Understanding Suicidality Risk Among Undergraduate Students: A Quantitative Overview

The presenting research internship aims to analyze the results of a campus-wide survey of at-risk undergraduate students at the University of Wollongong in Australia on their thoughts and ideas regarding suicide. The research interns — Maxime Gilbert and Zachary Fry — will each contribute to this research by analyzing the findings and subsequently formulating a publishable research manuscript based on these findings. In doing so, we hope these findings will shed light on the effects of psychological distress and suicidality of university students, while also informing clinicians and researchers on how to prevent and alleviate these sources of distress in the future. At the end of the research internship, the findings of this research will also be shared with the home institution — Bishop’s University — for the purposes of sharing knowledge that can better serve the mental health of its predominantly undergraduate population.

Faculty Supervisor:

Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise

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Partner:

University of Wollongong

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other

University:

Bishop's University

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