Background: Previous research and media guidelines suggest two potential protective characteristics of news reports about suicide: (1) individuals who adopt coping strategies other than suicidal behavior are described and (2) information about resources for support is provided. Aims: Our aim was to investigate the extent to which Dutch news reports contain these two potential protective characteristics. Method: A random selection of Dutch news reports (N = 296) published in the previous 6 months was coded on the presence of each of the two potential protective characteristics. Results: Of the 296 news reports, 50 news reports (16.9%) mentioned available resources for support. Only one news report (0.3%) described an individual who adopted coping strategies other than suicidal behavior in adverse circumstances, namely, entering a mental health care institution. Limitations: One of the limitations is that, owing to the selection of news reports, conclusions pertain only to news reports published by Dutch media sources with the most readership in that period. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that current knowledge about protective characteristics of news reports on suicide needs to be better implemented in The Netherlands.

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荷兰有关自杀的新闻报道是否提及自杀预防策略？

背景：先前的研究和媒体指南提出了有关自杀新闻报道的两个潜在的保护性特征：（1）描述了采用自杀行为以外的应对策略的个人；（2）提供了支持资源的信息。目的：我们的目的是调查荷兰新闻报道在何种程度上包含这两个潜在的保护性特征。方法：对前六个月发布的荷兰新闻报道（N = 296）进行随机选择，对两种潜在的保护特征进行编码。结果：在296个新闻报道中，有50个新闻报道（占16.9％）提到了可用的支持资源。只有一个新闻报道（0.3％）描述了在不利情况下采取自杀行为以外的应对策略的个人，即：进入精神保健机构。局限性：局限性之一是，由于选择了新闻报道，因此结论仅与该期间读者人数最多的荷兰媒体来源发布的新闻报道有关。结论：这项研究的结果表明，荷兰有关自杀新闻报道的保护性特征的现有知识需要更好地实施。