Suicidal Behaviour Among Nigerian Undergraduates: Associations with Gambling Disorder and Emotional Dysregulation

IF 0.6 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Health Scope Pub Date : 2022-05-30 DOI:10.5812/jhealthscope-121797

B. Akpunne, E. O. Akinnawo, Steven Ikechukwu Akpunne, D. O. Kumuyi

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Background: There is a high prevalence of suicidal behavior among Nigerian youths. However, the connections between suicidal behavior and precipitating factors, such as gambling disorder and emotional dysregulation (ED) in this population, are not well researched. Objectives: The present study examined the associations between gambling disorder, ED, and suicidal behavior in Nigerian university undergraduate students. Methods: This study was carried out during October 2020 - April 2021 on 1338 undergraduates with a mean ± SD age of 19.84 ± 3.22 years selected using random and purposive sampling for the universities and participants respectively. Participants responded to the Attitudes Towards Gambling Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and Redeemer's University Suicidality Scale. Descriptive statistics (simple percentages) and inferential statistics (Pearson’s correlation and regression analysis) were used for data analysis. Results: The Pearson's correlation revealed that suicidal behaviour had significant positive correlations with the nonacceptance of emotional responses or distress (r = 0.22, P = 0), difficulties engaging in goal-directed behaviours (r = 0.21, P = 0), difficulties in impulse control (r = 0.27, P = 0), the lack of emotional awareness (r = 0.14, P = 0), limited access to emotional regulation strategies (r = 0.33, P = 0), the lack of emotional clarity (r = 0.32, P = 0), and difficulties in emotional regulation (r = 0.4, P = 0). Problematic gambling (PG) independently predicted suicidal behavior, while PG and ED dimensions jointly predicted suicidal behavior. The ED dimensions contributed 15% incrementally to the prediction of suicidal behavior and beyond the 2% variance accounted for PG in undergraduates. Conclusions: Our results showed positive links between PG, ED, and suicidal behavior among Nigerian undergraduates. It suggests that the combination of PG and ED increases the severity of suicidal behavior among students.

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尼日利亚大学生自杀行为与赌博障碍和情绪调节障碍的关系

背景：尼日利亚青年自杀行为的发生率很高。然而，在这一人群中，自杀行为与诱发因素（如赌博障碍和情绪调节障碍）之间的联系还没有得到很好的研究。目的：本研究调查了尼日利亚大学生的赌博障碍、ED和自杀行为之间的关系。方法：本研究于2020年10月至2021年4月对1338名平均±SD年龄为19.84±3.22岁的本科生进行，分别采用随机和有目的的抽样方法对大学和参与者进行选择。参与者对赌博态度量表、情绪调节困难量表和救赎者大学自杀量表做出了回应。数据分析采用描述性统计学（简单百分比）和推断统计学（皮尔逊相关和回归分析）。结果：Pearson相关分析显示，自杀行为与不接受情绪反应或痛苦（r=0.22，P=0.0）、难以进行目标导向行为（r=0.21，P=0.00）、冲动控制困难（r=0.27，P=0.0，获得情绪调节策略的机会有限（r=0.33，P=0.0），缺乏情绪清晰度（r=0.32，P=0.00），以及情绪调节困难（r=0.4，P=0.0。问题赌博（PG）独立预测自杀行为，而PG和ED维度联合预测自杀行为。ED维度对自杀行为的预测有15%的增量贡献，超过2%的方差对本科生的PG有贡献。结论：我们的研究结果显示，在尼日利亚大学生中，PG、ED和自杀行为之间存在正相关。这表明PG和ED的结合会增加学生自杀行为的严重程度。

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