Trajectory of suicidal ideation among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of childhood trauma

Nan J 1 , Salina N 1 , Chong ST 2 , Jiang HJ 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Malaysia
  • 2 Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Malaysia. stchong@ukm.edu.my
  • 3 Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China. 38018223@qq.com
BMC Psychiatry, 2023 Feb 06;23(1):90.
PMID: 36747156 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04582-6

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to understand the longitudinal trajectory of suicidal ideation (SI) among Chinese medical students and the role of childhood trauma (CT).

METHODS: Using a whole-group sampling method, we assessed SI in 2192 (male = 834, female = 1358) medical students on three occasions over a period of one year. The Suicidal Ideation Self-Assessment Scale (SISAS) and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) were used to assess SI and CT. The growth mixture modeling (GMM) was used to classify the developmental trajectory of SI.

RESULTS: A greater number of medical students were experiencing suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trajectory of SI among medical students was divided into two groups: a low risk, slowly rising group and a high risk, continuous group. The low risk, slowly rising group had a significant time effect (B = 1.57, p 

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