Association between perceived public stigma and suicidal behaviors among college students of color in the U.S.

Goodwill, Janelle R.; Zhou, Sasha

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.10.019

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“…This paper addresses the intersection of three topical areas that have, thus far, received relatively little scholarly attention. While the literature on religion and suicide is vast (for recent reviews, see Lawrence et al 2016;Gearing and Alonzo 2018), as is the literature on the effect of stigma on various mental health problems, including self-killing (e.g., Sudak et al 2008;Clement et al 2014;Schomerus et al 2014;Bernardo and Pinna 2017;Goodwill and Zhu 2020), only a handful of studies have looked at all three aspects simultaneously and examined how negative religious stereotypes affect the risk of self-killing (e.g., van den Brink et al 2018;Caplan 2019;Mason 2021). The research reported in this article seeks to redress this imbalance of attention by using data from a nationwide survey conducted in Hungary.…”

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Religion and the Stigma of Suicide: A Quantitative Analysis Using Nationwide Survey Data from Hungary

Moksony

Hegedűs

2021

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Objective: To examine the effect of religion on negative attitudes and beliefs about suicide. Methods: We use data from a large nationwide survey conducted in Hungary covering more than 3000 individuals. Suicide-related stigmas are captured with three Likert-type measures that we combine into an overall indicator. Religion is measured by denomination (Catholic vs. Protestant) and church attendance (at least weekly vs. never or less than weekly). We employ logistic regression and the SPSS statistical software. Results: People attending religious services frequently have greater odds of stigmatizing self-killing than those reporting no or infrequent attendance. Compared to Protestants, Catholics are significantly less condemning of suicide. The two measures of religion also work in tandem, with denomination modifying the impact of church attendance. In particular, while church attendance strongly increases the odds of negative attitudes among Catholics, it has practically no effect among Protestants. Discussion and Conclusions: The results presented are in keeping with our expectations and suggest that a social climate that stigmatizes suicide without providing for people a strong community network that pressures individuals toward conforming to fundamental moral principles can be especially harmful for mental health.

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Religion and the Stigma of Suicide: A Quantitative Analysis Using Nationwide Survey Data from Hungary

Moksony

Hegedűs

2021

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“…A large body of evidence suggests that suicide stigma is linked with suicidality and psychological stress [40][41][42]. A recent large-scale survey of college students in the U.S. revealed a significant association between perceived stigma and greater odds of suicide ideation, planning, and attempt [15]. However, most of the previous studies had only examined either perceived or public stigma (not both), and they were conducted in Western countries.…”

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“…Suicide stigma refers to a social process involving overgeneralized perceptions, negative attitudes, and discriminatory behavioral intentions and acts towards people who are suicidal and people bereaved by suicide [9,10]. Suicide stigma was found to be associated with low help-seeking intentions [11][12][13] and behaviors [14], increased psychological distress [10], and higher suicide risk [15]. Suicide stigma may also contribute to underreporting of suicide death [3,8], as well as reducing people's willingness to participate in suicide prevention programs [16].…”

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Perceived Suicide Stigma and Associated Factors in Chinese College Students: Translation and Validation of the Stigma of Suicide Attempt Scale and the Stigma of Suicide and Suicide Survivors Scale

Chen

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This study aims to translate and validate two perceived suicide stigma scales, including the Stigma of Suicide Attempt Scale (STOSA) and the Stigma of Suicide and Suicide Survivor Scale (STOSASS) into Chinese language, examining the factor structure, and assessing the correlation between suicide stigma and a series of variables. After translating and back translating the STOSA and STOSASS, an online survey was administrated to 412 college students in China. These two scales were tested for their dimensionality in a series of confirmatory factor analyses. A series of regression analyses were conducted to examine the factors that are associated with perceived and public suicide stigma, including demographics, psychological distress, suicidality, suicide exposure, and perceived entitativity of suicide ideators, decedents, and survivors. The results showed that the two translated scales, STOSA and STOSASS, were reliable (Cronbach’s α = 0.79~0.83) and valid in Chinese contexts and it can be treated as unidimensional scales. Suicidality, exposure to suicide, and perceived entitativity of suicide-related persons were significantly associated with higher endorsement of public suicide stigma (SOSS Stigma, ps < 0.03), but not perceived stigma (STOSA, STOSASS). Higher levels of psychological distress were associated with both higher perceived and public suicide stigma (ps < 0.05).

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“…Suicide stigma is an important variable to study because it may be related to an increase in suicide risk. In a large cross-sectional study of 153,635 college students from 2007 to 2018, perceived public stigma of receiving mental health treatment and suicidality was significantly associated with greater odds of suicide ideation, planning, and attempt (Goodwill and Zhu 2020).…”

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Suicide Stigma in Christian Faith Communities: A Qualitative Study

Mason

2021

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Given the increasing numbers of U.S. lives lost to suicide, it is imperative to identify factors that can help protect against suicide. While regular religious service attendance has been found to be protective against suicide, faith communities have taboos against suicide which may be associated with stigma. Nine Christian faith leaders and congregants and one moral psychologist completed interviews on suicide stigma in Christian faith communities. Themes that emerged included internal, interpersonal, and theological components and group differences related to suicide stigma in Christian faith communities. Participants proposed seven barriers and seven corresponding ways to address suicide stigma in Christian faith communities: talk about suicide, address skill deficits, practice vulnerability, get leadership on board, address the theology of suicide, appreciate that faith communities have a unique contribution to make to suicide prevention, and address cultural/systemic issues.

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Association between perceived public stigma and suicidal behaviors among college students of color in the U.S.

Cited by 57 publications

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Religion and the Stigma of Suicide: A Quantitative Analysis Using Nationwide Survey Data from Hungary

Religion and the Stigma of Suicide: A Quantitative Analysis Using Nationwide Survey Data from Hungary

Perceived Suicide Stigma and Associated Factors in Chinese College Students: Translation and Validation of the Stigma of Suicide Attempt Scale and the Stigma of Suicide and Suicide Survivors Scale

Suicide Stigma in Christian Faith Communities: A Qualitative Study

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