Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia

Suicide attempts behavior among adolescents in Malaysia is notable and alarming. Usually, suicide attempts are associated with depression as one of the risk factors. This study attempted to identify the prevalence rate of depression and suicide attempts behavior among Malaysian adolescents. In th...

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Main Authors: Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Diana Johan, Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun, Norhayati Ibrahim, Hilwa Abdullah@Mohd. Nor
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
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spelling my-ukm.journal.149662020-08-06T07:55:48Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14966/ Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, Diana Johan, Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun, Norhayati Ibrahim, Hilwa Abdullah@Mohd. Nor, Suicide attempts behavior among adolescents in Malaysia is notable and alarming. Usually, suicide attempts are associated with depression as one of the risk factors. This study attempted to identify the prevalence rate of depression and suicide attempts behavior among Malaysian adolescents. In this study, adolescents involved as the study’s sample are those who are aged between 13 to 24 years old. The instrument used to measure depressive symptoms and suicide attempts in this study is The Columbia Depression Scale for Adolescents. 22.3% and 20.5% of adolescents involved in this study showed depressive symptoms at a moderate level according to their age category which is early and late adolescents respectively. On the other hand, the prevalence rate of suicide attempts among Malaysian adolescents is 8.7%. Findings of this study could be a benchmark for future studies as well as direction for future planning in the prevention of suicidal behavior. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14966/1/429-1670-1-SM.pdf Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir, and Diana Johan, and Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun, and Norhayati Ibrahim, and Hilwa Abdullah@Mohd. Nor, (2018) Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 32 (4). pp. 150-158. ISSN 2289-8174 http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/33
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description Suicide attempts behavior among adolescents in Malaysia is notable and alarming. Usually, suicide attempts are associated with depression as one of the risk factors. This study attempted to identify the prevalence rate of depression and suicide attempts behavior among Malaysian adolescents. In this study, adolescents involved as the study’s sample are those who are aged between 13 to 24 years old. The instrument used to measure depressive symptoms and suicide attempts in this study is The Columbia Depression Scale for Adolescents. 22.3% and 20.5% of adolescents involved in this study showed depressive symptoms at a moderate level according to their age category which is early and late adolescents respectively. On the other hand, the prevalence rate of suicide attempts among Malaysian adolescents is 8.7%. Findings of this study could be a benchmark for future studies as well as direction for future planning in the prevention of suicidal behavior.
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author Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir,
Diana Johan,
Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun,
Norhayati Ibrahim,
Hilwa Abdullah@Mohd. Nor,
spellingShingle Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir,
Diana Johan,
Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun,
Norhayati Ibrahim,
Hilwa Abdullah@Mohd. Nor,
Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia
author_facet Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir,
Diana Johan,
Nur Saadah Mohamad Aun,
Norhayati Ibrahim,
Hilwa Abdullah@Mohd. Nor,
author_sort Nor Ba’yah Abdul Kadir,
title Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia
title_short Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia
title_full Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia
title_fullStr Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di Malaysia
title_sort kadar prevalens kemurungan dan cubaan bunuh diri dalam kalangan remaja di malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14966/1/429-1670-1-SM.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14966/
http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/33
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