Citation

Hollingsworth DW, Slish ML, Wingate LR, Davidson CL, Rasmussen KA, O'Keefe VM, Tucker RP, Grant DM. J. Am. Coll. Health 2018; 66(1): 9-16.

Affiliation

Oklahoma State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07448481.2017.1363764

PMID

28812441

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Research has demonstrated that a lack of social support is related to suicide risk. This study exams perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness, of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide, as mechanisms of the social support-suicide relationship in college students.

METHOD: The study consisted of 207 students from a Midwestern university. Data were collected from 2007-2008. Two multiple mediation analyses were conducted to examine whether perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness mediated the relationship between indices of social support and suicide ideation.

RESULTS: Perceived burdensomeness mediated the relationships between perceived social support and suicide ideation (95% CI -.02 to -.00, effect size = -.01) and social connectedness and suicide ideation (95% CI -.03 to -.00, effect size = -.03). Thwarted belongingness did not mediate either relationship.

CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that a lack of social support could lead to perceptions of being a burden on others, which could lead to suicide ideation.

Language: en

Keywords

belongingness; burdensomeness; interpersonal; social support; suicide ideation