Factors influencing suicidal ideation and self-harm among undergraduate students in a Nigerian private university

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 8 Association between predisposing factors, enabling factors, and reinforcing factors self-harm and suicide ideation

Variables		Self-harm	No self-harm	X²	p value^a	Suicide ideation	No suicide ideation	X²	p value^a
Gender of respondents	Male	83	91	2.437	0.118	42	132	0.350	0.554
Gender of respondents	Female	111	165	2.437	0.118	60	216	0.350	0.554
Living condition of respondents in school	One –man room	34	59	4.510	0.105	23	70	0.308	0.857
	Two-man room	50	47			22	75
	Four-man room	110	150			57	203
Living situation at home	With both parents	118	162	1.753	0.781	62	218	1.791	0.774
	One parent	52	56			27	81
	Other family member	18	28			8	38
	One parent + step parent	5	8			4	9
	Spouse	1	2			1	2
Self-esteem scores	Poor self-esteem	24	64	11.189	0.001*	11	77	6.450	0.011*
Self-esteem scores	Good self-esteem	170	192	11.189	0.001*	91	271	6.450	0.011*
Social support scores	Poor	81	31	51.887	0.000*	32	80	3.230	0.199
	Moderate	70	138			45	163
	Strong	43	87			25	105
Environmental factor	Low score	166	161	28.573	0.000*	87	240	10.589	0.001*
Environmental factor	High score	95	28	28.573	0.000*	15	108	10.589	0.001*