Reasons for living, meaning in life, and suicide ideation: investigating the roles of key positive psychological factors in reducing suicide risk in community-residing older adults

Heisel, Marnin J.; Neufeld, Eva; Flett, Gordon L.

doi:10.1080/13607863.2015.1078279

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“…Meaning in life also was a partial mediator between gratitude, grit, and suicidal ideation in students [20], partially explaining the buffering effect of these constructs on suicidal thoughts. Meaning in life was also a mediator between reasons for living and suicidal ideation in older adults from a community sample [21], which decreases the likelihood of contemplating suicide. In a more recent study, meaning in life, conceptualized as a sense of coherence, was also found to be a moderator between emotion-oriented coping, avoidancedistraction coping, and suicidal manifestations in students, especially in females [22].…”

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Meaning in life as a protective factor against suicidal tendencies in Chinese University students

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Background: A substantial increase in rates of suicide worldwide, especially among late adolescents and young adults, has been observed. It is important to identify specific risk and protective factors for suicide-related behaviors among late adolescents and young adults. Identifying specific factors across the masses, not only in the Western, but also in the Asian context, helps researchers develop empirically informed intervention methods for the management of protective and risk factors of suicide.Methods: In the current study, 2074 students (706 males), filled out the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, with subscales of Search for Meaning (MLQ-S) and Presence of Meaning (MLQ-P); the Future Disposition Inventory-24 (FDI-24), with subscales of Positive Focus (PF), Suicide Orientation (SO), and Negative Focus (NF); and the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). These scales measure protective and risk factors that are linked to suicidal behaviors; while suicidal behaviors were measured by the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). Mediation analyses were performed to test the models with both the MLQ-S and MLQ-P as the mediators between a) hopelessness, as measured by BHS and suicidal behaviors; and b) PF, SO, and NF, as measured by FDI-24, and suicidal behaviors. Results: We found that only MLQ-P mediated the relation between hopelessness and suicidal behaviors; while both MLQ-P and MLQ-S mediated PF, SO, and NF (as measured by FDI-24), and suicidal behaviors, respectively. Conclusion: Meaning in life, including both the presence of meaning in life and search for meaning, can be good protective factors against suicidal behaviors.

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“…Among the variables related to suicide risk, previous studies have highlighted the importance of individual unrest, 38 personal satisfaction, 39 and reasons for living, particularly those related to beliefs in one's own capacities and abilities to cope with situations. 40,41 The presence of certain variables during evaluation (such as personal satisfaction and reasons for living) when someone is thinking about killing oneself can represent focal points that healthcare professionals may attend to when treating patients with suicidal behavior. In other words, promoting analysis of these factors during treatment may assist in distancing patients from emotional and cognitive states that keep them at risk of suicide.…”

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Suicide detection in Chile: proposing a predictive model for suicide risk in a clinical sample of patients with mood disorders

Barros

Morales

Echávarri

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Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

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Objective: To analyze suicidal behavior and build a predictive model for suicide risk using data mining (DM) analysis. Methods: A study of 707 Chilean mental health patients (with and without suicide risk) was carried out across three healthcare centers in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile. Three hundred fortythree variables were studied using five questionnaires. DM and machine-learning tools were used via the support vector machine technique. Results: The model selected 22 variables that, depending on the circumstances in which they all occur, define whether a person belongs in a suicide risk zone (accuracy = 0.78, sensitivity = 0.77, and specificity = 0.79). Being in a suicide risk zone means patients are more vulnerable to suicide attempts or are thinking about suicide. The interrelationship between these variables is highly nonlinear, and it is interesting to note the particular ways in which they are configured for each case. The model shows that the variables of a suicide risk zone are related to individual unrest, personal satisfaction, and reasons for living, particularly those related to beliefs in one's own capacities and coping abilities. Conclusion: These variables can be used to create an assessment tool and enables us to identify individual risk and protective factors. This may also contribute to therapeutic intervention by strengthening feelings of personal well-being and reasons for staying alive. Our results prompted the design of a new clinical tool, which is fast and easy to use and aids in evaluating the trajectory of suicide risk at a given moment.

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“…Bakhiyi, Calati, Guillaume, and Courtet () found via a review of 39 studies that high scores on the Reasons for Living inventory (Linehan et al, ) correlated with lower levels of suicidal ideation and fewer suicide attempts, even after accounting for depression and hopelessness. Similarly, Heisel, Neufeld, and Flett () found that reasons for living and meaning in life were significant protective factors against suicidal ideation in a sample of 173 older adults.…”

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SHORES: A Practical Mnemonic for Suicide Protective Factors

Cureton

Fink

2019

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Guidelines for addressing and managing client suicide risk include discussing and conceptualizing protective factors. Counselors should be able to recall and discuss suicide protective factors that are applicable across client populations. SHORES, a suicide protective factors mnemonic that is supported by the literature, has applications for risk assessment and crisis intervention across settings, preventative care, strengths‐based management, and counselor training. A case example and discussion serve to illustrate the wide‐ranging application of SHORES in counseling practice.

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Reasons for living, meaning in life, and suicide ideation: investigating the roles of key positive psychological factors in reducing suicide risk in community-residing older adults

Abstract: These findings add to a growing body of literature suggesting merit in investigating positive psychological factors together with negative factors when assessing suicide risk and planning psychological services for older adults.

Cited by 107 publications

References 71 publications

Meaning in life as a protective factor against suicidal tendencies in Chinese University students

Meaning in life as a protective factor against suicidal tendencies in Chinese University students

Suicide detection in Chile: proposing a predictive model for suicide risk in a clinical sample of patients with mood disorders

SHORES: A Practical Mnemonic for Suicide Protective Factors

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