การถูกรังแกผ่านโลกไซเบอร์และความเสี่ยงต่อการฆ่าตัวตายในเยาวชน

Abstract

Suicide risk among youths is a serious mental health and psychiatric problem that increases violence and affects the quality of life among youths around the world. The purpose of this descriptive correlational research study was to explore the relationship being cyberbullied and suicide risks among youths. The samples consisted of 322 youths ages 18-25 years old, both male, were female, selected by the inclusion criteria, and the multi-stage random sampling was used. They received services at mental health and psychiatric clinics in hospitals under the Health Service Center Region 7, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. Data was collected from September to December 2019. The research tools were Demographic Data Form, the Being Cyberbullied Inventory, and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Structure Interview [M.I.N.I.], Suicidality part. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman rank correlation coefficient. The results shown are follows: 1. The whole of being cyberbullied that youths experienced as very low level (x ̅=1.65, SD=0.67). For each parts, being removed or blocked from a cyber-group on cyber was the highest mean score (x ̅=1.88, SD=0.94), following by gossiping, abusive speech, including vulgar conversations on cyber (x ̅=1.83, SD=0.82) and being exposed to confidential information by others online through cyber world (x ̅=1.57, SD=0.75), respectively. 2. 36.30% of all subjects experienced suicide risk. Among these, 52.10% of them had severe level of suicide risk, risk, 10.30% and 37.60% experienced moderate and mild levels, respectively. And 39.50% of youths who being cyberbullied experienced suicide risk. Among these, 54.20% of them had a severe level of suicide risk, and 10.30% and 35.50% experienced moderate and mild levels, respectively. 3. There was a moderate positive correlation between being cyberbullied and suicide risks (r=.301, p< .01). The results of this research can be used as basic information for preventing and solving the problems of suicide risk in youth receiving services at mental health and psychiatric clinics in hospitals under the Health Service Center Region 7, by reducing the risk of suicide which will focusing on the management of cyberbullying issues among youths.