of Chinese Impoverished College Students and Their Suicidal Ideation
1.2. Perceived Discrimination Affects Suicidal Ideation
1.3. The Mediating Role of Social Support and Loneliness
1.4. The Present Study
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Materials
2.2.1. Perceived Discrimination
2.2.2. Social Support
2.2.3. Loneliness
2.2.4. Suicidal Ideation
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics and Correlations
3.2. Structural Equation Model Analyses
4. Discussion
4.1. The Direct Effect of Perceived Discrimination on Suicidal Ideation
4.2. The Mediating Effect of Social Support and Loneliness
4.3. Implications and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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n | % | |
---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 438 | 45.4 |
Female | 526 | 54.6 |
Grade | ||
Grade one | 248 | 25.7 |
Grade two | 255 | 26.5 |
Grade three | 273 | 28.3 |
Grade four | 188 | 19.5 |
Household registration | ||
Urban | 169 | 17.5 |
Rural | 795 | 82.5 |
Poverty level* | ||
Extremely | 127 | 13.2 |
Ordinary | 837 | 86.8 |
M ± SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Perceived Discrimination | 8.58 ± 2.78 | - | |||
2. Social Support | 43.53 ± 16.34 | −0.31 *** | - | ||
3. Loneliness | 51.38 ± 8.43 | 0.37 *** | −0.36 *** | - | |
4. Suicidal ideation | 0.95 ± 0.82 | 0.26 *** | −0.22 *** | 0.32 *** | - |
Indirect Paths | Standardized β | Standardized 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | High | ||
PD–SS–SI | 0.046 * | 0.025 | 0.077 |
PD–Loneliness–SI | 0.075 ** | 0.047 | 0.103 |
PD–SS–Loneliness–SI | 0.016 * | 0.011 | 0.021 |
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Mao, Y.; Liu, L.; Lu, Z.; Wang, W. Relationships between Perceived Discrimination and Suicidal Ideation among Impoverished Chinese College Students: The Mediating Roles of Social Support and Loneliness. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7290. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127290
Mao Y, Liu L, Lu Z, Wang W. Relationships between Perceived Discrimination and Suicidal Ideation among Impoverished Chinese College Students: The Mediating Roles of Social Support and Loneliness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(12):7290. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127290
Chicago/Turabian StyleMao, Yanxia, Luming Liu, Zi’ang Lu, and Wenchao Wang. 2022. "Relationships between Perceived Discrimination and Suicidal Ideation among Impoverished Chinese College Students: The Mediating Roles of Social Support and Loneliness" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12: 7290. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127290