文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Suicide in China: Community Attitudes and Stigma

作者：Gearing, Robin E.[1];Brewer, Kathryne B.[2];Cheung, Monit[3];Leung, Patrick[3];Chen, Wanzhen[4];He, Xuesong[5]

机构：[1]Univ Houston, Grad Coll Social Work, Ctr Mental Hlth Res & Innovat Treatment Engagemen, MH RITES Ctr, 3511 Cullen Blvd,110HA, Houston, TX 77204 USA;[2]Univ New Hampshire, Coll Hlth & Human Serv, Durham, NH 03824 USA;[3]Univ Houston, Grad Coll Social Work, Houston, TX USA;[4]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Univ Sci & Technol, Shanghai, Peoples R China;[5]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Social & Publ Adm, Shanghai, Peoples R China

年份：2023

卷号：86

期号：3

起止页码：809

外文期刊名：OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000620300000001)】；

基金：The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) Grant.

语种：英文

外文关键词：suicide; stigma; help seeking; China; suicidality; public perception; professional support

摘要：China accounts for an estimated third of the world's suicides, yet individuals experiencing suicidality typically do not seek out or receive treatment. This study examines community perceptions and public stigma toward suicide. In Shanghai, China 186 adults were recruited to participate in a survey with an experimental vignette describing a suicidal individual, manipulated on gender and age, followed by questions eliciting attitudes toward suicide. Most participants agreed that the suicidal subject had a serious problem, with seriousness of the problem decreasing with participant's age. Participants reported moderate levels of public stigma. More stigma was found toward adolescent subjects rather than adult. Male subjects were perceived as being more likely to change than females. The public's accurate view of suicide without biases could help prevent suicide from getting worse. Public perceptions regarding a suicidal individual's likelihood to change could lead to stigma reduction, which can subsequently help with effective crisis intervention.