Objective@#To learn the influencing factors for
self-violent
thoughts and
behaviors among the ninth-grade
students in Jiangbei District of Ningbo, so as to provide the basis for
carrying out
psychological intervention. @*
Methods@#The ninth-grade
students in a junior
high school each of the six streets ( towns ) in Jiangbei District were recruited by multi-stage
cluster sampling method from October to November 2018. A
self-designed
questionnaire was used to investigate the general information,
life style, psychological condition,
self-violent
thoughts and
behaviors in the latest year. Multivariate
logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors for
self-violent
thoughts and
behaviors.@*Results@#A total of 1 300
questionnaires were issued and 1 238 valid ones were recovered, with an effective rate of 95.23%. The
prevalence rates of
self-violent
thoughts and
behaviors among the ninth-grade
students were 16.88% and 8.48%. TheResults of the multivariate
logistic regression analysis showed that abnormal
marital status of
parents ( OR=2.074, 95%CI 1.139-3.775 ) , no moderate
physical activity ( OR=1.764, 95%CI 1.101-2.826 ) , sleeping less than 8 hours ( OR=1.858, 95%CI 1.273-2.712 ) ,
alcohol consumption ( OR=2.108, 95%CI 1.448-3.070 ) , sense of despair ( OR=6.397, 95%CI 4.195-9.757 ) , sense of
anxiety ( OR=4.094, 95%CI 2.725-6.151 ) , sense of
loneliness ( OR=1.879, 95%CI 1.241-2.854 ) , and cyber-
bullying ( OR=5.155, 95%CI 2.780-9.556 ) were
risk factors for
self-violent
thoughts; not living with
parents ( OR=2.057, 95%CI 1.021-4.145 ) ,
alcohol consumption ( OR=1.756, 95%CI 1.074-2.872 ) , sense of despair ( OR=7.197, 95%CI 4.365-11.864 ) , sense of
anxiety ( OR=5.832, 95%CI 3.276-10.382 ) , fighting ( OR=2.272, 95%CI 1.219-4.232 ) and physical
bullying ( OR=3.462, 95%CI 1.135-10.558 ) were
risk factors for
self-violent
behaviors. @*Conclusion@#
Drinking,
family relationship,
bullying, and
mental health problems such as sense of despair and
anxiety were associated with the
self-violent
thoughts and
behaviors of ninth-grade
students.