Table 2

Associations between concerns of firearm violence on campus, feelings of safety and suicidal thoughts and behaviours

Suicidal ideationSuicide attempts
Predictor OR (95% CI) P value Corrected p value OR (95% CI) P value Corrected p value
Firearm violence concern * Slightly concerned1.14 (1.07 to 1.22)<0.001<0.0010.91 (0.73 to 1.13)0.3890.421
Moderately concerned1.40 (1.30 to 1.52)<0.001<0.0011.17 (0.92 to 1.50)0.2050.241
Very concerned1.35 (1.21 to 1.51)<0.001<0.0011.29 (0.92 to 1.82)0.1380.177
Extremely concerned1.42 (1.24 to 1.63)<0.001<0.0011.33 (0.88 to 2.00)0.1720.211
Daytime campus safety Somewhat unsafe1.42 (0.90 to 2.24)0.1830.2191.08 (0.37 to 3.17)0.7640.784
Somewhat safe1.14 (0.75 to 1.73)0.6270.6490.68 (0.25 to 1.83)0.4960.522
Very safe0.77 (0.51 to 1.16)0.1500.1860.38 (0.14 to 1.01)0.0550.075
Night-time campus safety Somewhat unsafe0.88 (0.76 to 1.01)0.0590.0780.63 (0.43 to 0.91)0.0130.019
Somewhat safe0.59 (0.52 to 0.68)<0.001<0.0010.47 (0.33 to 0.67)<0.001<0.001
Very safe0.47 (0.41 to 0.54)<0.001<0.0010.45 (0.30 to 0.65)<0.001<0.001
Daytime surrounding area safety Somewhat unsafe1.07 (0.81 to 1.41)0.6380.6490.72 (0.36 to 1.45)0.3600.400
Somewhat safe0.86 (0.66 to 1.12)0.2580.2980.52 (0.27 to 0.98)‡0.0440.060
Very safe0.56 (0.43 to 0.73)<0.001<0.0010.48 (0.25 to 0.92)0.0260.037
Night-time surrounding area safety Somewhat unsafe0.81 (0.74 to 0.89)<0.001<0.0010.86 (0.65 to 1.14)0.2880.326
Somewhat safe0.56 (0.51 to 0.61)<0.001<0.0010.65 (0.49 to 0.87)0.0030.005
Very safe0.43 (0.38 to 0.48)<0.001<0.0010.77 (0.55 to 1.07)0.1180.154
  • *Reference group is ‘not at all concerned’.

  • †Reference group is ‘not safe at all’.

  • ‡A p value that did not survive correction at significance defined as p<0.05.