@article{ref1,
title="Gratitude and suicide risk among college students: substantiating the protective benefits of being thankful",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2020",
author="Kaniuka, Andrea R. and Kelliher Rabon, Jessica and Brooks, Byron D. and Sirois, Fuschia and Kleiman, Evan and Hirsch, Jameson K.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<b>Objective:</b> Gratitude, or thankfulness for positive aspects of life, is related to psychosocial well-being and decreased psychopathology, and may reduce suicide risk. We explored four potential hypotheses purported to explain the beneficial outcomes of gratitude (schematic, positive affect, broaden-and-build, and coping), hypothesizing that hopelessness (schematic), depression (positive affect), social support (broaden-and-build), and substance use (coping) would mediate the gratitude-suicide linkage. <b>Participants:</b> 913 undergraduate students from a mid-size, southeastern U.S. university. <b>Methods:</b> Respondents completed online self-report questionnaires including the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, Gratitude Questionnaire, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Duke Social Support Index, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and Drug Abuse Screening Test. <b>Results:</b> Supporting theory and hypotheses, gratitude was related to less suicide risk via beneficial associations with hopelessness, depression, social support, and substance misuse. <b>Conclusions:</b> The linkage between gratitude and suicide risk appears to be predicated on the beneficial association of gratitude to negative mood and interpersonal functioning.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2019.1705838",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1705838"
}