Entrapment and suicidal ideation: The protective roles of presence of life meaning and reasons for living

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma H. Moscardini ◽  
D Nicolas Oakey‐Frost ◽  
Anthony Robinson ◽  
Jeffrey Powers ◽  
Alix B. Aboussouan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Reasons For Living

scholarly journals Description of suicide ideation among older adults and a psychological profile: a cross-sectional study in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1865-1874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Aslan ◽  
Cicek Hocaoglu ◽  
Bulent Bahceci
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean

Abstract This study investigates the suicidal ideation and the possible causes for suicidal behaviour in the elderly. Subjects were 150 patients aged 65 and older who were evaluated using the sociodemographic data collection forms, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Suicidal Ideation Scale (SIS), Reasons for Living Inventory (RLI), and Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). Of 150 patients, 72.7% were women and 27.3% were men, ages ranged from 65 to 88 years. Suicidal ideation was noted in 30.7% of patients. When the mean of BHS total score between patients with and without suicidal ideation and the mean of BHS subscale’s feelings and expectations regarding the future and loss of motivation and hope in terms of subscales were evaluated between the groups with and without suicidal ideation, the scores had a significant difference. When RLI was evaluated in terms of total scores, the suicidal ideation mean score was 243.74 ± 32.28, while the non-suicidal ideation mean score was 267.27 ± 24.36. There was a significant relationship between the two groups. We found low level of education, low level of reasons for living and higher psychiatric morbidity (generalized anxiety disorder and comorbid depressive disorder) in with suicidal ideation in the elderly.

Connection between Suicidal Ideation, Life Meaning, and Leisure Time Activities

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 621-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yael Aviad-Wilchek ◽  
Vered Ne’eman-Haviv ◽  
Michal Malka
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Life Meaning

scholarly journals Protective Effects of Reasons for Living Against Suicidal Ideation in Daily Life

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliona Tsypes ◽  
Aleksandra Kaurin ◽  
Aidan G.C. Wright ◽  
Michael Hallquist ◽  
Alexandre Dombrovski
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Protective Effects ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
Suicide Attempters ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Suicidal Crisis

How do individuals resist suicidal urges in a suicidal crisis? Deterrents for suicide can be conceptualized as reasons for living (RFL), but our understanding of their protective effects is predominantly informed by cross-sectional research. We examined the protective effects of RFL on suicidal ideation (SI) in daily life in a high-risk sample. We also tested whether personality traits moderated the strength of the dynamic RFL-SI link. Adults with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis (n=153, 105 suicide attempters) completed a 21-day ambulatory assessment protocol. Daily endorsements of RFL were negatively linked to SI at the within-person but not the between-person level. Whereas suicide attempters endorsed RFL less frequently than non-attempters, their protective effect was undiminished in this group. While people high on openness and extraversion endorsed RFL more often, this increase was not protective against SI, indicating that RFL reflect heterogeneous underlying psychological processes, only some of which are protective against SI.

Psychological Vulnerability and Substance Abuse as Predictors of Suicide Ideation among Adolescents

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Kirkpatrick-Smith ◽  
Alexander R. Rich ◽  
Ronald Bonner ◽  
Frank Jans
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Criterion Variable ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Stress Vulnerability ◽  
Vulnerability Model

A stress-vulnerability model of suicidal behavior among college students was proposed by Bonner and Rich [1, 2]. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate and extend this model using a younger adolescent (i.e., high school) sample. A total of 613 students (328 females and 285 males) completed the self-report measures of life stress, depression, hopelessness, reasons for living, loneliness, alcohol and drug use, and suicidal ideation. These factors served as predictor variables in stepwise multiple regressions with suicidal ideation serving as the criterion variable. Four variables emerged as significant predictors of suicidal ideation: depression, hopelessness, few reasons for living, and problem substance use. The linear combination of these variables accounted for 52 percent of the variance in suicide ideation scores. The substance abuse variable accounted for variance in ideation scores independent of the other factors.

A Shortened Version of the Reasons for Living—Older Adults Scale for Clinical and Research Utility

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. e241-e247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Lutz ◽  
Barry Edelstein ◽  
Emma Katz ◽  
Jarred V Gallegos
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Reasons For Living

Abstract Background and Objectives Older adults have elevated suicide rates, and identification of protective factors, such as reasons for living, is important in preventing suicide. The Reasons for Living—Older Adults scale (RFL-OA) is a 69-item measure of these protective factors in late life, which yields good psychometric properties. However, its length limits its utility in some clinical and research contexts where a shorter measure is ideal. The objective of this study was to create a shortened version of the RFL-OA. Research Design and Methods First, data collected previously during validation of the original RFL-OA (n = 199, age 65 and older, 65% female) were used to select 30 items, spanning all content areas, that were highly endorsed. Second, new data were collected (n = 219, age 60 and older, 52% female) with the 30-item RFL-OA and measures of depression, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, religiosity, health, and social desirability to examine the measure’s internal consistency and convergent and discriminant validity. Results Scores on the 30-item RFL-OA exhibited strong internal consistency. The short RFL-OA demonstrated good convergent validity via significant, moderate correlations with suicidal ideation, hopelessness, depression, and religiosity. It demonstrated adequate discriminant validity via only small correlations with disability, subjective health, and social desirability. Discussion and Implications The shorter RFL-OA has good psychometric properties among community-dwelling older adults. It may have greater utility, compared to the original 69-item measure, for clinicians and researchers with limited time but who want to assess protective factors against suicidal behavior in late life.

scholarly journals Socio-economic and psychological correlates of suicidality among Hong Kong working-age adults: results from a population-based survey

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 1759-1767 ◽  
Author(s):  
KA Y. LIU ◽  
ERIC Y. H. CHEN ◽  
CECILIA L. W. CHAN ◽  
DOMINIC T. S. LEE ◽  
Y. W. LAW ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
Psychological Correlates ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Population Based Survey

Background. The global toll of suicide is estimated to be one million lives per year, which exceeded the number of deaths by homicide and war combined. A key step to suicide prevention is to prevent less serious suicidal behaviour to preclude more lethal outcomes. Although 61% of the world's suicides take place in Asia and the suicide rates among middle age groups have been increasing since the economic crisis in many Asian countries, population-based studies of suicidal behaviour among working-age adults in non-western communities are scarce.Method. Data from a population-based survey with 2015 participants were used to estimate the prevalence of suicidal ideation and behaviour among the working-age population in Hong Kong, and to study the associated socio-economic and psychological correlates. We focused particularly on potential modulating factors between life-event-related factors and suicidal ideation.Results. Six per cent of the Hong Kong population aged 20–59 years considered suicide in the past year, while 1·4% attempted suicide. Hopelessness, reasons for living, and reluctance to seek help from family and friends had direct association with past-year suicidal ideation. Reasons for living were found to moderate the effect of perceived stress on suicidal ideation.Conclusions. Suicidality is a multi-faceted problem that calls for a multi-sectored, multi-layered approach to prevention. Prevention programmes can work on modulating factors such as reasons for living to reduce suicidal risk in working-age adults.

Validation of the Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire and the Reasons for Living Inventory in an adult psychiatric inpatient sample.

1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustine Osman ◽  
Beverly A. Kopper ◽  
Marsha M. Linehan ◽  
Francisco X. Barrios ◽  
Peter M. Gutierrez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatient ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
Reasons For Living Inventory ◽  
Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire

Trait Gratitude and Suicidal Ideation and Behavior

Crisis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Krysinska ◽  
David Lester ◽  
Jennifer Lyke ◽  
Jozef Corveleyn
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Trait Gratitude

Abstract. Background: Despite the progress of positive psychology, current knowledge regarding suicide protective factors is limited. Trait gratitude (a tendency to experience gratitude in daily life) may protect against suicidal ideation and behavior. Aims: The study tested a model of causal effects among gratitude, religiosity, reasons for living, coping, and social support as predictors of suicidal ideation, suicide threats, and suicide attempts after controlling for depression and stressful life events. Method: A sample of 165 college students were administered measures of gratitude, religiosity, reasons for living, social support, coping skills, stress, and depression. The study assessed lifetime and current suicidal ideation as well as lifetime suicide threat and attempt. Results: Both gratitude and religiosity, along with social support, coping skills, and reasons for living, correlated negatively with prior suicidal ideation, but not with prior attempted suicide. After controlling for risk factor (depression and stress), the impact of gratitude and religiosity was no longer statistically significant. Conclusion: Further research could help understand the role of positive emotions and human strengths, such as gratitude, in preventing and alleviating suicidal ideation and behavior.

scholarly journals Positive and negative life events and reasons for living modulate suicidal ideation in a sample of patients with history of suicide attempts

2017 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 64-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camélia Laglaoui Bakhiyi ◽  
Isabelle Jaussent ◽  
Séverine Beziat ◽  
Renaud Cohen ◽  
Catherine Genty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
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