Subjective academic achievement and suicide behavior among university students in Ghana: A moderated mediation of financial stress and depression

Feikoab Parimah, Margaret Amenuke-Edusei, Joyce Nyarko, Collins Badu Agyemang, Ernest K Bobo, Adina Addy, Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei, Bernice Essien, George Ofosu Oti, Eugenia Dedo Yamson, Worlali Nyaledzigbor and Amma Serwaa Aboagye Kyei

PLOS Mental Health, 2026, vol. 3, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: The study investigated the mediating role of depression in the association between subjective academic achievement and suicide behaviour. Further, we sought to find out whether financial stress would moderate such a plausible mediated relationship. A cross-sectional survey was used in the study. Out of 460 undergraduate students sampled for the study, 51.5% were male (Meanage = 20.7; SD = 3.19). We observed that subjective academic achievement has a positive effect on depression, which in turn has a positive impact on suicide behaviour. And this relationship is not influenced by financial stress. It appears that the association between subjective academic achievement and depression is context-specific and requires further investigation, since at this stage, the relationship is fuzzy.

Date: 2026
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