Sense of Belonging and Suicide: A Systematic Review

Hatcher, Simon; Stubbersfield, Olivia

doi:10.1177/070674371305800709

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“…Adolescents who report a strong familial connection, with greater parental involvement and emotional support, are less likely to attempt suicide (Flouri & Buchanan, 2002;Israelashvili et al, 2006). A sense of social belonging, or connectedness to others, is linked to decreased risk for suicidal behavior (Hatcher & Stubbersfield, 2013) and, as well, sense of connectedness, or perception of interpersonal closeness, may also buffer risk. Among two college samples, students who reported fewer social ties or confidants experienced greater suicidal ideation and suicide-related behavior (Whitlock et al, 2011;Whitlock, Wyman, & Barreira, 2012).…”

Section: Protective Factors: Points Of Intervention To Decrease Suicimentioning

confidence: 99%

Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression and Suicidal Behavior in College Students: Conditional Indirect Effects of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Self-Compassion

Kaniuka

Kelliher-Rabon

Chang

et al. 2019

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

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Young adults of college age are at particular risk for psychopathology, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and consequent suicidal behavior, perhaps in a continuum of increasing severity. However, not all persons who experience psychopathological symptoms, or who self-harm, go on to engage in suicidal behavior, perhaps due to protective factors such as self-compassion that buffer this progression. We examined the mediating effect of NSSI on the relation between anxiety/depressive symptoms and suicide risk, and the moderating role of self-compassion on these linkages. Our collegiate sample (N=338) completed: Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Self-Harm Inventory, Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire-Revised, and the Self-Compassion Scale. Students with greater psychopathology reported more engagement in NSSI and, consequently, more suicide risk; self-compassion weakened the psychopathology-NSSI linkage. Therapeutically addressing risk factors for suicidal behavior (e.g., psychopathology, NSSI), and promoting self-compassion, may halt progression from symptomology to self-harm, thereby ultimately reducing suicide risk in college students. Prevalence of Suicide and Suicide-Related Behavior Over 800,000 individuals die by suicide worldwide each year, making it the 15 th leading cause of death across age groups and the 2 nd leading cause of death among individuals 15-29 years old (World Health Organization [WHO], 2014). In the United States, suicide is the 10 th leading cause of death and the 2 nd leading cause of death in young adults aged 15 to 24 years old, with an individual dying by suicide every 13 minutes (CDC, 2015). Suicide rates continue to rise, both nationally and globally (WHO, 2015; Xu et al., 2014); however, these rates of suicide may be underestimated, reported as accidents or homicides, given the social stigma often surrounding suicide (Timmermans, 2005). Even more common than death by suicide is suicide-related behavior, including suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, and it is estimated that, in the United States, there are as many as 25 suicide attempts for each death by suicide (Crosby, Han, Ortega, Parks, & Gfroerer, 2011). Prevalence of suicide attempts worldwide is 0.4%, or approximately 20 attempts for every death by suicide (WHO, 2015). Terminologically, suicide-related behavior (Silverman, Berman, Sanddal, O'Carroll, & Joiner, 2007) encompasses a continuum, ranging from suicidal ideation, or thoughts of suicide, to planning for suicide and, last, suicide attempts and death by suicide (Kachur, Potter, Powell, & Rosenberg, 1995). Suicidal ideation is defined as thoughts about killing oneself (e.g., "I wish I were dead"), and can include thoughts about a plan for suicide (i.e., the means one would use). A suicide attempt is defined as intentional self-inflicted injury performed to result in death, which differs from a death by suicide in that the individual does not end their life, as an attempt may or may not result in injury (Kazdin, 2000; Nock & Kessler, 2006). These behaviors decr...

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Section: Protective Factors: Points Of Intervention To Decrease Suicimentioning

confidence: 99%

Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression and Suicidal Behavior in College Students: Conditional Indirect Effects of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Self-Compassion

Kaniuka

Kelliher-Rabon

Chang

et al. 2019

Journal of College Student Psychotherapy

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“…With the disintegration of the seniority system, there has been an evolution to an intensely competitive society and a distancing from the traditionally harmonious Japanese sense of group belonging . It has been suggested that a lack of a sense of belonging could be behind the increase in middle–older‐age suicide . With regards to MTD, the problem of such a sense of belonging may be another major consideration.…”

Section: Sociocultural Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…belonging could be behind the increase in middleolder-age suicide. 38,39 With regards to MTD, the problem of such a sense of belonging may be another major consideration. In the corporate world, younger employees who do not have such a sense of belonging and exhibit aspects of depression at work are often able to function normally and happily with such a sense on weekends, at places of leisure and/or online (Facebook, etc.…”

Section: Sociocultural Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multidimensional anatomy of ‘modern type depression’ in Japan: A proposal for a different diagnostic approach to depression beyond the DSM‐5

Kato

Hashimoto

Hayakawa

et al. 2015

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Japan's prototype of depression was traditionally a melancholic depression based on the premorbid personality known as shūchaku‐kishitsu proposed by Mitsuzo Shimoda in the 1930s. However, since around 2000, a novel form of depression has emerged among Japanese youth. Called ‘modern type depression (MTD)’ by the mass media, the term has quickly gained popularity among the general public, though it has not been regarded as an official medical term. Likewise, lack of consensus guidelines for its diagnosis and treatment, and a dearth of scientific literature on MTD has led to confusion when dealing with it in clinical practice in Japan. In this review article, we summarize and discuss the present situation and issues regarding MTD by focusing on historical, diagnostic, psychosocial, and cultural perspectives. We also draw on international perspectives that begin to suggest that MTD is a phenomenon that may exist not only in Japan but also in many other countries with different sociocultural and historical backgrounds. It is therefore of interest to establish whether MTD is a culture‐specific phenomenon in Japan or a syndrome that can be classified using international diagnostic criteria as contained in the ICD or the DSM. We propose a novel diagnostic approach for depression that addresses MTD in order to combat the current confusion about depression under the present diagnostic systems.

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“…In support of this theory, research has indicated that belongingness is inversely associated with suicide ideation and attempts [6–8]. Hatcher and Stubbersfield’s [9] systematic review of research on the association between belongingness and suicidality found that research in this area generally has reported an inverse relationship between belongingness and suicidality, with lower levels of belongingness predicting higher risk of suicide ideation and attempts.…”

Section: Interpersonal Theory Of Suicidementioning

confidence: 99%

Extended family and friendship support and suicidality among African Americans

Nguyen

Taylor

Chatters

et al. 2016

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Purpose This study examined the relationship between informal social support from extended family and friends and suicidality among African Americans. Methods Logistic regression analysis was based on a nationally representative sample of African Americans from the National Survey of American Life (N = 3263). Subjective closeness and frequency of contact with extended family and friends and negative family interaction were examined in relation to lifetime suicide ideation and attempts. Results Subjective closeness to family and frequency of contact with friends were negatively associated with suicide ideation and attempts. Subjective closeness to friends and negative family interaction were positively associated with suicide ideation and attempts. Significant interactions between social support and negative interaction showed that social support buffers against the harmful effects of negative interaction on suicidality. Conclusions Findings are discussed in relation to the functions of positive and negative social ties in suicidality.

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Sense of Belonging and Suicide: A Systematic Review

Cited by 57 publications

References 24 publications

Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression and Suicidal Behavior in College Students: Conditional Indirect Effects of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Self-Compassion

Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression and Suicidal Behavior in College Students: Conditional Indirect Effects of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Self-Compassion

Multidimensional anatomy of ‘modern type depression’ in Japan: A proposal for a different diagnostic approach to depression beyond the DSM‐5

Extended family and friendship support and suicidality among African Americans

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