Table 1 Description of data collection
District | Number of schools who agreed to pass the questionnaire to their students out of 3 schools approached in each district | Refusal reason(s) |
|---|---|---|
North Lebanon | Two | Parents’ committee refused due to issues that address suicide |
Mount Lebanon | Three | - |
Beirut | Three | - |
Bekaa | One | Questions related first to sexuality and then to suicide |
South Lebanon | Two but with conditions: - Randomly choosing a class of each level (grades 7, 8 and 9). - Pass the questionnaire on the WhatsApp groups of the parents of the students of the chosen class to ensure the agreement of the parents by clicking on ‘I accept that my child participates in this study’ since the participants are minors. | Lack of personal conviction in the work in psychology |