Mattering and Suicide Ideation: Establishing and Elaborating a Relationship

2005 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory C. Elliott ◽  
Melissa F. Colangelo ◽  
Richard J. Gelles
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Adolescent Suicide ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Youth At Risk ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intervening Variables

Mattering is the belief that one makes a difference in the lives of others. We explore the effect of mattering on adolescent suicide ideation. The data source is the 2000 Youth At Risk Survey, composed of interviews with 2,004 youths, age 11–18 and screening interviews with their parents. Our analysis reveals that those who matter more are significantly less likely to consider suicide. In addition, we elaborate the relationship between mattering and suicide ideation by postulating a series of intervening variables (self-esteem and depression): mattering influences levels of self-esteem, which in turn influences depression, which ultimately leads to suicide ideation. Results demonstrate that mattering is mediated fully by these intervening variables, and that self-esteem is the primary source of the mediation. We discuss the implications of these results for adolescents' self-concepts.

scholarly journals Relationship between Social Support, Time Perspective and Suicide Ideations in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed Ariapooran ◽  
Masuod Rajabi ◽  
Amirhosein Goodarzi
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Social Support ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Support Time

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are at risk for Suicide Ideation (SI). The relationship between Social Support (SS) and Time Perspective (TP) with SI is important among patients with MS. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of SI and the correlation between SS and TP with SI in Iranian patients with MS in Nahavand and Malayer.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> Using a cross-sectional analytic research design, we selected 79 participants among patients with MS in Nahavand and Malayer, Iran. Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Zimbardo’s Time Perspective Inventory were used for collecting the data.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> The obtained results indicated that 30.3% of the patients with MS suffered from SI. There was a negative correlation between SS (from family, friends and significant other), Past Positive (PP) and Future (F) orientations and a positive correlation between Past Negative (PN) orientation and SI; SS from significant other and PP negatively predicted the SI in patients with MS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on the obtained results, the relationship between SS, PN, PP, F and SI and the role of SS from significant other and PP in predicting the SI in Nahavand and Malayer patients with MS were confirmed. Thus, it is necessary to develop support systems and apply the TP-based treatments for patients with MS who are at risk for SI.</p>

Validity of the MMPI-2 Depression Content Scale with Psychiatric Inpatients

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. Boone
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychiatric Diagnosis ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Content Scale ◽  
Not At Risk

The concurrent and construct validity of the MMPI-2 Depression content scale was examined for a group of 62 psychiatric inpatients. Correlation coefficients with other measures of depression, hopelessness, low self-esteem, and suicide ideation ranged from .58 to .66 and were statistically significant. Also, the Depression content scale successfully differentiated patients according to psychiatric diagnosis (depressed versus nondepressed) and assessed suicide risk (at risk versus not at risk). Thus, the concurrent and construct validities of the scale were supported.

Depression, Self-Esteem, Suicide Ideation, and GPAs of High School Students at Risk

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 899-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Beer ◽  
John Beer
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Regular Education ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Education Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Students At Risk

131 subjects completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Coopersmith's Self-esteem Inventory—Short Form, the first 11 questions of the Beck Scale of Suicide Ideation, and gave some background information. The students receiving free or reduced-cost lunches scored lower on self-esteem, while students who had been absent more than 15 times scored higher on depression and suicide ideation and had lower GPAs than students who were not absent as often but had similar scores on self-esteem. Students who were below the 25th percentile on the SRA Composite score had lower GPAs. 9 students in special education in Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disordered categories had scores similar to those of 121 regular education students on depression, self-esteem, suicide ideation, and GPA. Indicators for children at-risk provide clues about how children think about themselves, others, and the world in which they live.

scholarly journals Do Locus of Control, Self-esteem, Hope and Shame Mediate the Relationship Between Financial Hardship and Mental Health?

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Frankham ◽  
Thomas Richardson ◽  
Nick Maguire
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Financial Hardship ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract In a longitudinal study of 104 participants, the psychological factors of economic locus of control, self-esteem, hope and shame were explored for their impact on the relationship between financial hardship and mental health. Participants completed measures of financial hardship, the psychological factors and measures of mental health three times at three-monthly intervals. A hierarchical regression analyses indicated that subjective financial hardship, hope and shame significantly predicted mental health outcomes. Mediation analyses demonstrated that hope mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and depression, stress and wellbeing; that shame mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and anxiety; and that neither shame nor hope mediated the relationship between subjective financial hardship and suicide ideation.

scholarly journals Suicidal thoughts among university students: The role of mattering, state self-esteem and depression level

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 494
Author(s):  
Kususanto Ditto Prihadi ◽  
Charon Y.S. Wong ◽  
Erina Y.V. Chong ◽  
Kate Y.X. Chong
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Depression Level ◽  
Interpersonal Psychological Theory ◽  
The Relationship

The protective role of mattering on suicide ideation among university students was examined. Our study is grounded in the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide, which led to a hypothesis that between depression levels and state self-esteem has significant serial multiple mediating effects on the relationship between mattering and suicide ideation. University students from various nationality who study in Indonesia and Malaysia (n=509) responded to General Mattering Scale, State Self-Esteem Scale, Beck’s Depression Inventory, and Suicide Ideation Attributes Scale, as well as demographic details including their gender, spirituality, education, birth order and nationality. The result of Bootstrap analyses with 95% confident interval from 5000 samples suggested that the serial mediation partially occurred to the link between mattering and suicide ideation.

scholarly journals Adolescent Suicide Ideation, Depression and Self-Esteem: Relationships to a New Measure of Gender Role Conflict

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cormac O’Beaglaoich ◽  
Jessica McCutcheon ◽  
Paul F. Conway ◽  
Joan Hanafin ◽  
Todd G. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
Gender Role Conflict ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Adolescent Suicide ◽  
Self Esteem

Prospective impact of individual, family and community youth assets on adolescent suicide ideation

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor Lensch ◽  
Kristen Clements-Nolle ◽  
Roy F Oman ◽  
Minggen Lu ◽  
Amanda Dominguez
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Adolescent Suicide ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Youth Assets

BackgroundStudies have found that youth assets have a protective influence on many risk behaviours. However, the relationship between youth assets and adolescent suicide ideation is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to determine if youth assets were prospectively associated with suicide ideation.MethodsFour waves of data were collected from 1111 youth and their parents living in randomly sampled census tracts that were stratified by income and race/ethnicity using census data. Computer-assisted, in-person data collection methods were used to measure assets at the individual (6 assets), family (4 assets) and community (6 assets) levels. Generalised linear mixed models were used to prospectively assess the relationship between the number of individual-level, family-level and community-level assets and suicide ideation, while controlling for known confounders.ResultsAbout half of the sample was female (53%). Participants were racially/ethnically diverse (white (41%), Hispanic (29%) and black (24%)). Eleven of the 16 assets were associated with reduced odds of suicide ideation. In addition, there was a graded relationship between the number of assets at each level (individual, family and community) and the odds of suicide ideation. For example, compared with youth with 0–2 family assets, those with 3 (OR 0.61; 95% CI 0.42 to 0.90) or 4 (OR 0.32; 95% CI 0.21 to 0.51) family assets had lower odds of suicide ideation.ConclusionsThis prospective analysis showed a protective relationship between youth assets and suicide ideation, with the greatest protection among youth with the most assets. Interventions designed to build youth assets may be a useful strategy for reducing adolescent suicide ideation.

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