Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in College Students: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Hopelessness, Alcohol Problems, and Social Support

Lamis, Dorian A.; Ballard, Elizabeth D.; May, Alexis M.; Dvorak, Robert D.

doi:10.1002/jclp.22295

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“…Alcohol use has been found to be a significant risk factor for suicide ideation (Lamis et al 2016), attempts (Windle 2004), and completions (Kolves et al 2006). In a systematic review of research, there was consistent support for both individual-and population-level associations between alcohol use and suicidal behavior.…”

Section: Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Epidemiology of Suicide Attempts among Youth Transitioning to Adulthood

Thompson

Swartout

2017

J Youth Adolescence

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death for older adolescents and young adults. Although empirical literature has identified important risk factors of suicidal behavior, it is less understood if changes in risk factors correspond with changes in suicide risk. To address this knowledge gap, we assessed if there were different trajectories of suicidal behavior as youth transition into young adulthood and determined what time-varying risk factors predicted these trajectories. This study used four waves of data spanning approximately 13 years from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The sample included 9027 respondents who were 12-18 years old (M = 15.26; SD = 1.76) at Wave 1, 50% male, 17% Hispanic, and 58% White. The results indicated that 93.6% of the sample had a low likelihood for suicide attempts across time, 5.1% had an elevated likelihood of attempting suicide in adolescence but not young adulthood, and 1.3% had an elevated likelihood of attempting suicide during adolescence and adulthood. The likelihood of a suicide attempt corresponded with changes on depression, impulsivity, delinquency, alcohol problems, family and friend suicide history, and experience with partner violence. Determining how suicide risk changes as youth transition into young adulthood and what factors predict these changes can help prevent suicide. Interventions targeting these risk factors could lead to reductions in suicide attempts.

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Section: Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Epidemiology of Suicide Attempts among Youth Transitioning to Adulthood

Thompson

Swartout

2017

J Youth Adolescence

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“…Although the association between depression and suicidal risk has been confirmed in many studies, others have argued that the influence of depression on suicidal risk might be indirect (e.g., Campos et al., ; Jahn, Cukrowicz, Linton, & Prabhu, ; Lamis, Ballard, May, & Dvorak, ; Rhodes & Bethell, ; Vanderwerker et al., ). The interpersonal–psychological theory of suicidal behavior (IPTS; Joiner, ; Van Orden et al., 2010) provides an important perspective to understand the mechanism underlying this association.…”

Section: Depression and Suicidal Riskmentioning

confidence: 96%

Understanding the Pathways from Depression to Suicidal Risk from the Perspective of the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide

Kang

You

Huang

et al. 2018

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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Suicide is a major public health concern, especially in adolescence. Identifying risk factors for suicide is important to effectively prevent such behavior. Depression is one of the most widely examined risk factors for suicidal risk. How depression and suicidal risk are related, however, is still not clear. This study tested a model with three key constructs of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior (IPTS)-perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI)-as mediators in the relationship between depression and suicidal risk among Chinese adolescents. Chinese high school students (N = 1,074; 54.2% male; M = 13.87 years, SD = 1.48) completed questionnaires assessing all study variables. Results suggested that perceived burdensomeness and NSSI partially mediated the relationship between depression and suicidal risk. Findings of this study emphasize the importance of the IPTS framework in understanding the possible mechanisms underlying the relationship between depression and suicidal risk, and suggest a possible avenue for suicide interventions.

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“…Additionally, social support can also influence suicide by moderating other variables associated with suicide (Lamis et al . ; Panagioti et al . ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It has been reported that people who perceive less support are more likely to feel depressed and contemplate suicide (Smith et al 2016). Additionally, social support can also influence suicide by moderating other variables associated with suicide (Lamis et al 2016;Panagioti et al 2014). The moderating role of social support on suicide may be better understood through the stress-buffering model, in which social support can serve as a coping resource to moderate the relationship between stressors and negative psychological reactions (Kwok et al 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

The moderating effect of social support on the relationship between physical health and suicidal thoughts among Chinese rural elderly: A nursing home sample

Zhang

Yang

et al. 2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Suicide rate is relatively high among Chinese rural elderly. While there has been some exciting work on reporting and preventing suicide among community-dwelling elderly, only a few published studies have addressed the issues of rural nursing homes in China. This study aimed to investigate the relationship among perceived social support, physical health, and suicidal thoughts of the elderly living in Chinese rural nursing homes. It also examined the moderating effects of social support on the path from physical health to suicidal thoughts of the rural institutional elderly in China. This study investigated 205 participants aged 60 years and above in Chinese rural nursing homes. Participants' suicidal thoughts, perceived social support, and physical health were assessed. This study conducted descriptive analysis, Student's t-test, and Pearson's chi-square test to test how physical health and social support predicted suicidal thoughts, as well as the moderating effects of family's, friends', and others' social support on physical health and suicidal thoughts. Both physical health and perceived social support were significantly related to suicidal thoughts. Perceived social support from family, friends, and significant others moderated the relationship between physical health and suicidal thoughts. Findings of this study suggested that increasing social support and improving physical health would be effective in both suicide prevention and intervention for the residents in Chinese rural nursing homes.

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Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in College Students: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Hopelessness, Alcohol Problems, and Social Support

Abstract: Social support may be a key variable for suicide prevention among college students.

Cited by 107 publications

References 53 publications

Epidemiology of Suicide Attempts among Youth Transitioning to Adulthood

Epidemiology of Suicide Attempts among Youth Transitioning to Adulthood

Understanding the Pathways from Depression to Suicidal Risk from the Perspective of the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicide

The moderating effect of social support on the relationship between physical health and suicidal thoughts among Chinese rural elderly: A nursing home sample

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