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|b فلسطين
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|9 791268
|a Ate, Andrew A.
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|a Mass Media and Suicide amongst Nigerian Youths:
|b An Evaluation
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|b جامعة النجاح الوطنية
|c 2024
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|a بحوث ومقالات
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|b This research investigates the extent to which Nigerian youths consider and commit suicide. The main objectives of this paper were to determine the extent young Nigerians consider or attempt suicide, ascertain how the mass media in Nigeria is used to accelerate or treat suicide and the evaluate whether interpersonal communication reduce suicidal inclinations in young people in Nigeria. A questionnaire was sent to different higher institutions, churches, and mosques in Edo State between 01 July and 31 December 2021 to elicit responses from adolescents aged 15 to 24, and 375 respondents completed the questionnaire, which was utilized for the study. According to the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (ITS) and the Cultivation Theory, more female Nigerian youths contemplated and attempted suicide than their male counterparts, and the consumption of an overdose of unprescribed drugs was the most common method of committing suicide among Nigerian youths. Regarding the interpersonal communication feature of suicide bias, this study discovered that the percentage of Nigerian teenagers who spoke to someone about their suicidal thoughts is rather low, at 6%. The study also found that young people who use social media and online material had a 1 in 5 likelihood of trying suicide, but those who read newspapers, watch TV or listen to the radio have a 1 in 20 chance The survey also concluded that girls are four times more likely than men to suffer from any of the reasons for suicide and that general life stress, academic stress, loneliness, and relationship issues were the most prevalent causes of suicide among teens. According to the study, Nigerian youngsters who consume Internet-generated material are four times more likely to consider suicide than those who use conventional media such as newspapers, television, and radio.
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|a ظاهرة الانتحار
|a الضغوط النفسية
|a مرحلة الشباب
|a وسائل الإعلام
|a نيجيريا
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|b Mass Media
|b Suicide
|b Youths
|b Nigeria
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|a Egielewa, Peter E.
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|a Akpor, Ewomazino D.
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|a Olley, Wilfred Oritsesan
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|a Federick, Edike Kparoboh
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|4 العلوم الإنسانية ، متعددة التخصصات
|6 Humanities, Multidisciplinary
|c 006
|e An-Najah University Journal for Research - Humanities
|f Maǧallaẗ ǧāmiʿaẗ al-naǧāḥ al-abḥāṭ. Al-ʿul-um al-insāniyyaẗ
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|m مج38, ع8
|o 0247
|s مجلة جامعة النجاح للأبحاث - العلوم الإنسانية
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|x 1727-8449
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