Table 3.
The correlation between resilience and suicidality
| Variables | Resilience^ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (n = 492) |
Medium (n = 790) |
High (n = 816) |
F / χ2 | |
| SI_Lifetime | 41.29** | |||
| No | 396(80.5%) | 707(89.5%) | 751(92%) | |
| Yes | 96(19.5%) | 83(10.5%) | 65(8.0%) | |
| SI_Year# | 48.07** | |||
| No | 469(95.3%) | 787(99.5%) | 812(99.6%) | |
| Yes | 23(4.7%) | 4(0.5%) | 3(0.4%) | |
| SI_Month# | 11.25** | |||
| No | 483(98.2%) | 787(99.6%) | 813(99.6%) | |
| Yes | 9(1.8%) | 2(0.4%) | 3(0.4%) | |
| SI_Week# | 25.26** | |||
| No | 476(96.7%) | 786(99.5%) | 812(99.5%) | |
| Yes | 16(3.3%) | 4(0.5%) | 4(0.5%) | |
| SA_Lifetime | 0.64 | |||
| No | 487(97.2%) | 773(97.8%) | 797(97.7%) | |
| Yes | 14(2.8%) | 17(2.2%) | 19(2.3%) | |
| SA_Year# | 9.81** | |||
| No | 489(99.4%) | 790(100%) | 816(100%) | |
| Yes | 3(0.6%) | 0(0.0%) | 0(0.0%) | |
| Future_Suicide intention | 6.29 | |||
| No | 477(97.0%) | 781(98.9%) | 802(98.3%) | |
| Yes | 15(3.0%) | 9(1.1%) | 14(1.7%) | |
| No one trustworthy to talk | 16.25** | |||
| No | 421(85.6%) | 726(91.9%) | 747(91.5%) | |
| Yes | 71(14.4%) | 64(8.1%) | 69(8.5%) | |
| Alcohol or drug abuse | 6.40* | |||
| No | 476(96.7%) | 771(97.6%) | 806(98.8%) | |
| Yes | 16(23.5%) | 19(2.4%) | 10(1.2%) | |
| Suicide risk (CMHC-9) | 61.13** | |||
| Low (< 4) | 397(80.7%) | 730(92.4%) | 760(93.1%) | |
| High (≥ 4) | 95(19.3%) | 60(7.6%) | 56(6.9%) | |
| CMHC-9 (mean ± SD) | 1.63 (± 1.95) | 0.99 (± 1.41) | 0.96 (± 1.35) | 34.44** |
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, SA: Suicide attempt, SI: Suicide ideation, CMHC-9: The 9-item Concise Mental Health Checklist. SD: standard deviation
^ The higher the score of resilience scale, the better the level of resilient coping
# The Fisher's Exact Test was applied when sample sizes are smaller than 5