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Resilience to suicide ideation: A cross‐cultural test of the buffering hypothesis
Author(s) -
Siegmann Paula,
Teismann Tobias,
Fritsch Nathalie,
Forkmann Thomas,
Glaesmer Heide,
Zhang Xiao Chi,
Brailovskaia Julia,
Margraf Jürgen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.2118
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , psychology , psychosocial , clinical psychology , mental health , social support , psychological resilience , life satisfaction , german , depression (economics) , suicide prevention , association (psychology) , psychiatry , poison control , medicine , psychotherapist , environmental health , archaeology , macroeconomics , economics , history
Depression and suicide ideation are common in student populations across the world. The present study investigated factors buffering the association between depression and suicide ideation. A total of 2,687 Chinese students and 601 German students took part in the investigation. Social support, satisfaction with life, self‐efficacy, psychosocial stress resistance, and positive mental health were considered as resilience factors moderating the association between depressive symptoms and suicide ideation within both samples. Positive mental health moderated the impact of depressive symptoms on suicide ideation in German and Chinese students. Life satisfaction moderated the impact of depressive symptoms on suicide ideation in German students. Social support moderated the impact of depressive symptoms on suicide ideation in Chinese students. No interaction effects were found for self‐efficacy and psychosocial stress resistance. Positive mental health, satisfaction with life, and perceived social support seem to confer resilience and should be taken into account, when assessing individuals for suicide risk.