TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Suicide attempts and perceived social support among Chinese drug users: the mediating role of self-esteem and depression
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Chui, Wing Hong
A1  - Liu, Liu
A1  - Li, Xuemeng
A1  - Deng, Yali
SP  - e208
EP  - e208
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
N2  - Suicidal behavior is a severe problem among drug users. This study examines influential factors related to suicide attempts and analyzes possible mediators of  the relationship between perceived social support and suicide attempts amongst  Chinese drug users under compulsory institutional drug treatment. Taking perceived  social support as the independent variable, we found that the relationship between  suicide attempts and perceived social support is mediated by self-esteem as a  protective factor and depression as a risk factor. Path analysis shows that  self-esteem contributes relatively more to the indirect effects than depression  does, accounting for 31.1% and 24.2% of the total effect, respectively. Generally  speaking, the findings of this study point to an urgent need for addressing suicide  attempts among Chinese drug users while treating self-esteem as the protective  factor that deserves as substantial attention as depression receives.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010208
ID  - ref1
ER  -