Does Mood Affect Reasons for Living? Yes

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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ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN SUICIDE IDEATORS AND NON-IDEATORS

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.1996.24.4.309 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 309-320 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jon B. Ellis ◽

Leslie N. Jones

Keyword(s):

College Student ◽

High Risk ◽

Belief Systems ◽

Female College Student ◽

Reasons For Living ◽

Male And Female ◽

Demographic Questionnaire ◽

Main Effect ◽

Reasons For Living Inventory ◽

And Coping

Research has shown that college students have a high risk of engaging in suicidal behaviors. Gaining more information about the belief systems of students and the adaptive reasons for living, lacking in suicide ideators, may provide valuable information about these behaviors and ways to prevent them. This study examined reasons for living in male and female college student suicide ideators and non-ideators in order to identify adaptive reasons for living, lacking in suicide ideators. Mean scores of the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL) subscales and total score were used. Each subject answered a demographic questionnaire, a suicide questionnaire and the RFL. Analyses of Variance revealed a main effect for ideation status with non-ideators scoring higher than ideators on Survival and Coping Beliefs, Responsibility to Friends, and on the RFL total score. A main effect for sex was found on Fear of Suicide and Responsibility to Family subscales with women scoring higher than men. Women did not describe themselves as suicide ideators more often than did men.

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Relation of Functioning with Beliefs about Coping, and Future Time Perspective

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1999.85.3.947 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 85 (3) ◽

pp. 947-953 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jennifer D. Chubick ◽

Catherine S. Boland ◽

Arnold D. Witherspoon ◽

Kellie L. Chaffin ◽

Carolyn K. Long

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Time Perspective ◽

Future Time Perspective ◽

Future Time ◽

Reasons For Living ◽

Level Of Functioning ◽

Environmental Deprivation ◽

Reasons For Living Inventory ◽

And Coping ◽

Guide Intervention

51 college students were administered the Reasons for Living Inventory, Zimbardo's Time Perspective Inventory, and the Environmental Deprivation Scale–Questionnaire. Pearson product-moment correlations indicated that those functioning well (low scores on the Environmental Deprivation Scale–Questionnaire) tended to have high scores on the future subscale of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory ( r = −.45, p < .001). There were no significant correlations with the Reasons for Living Inventory's total score or its Survival and Coping Beliefs subscale ( rs = .01 and .05, respectively). The results suggest the use of multidimensional cognitive and behavioral data to guide intervention to improve one's level of functioning. A limitation of the study is the small number of participants.

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Hope, Hopelessness, and Suicidality in College Students

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1994.75.1.456 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

pp. 456-458 ◽

Cited By ~ 60

Author(s):

Lillian M. Range ◽

Susan R. Penton

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Total Variance ◽

Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽

Family Responsibility ◽

Suicidal Thoughts ◽

Reasons For Living ◽

Reasons For Living Inventory ◽

And Coping

To estimate the associations among measures of hope, hopelessness, and suicidality, 206 undergraduates completed the Reasons for Living Inventory, the Hopelessness Scale, and the Hope Scale. As expected, significant correlations indicated that, as hope increased, hopelessness decreased. Those who scored as relatively more suicidal had relatively fewer feelings of total hope (Agency and Pathways) and more hopelessness. Further, scores on three Reasons for Living scales (Coping Beliefs, Family Responsibility, and Child Concerns) were significantly correlated in expected directions with hope and hopelessness scores. A stepwise multiple regression indicated that scores on Survival, Coping Beliefs and the Hope subscale Agency accounted for 37% of the total variance in suicidality. Apparently in unscreened college students, survival and coping beliefs and hope rather than hopelessness or other reasons for living are most related to suicidality. An implication is that facilitating college students' hopefulness may bolster their survival and coping beliefs and discourage development of suicidal thoughts or actions.

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Research on the Relationship between Gratitude, Consciousness, Adaptability and Coping Style of Contemporary College Students

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018) ◽

10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.229 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Ying Bao

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Coping Style ◽

And Coping ◽

The Relationship

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Relationship between Emotional States and Coping Styles Among High Risk Students

‘Abqari Journal ◽

10.33102/abqari.vol21no1.223 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 14-24

Author(s):

Mohd Khairul Anuar Rahimi ◽

Kamal Abdul Rahman ◽

Farhana Sabri

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Emotional States ◽

Measurement Scales ◽

Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ◽

Stress Levels ◽

Inferential Analysis ◽

And Coping ◽

The Relationship ◽

High Risk Students

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between emotional states and coping styles among high risk students in five secondary schools at the Hilir Perak district. This study identified the coping styles among high risk students and examined the relationship between emotional states and coping styles among high risk students. This quantitative study was done by using a survey research design. A total of 140 students consisting of Form One to Six students were selected as respondents in the study. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) was used to measure depression, anxiety and stress levels while the Soal Selidik Gaya Daya Tindak (SSGDT) was used to measure coping styles. Data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Inferential analysis using Pearson r correlation statistical analysis were used for variables to be compared using interval measurement scales. Findings indicate the level of depression and stress for high risk student is at a normal level while the level of anxiety is in a mild level. Correlational analysis indicate that the level of anxiety and stress levels were correlated with their coping style.

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Coping and Suicide in College Students

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000662 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Shangwen Yi ◽

Edward C. Chang ◽

Olivia D. Chang ◽

Noelle J. Seward ◽

Leah B. McAvoy ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Suicide Risk ◽

Dispositional Optimism ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Reasons For Living ◽

College Life ◽

And Coping

Abstract. Background: Transitioning to college life in young adulthood can represent a challenging developmental period and college students are at heightened risk for engaging in suicidality. Aims: We aimed to investigate the roles dispositional optimism and coping strategies play in suicide risk (viz., suicidality) and suicide protection (viz., reasons for living) in college students. Method: A sample of 252 American college students were surveyed using anonymous questionnaires and hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to analyze the data. Results: Coping strategies, as a set, played an important role in both suicidality and reasons for living, after controlling for demographic factors (age and sex). When dispositional optimism was entered into the model, it was found to account for a significant amount of additional unique variance in both suicidality and reasons for living, even after accounting for coping. Limitations: It is unknown whether optimism remains meaningful in its association with suicide risk and protection beyond coping in other populations. Conclusion: Effective coping and optimism are associated with decreased suicide risk and increased suicide protection. Our findings point to the consistent role of dispositional optimism, over coping, in both suicide risk and protection.

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