@article{ref1,
title="Self-compassion and suicidal behavior in college students: serial indirect effects via depression and wellness behaviors",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2018",
author="Rabon, Jessica Kelliher and Sirois, Fuschia M. and Hirsch, Jameson K.",
volume="66",
number="2",
pages="114-122",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: College students may be at heightened risk for suicide and suicidal behavior due to maladaptive cognitive-emotional factors and failure to practice basic health behaviors. However, self-compassion and wellness behaviors may protect against risk. The relation between self-compassion and suicidal behavior and the contributing roles of depressive symptoms and wellness behaviors was examined. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were 365 undergraduate students. Data was collected in April 2015. <br><br>METHODS: A cross-sectional, survey design was employed. Participants completed measures assessing self-compassion, depressive symptoms, wellness behaviors, and suicidal behavior. Serial mediation analyses were conducted covarying age, sex, and ethnicity. <br><br>RESULTS: Self-compassion was inversely related to suicidal behavior, and this relationship was serially mediated by depressive symptoms and wellness behaviors. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Self-compassion may protect against suicidal behavior, in part, due to reduced depressive symptoms and heightened engagement in wellness behaviors. Individual and campus-wide strategies promoting self-compassion and wellness behaviors may reduce suicide risk on college campuses.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2017.1382498",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2017.1382498"
}