Citation

Sun L, Zhang J. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2014; 71(3): 258-266.

Affiliation

Shandong University School of Public Health Center for Suicide Prevention Research.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.22140

PMID

25534274

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: In the present study, we aim to test whether the approach or the avoidance coping skill can be a moderator between negative life events and suicide, and to test the deficient coping strain in the strain theory.

METHOD: This sample comprised 392 suicide cases and 416 community living controls, aged 15-34 years, from 16 rural counties in China. An established psychological autopsy method and a case-control design were used in this study. The 48-item Coping Response Inventory evaluated the degree of coping skills of the people who died by suicide.

RESULTS: Results indicated that the avoidance coping skill, but not the approach coping skill, can moderate between negative life events and suicide.

CONCLUSION: The low level of the avoidance coping skill may represent a promising variable for screening for suicide risk in rural China.

Language: en