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SOCIAL MEDIA AND SUICIDAL COMMUNICATION AMONG NIGERIAN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Qasim Shehu Malami

ABSTRACT
The study examined the utilization of social media for suicidal communication. Adopting the Survey method with a sample size of two hundred and eight (208) respondents from the Kaduna Polytechnic, the study finds out that depression and broken relation are the primary causes of suicide among undergraduate students; respondents utilize social media for expressing and seeking information on academic difficulties and other challenges to a very great extent. That attitude toward suspicious ideation and communication or behaviour on social media is serious, but their response to such a message is slow. The study recommends that training on recognizing suicidal symptoms, more access to community interaction, research, and social media surveillance, education on suicidal symptoms and behaviours on social media, access to social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist services with anonymity are ways in which social media can be used to curtail suicide among undergraduate students. Keywords: Social Media, Suicidal Communication, Suicidal Ideation, Students.


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