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Cultural Orientation, Family Cohesion, and Family Support in Suicide Ideation and Depression among African American College Students
Author(s) -
Harris Treniece Lewis,
Molock Sherry Davis
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.2000.tb01100.x
Subject(s) - psychology , suicidal ideation , family support , communalism , clinical psychology , cohesion (chemistry) , depression (economics) , group cohesiveness , social support , ideation , suicide prevention , poison control , social psychology , medicine , political science , chemistry , organic chemistry , politics , law , economics , macroeconomics , physical therapy , environmental health , cognitive science
This study extends previous research by examining the role of communalism, family cohesion, and family support in suicide ideation and depression in African American college students. Participants were 188 African American introductory psychology students (126 female, 61 male) from a historically black college. 1 Results showed that communalism, family cohesion, and family support were positively associated with each other. Higher levels of family cohesion and family support were associated with lower levels of suicide ideation and depression. Linear regression analyses showed a main effect for communalism and family support. Having strong communal values was positively related to suicide ideation and depression. Having strong family support was associated with fewer experiences of suicide ideation and depression. Stepwise regression analyses indicated that family support explained more variance in suicide ideation and depression than family cohesion. Implications of these results for future research and practice are discussed.