scholarly journals Moderating Effects of Reasons for Living and Impulsivity on the Relationship between Stress and Suicidal Ideation among College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Hye Kim
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
The Relationship

Does Mood Affect Reasons for Living? Yes

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon B. Ellis ◽  
Lillian M. Range
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
Mood Manipulation ◽  
Reasons For Living Inventory ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

Adaptive life-maintaining characteristics, which may be present in non-suicidal people and absent in suicidal people, have received little attention. This study examined the relationship between these adaptive characteristics and mood by giving the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL) to 199 college students, a group that has recently been shown to be at high risk for suicidal behavior. Subjects completed the RFL, experienced a mood induction or served as a control, and then completed the RFL a second time. Analyses of variance of RFL change scores indicated that elated subjects differed from all others in overall RFL and responsibility to family scores, which improved while others remained about the same. Also, depressed subjects differed from all others in their survival and coping beliefs, which dropped while others remained about the same. These results suggest that a brief intervention such as a mood manipulation technique may positively or negatively affect reasons that people have for not committing suicide.

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