Romantic Relationship Quality and Suicidal Ideation in Young Adulthood

Abstract

Sociological research on suicidal ideation has often focused on structural factors, such as marital status, when analyzing the protective effects of social integration; however, less is known about how the quality of romantic relationships shapes suicidality among young adults. This study uses the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to examine the association between romantic relationship quality and suicidal ideation in young adulthood. Results indicate that simply being in a romantic relationship is unrelated to suicidal ideation. In fact, odds of reporting suicidal ideation are comparable for respondents who are married or cohabiting and respondents who are single or dating. Findings show that respondents who report greater romantic relationship quality in any romantic relation type are less likely to report suicidal ideation. This study contributes to previous research in the sociology of mental health by extending our understanding of the protective role of relationship quality.

A cross-sectional study of Malaysian low-income drug addict wives: Relationship between family impact, coping and mental wellbeing

“…The findings of this study are consistent with those of 52 who discovered that there is no direct association between family impact (marital conflict) and mental wellbeing. Furthermore, the findings of this study contradict those of [41][42][43][44][45][46][47] who discovered a direct association between these two factors. This study's findings are also in line with those of, 3,33,49,50 who found that family impact on coping and coping with strain are linked.…”

“…[38][39][40] Numerous previous studies have examined the relationship between family impact such as marital conflict and various aspects of wellbeing. The majority of previous research has established a direct link between marital conflict and aspects of life quality, such as mental health, [41][42][43][44] subjective wellbeing, 45 life satisfaction 46 and suicide ideation. 44,47 However, 48 study contradicts the findings of other researchers, as he discovered that marital conflict has no significant relationship with psychological wellbeing.…”

Distinct aspects of human connection associated with subjective well-being

“…Many studies conceptualize social relationships as normatively defined roles ( Merton, 1957 ). Across a range of cultural contexts, well-being is most strongly associated with marriage (and, to a lesser extent, unmarried cohabitation and strength of partnership) (e.g., Wade and Pevalin, 2004 ; Hewitt et al, 2012 ; Tilburg and van der Pas, 2015 ; Rapp and Stauder, 2019 ; Yang and Park, 2019 ; Still, 2020 ; Zhang and Axinn, 2021 ; cf. Musick and Bumpass, 2012 ; Nicolini et al, 2021 ).…”

Young People’s Voices and Science for Overcoming Toxic Relationships Represented in Sex Education

“…However, when these romantic relationships go through “heartbreak” or “post-relationship grief”, universal life stress occurs that affects the microbiota. Other research highlights that poor-quality affective-sexual relationships can lead to depression [ 42 ], anxiety [ 43 ], fear [ 44 ], anguish [ 45 ], memory disturbances [ 46 ], emotional disorders [ 47 ], environmentally-sensitive physiological impairment (e.g., of central nervous, endocrine, and immune systems) [ 48 ], different somatic symptoms [ 49 ], and even an increase in the tendency to commit suicide in some people [ 50 ]. In addition, there is increased dissatisfaction with the relationship [ 51 ].…”