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Regular Exercise with Suicide Ideation, Suicide Plan and Suicide Attempt in University Students: Data from the Health Minds Survey 2018–2019

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  • Ke Ning

    (School of Physical Education and Sport, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China)

  • Chun Yan

    (School of Economics and Management, Shannxi Xueqian Normal University, Xi’an 710061, China)

  • Yanjie Zhang

    (Physical Education Unit, School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China)

  • Sitong Chen

    (Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne 8001, Australia)

Abstract

Background: Participating in exercise has been frequently recognized as a protective factor of suicide-related outcome (e.g., suicidal ideation) in children and adolescents, albeit with less of a focus on university/college students (especially using nationally representative sample). This study aimed to explore the associations between regular exercise with suicide ideation, plan, and suicide attempts using the data from Health Minds Survey (2018–2019 round). Methods: Using the cross-sectional data from a nationally representative sample (n = 62,026; mean age = 23.1 years) with self-reported information on exercise and the three suicide-related measures, binary logistic regression was used to estimate the associations of exercise with suicide ideation, plans, and attempts, respectively, while controlling for age, gender, being an international student or not, and race/ethnicity. Results: Compared with university students reporting five or more hours for exercise a week, those reporting less were more likely to report yes in terms of suicide ideation and a similar association was also observed in exercise and suicide plan. However, exercise was not significantly associated with suicide attempts. Conclusion: Spending more time exercising may be a protective factor against suicide ideation and plan for university students. Owing to the cross-sectional design nature, our research findings should be further investigated for confirmation or negation.

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  • Ke Ning & Chun Yan & Yanjie Zhang & Sitong Chen, 2022. "Regular Exercise with Suicide Ideation, Suicide Plan and Suicide Attempt in University Students: Data from the Health Minds Survey 2018–2019," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-9, July.
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    1. Irina Kinchin & Christopher M. Doran, 2018. "The Cost of Youth Suicide in Australia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-11, April.
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