TY - JOUR
AU - Zhang, Jie
AB - ORIGINAL ARTICLE Coping Skills, Mental Disorders, and Suicide Among Rural Youths in China Ziyao Li, MPH*Þ and Jie Zhang, PhD*þ METHODS Abstract: The strain theory of suicide postulates that psychological strains usu- ally precede mental disorders including suicidal behavior. Lack of coping skills Data Resource is one of the four strains. This article focuses on the effect of lack of coping skills Data for this study were from a large psychological autopsy on individual mental disorders and suicide. Data including 392 suicide cases and study conducted in rural China. Liaoning, Hunan, and Shandong pro- 416 community-living controls were from a large psychological autopsy study vinces in China were involved in this study. Liaoning is an industrial conducted in rural China. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Struc- province in Northeast China, Hunan is an agriculture province in Cen- tured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R were used for the diagnosis of mental tral South China, and Shandong is an industrially and agriculturally disorders. Coping skills were measured by the Coping Response Inventory. prosperous province located midway between Liaoning and Hunan. The logical analysis and cognitive avoidance coping skills were negatively as- Sixteen rural counties were randomly selected from those three 
TI - Coping Skills, Mental Disorders, and Suicide Among Rural Youths in China
JF - The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6ecc
DA - 2012-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/coping-skills-mental-disorders-and-suicide-among-rural-youths-in-china-3x3QAXUu2L
SP - 885–890-885&ndash
EP - ndash;890-885–890
VL - 200
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -