Citation

Zhang J, Li N. Chin. Ment. Health J. 2002; (12).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Hsueh Shu Chi Kan Chu Pan She)

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between marriage/loving affairs related life events and the high suicide rates among Chinese rural women.

METHODS: 66 suicides and 66 living controls were studied using psychological autopsy methods.

RESULTS:There were 36 women in the research subjects which account for 27% of the total sample (36/132). There were more marriage/loving affairs related life events in female suicide than in other groups (1.6?2.1 vs. 1.0?1.5,0.2?0.6,0.6?0.9) and in female suicide the frequency of marriage/loving affairs related life events is higher than the frequency of other four types of life events (1.6?2.1 vs. 0.5?0.7,0.4?0.6,0.9?0.9,0.4?0.9). Both of the two differences do not have statistical significance.

CONCLUSION:More attention should be paid to marriage/loving affairs related life events for Chinese rural women.

Language: zh

Keywords

suicide; marriage; life events; case-control study; rural women