TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Self-compassion and suicidal behavior in college students: serial indirect effects via depression and wellness behaviors
JO  - Journal of American college health
A1  - Rabon, Jessica Kelliher
A1  - Sirois, Fuschia M.
A1  - Hirsch, Jameson K.
SP  - 114
EP  - 122
VL  - 66
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0744-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2017.1382498
ID  - ref1
ER  -