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Suicide Ideation, Alcohol Consumption, Motives, and Related Problems: Exploring the Association in College Students
Author(s) -
Gauthier Jami M.,
Witte Tracy K.,
Correia Christopher J.
Publication year - 2017
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/sltb.12269
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , alcohol consumption , psychology , alcohol , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , population , association (psychology) , human factors and ergonomics , suicide ideation , injury prevention , poison control , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , biochemistry , chemistry , psychotherapist
Previous findings on the relationship between suicide ideation ( SI ) and alcohol misuse among college students are inconsistent, leading to conflicting clinical implications. We aimed to clarify this relationship in order to determine the utility of regarding alcohol misuse as a risk factor for SI in this population. Unselected college students ( N = 545) completed an online survey including measures of alcohol consumption, problems, drinking motives, SI , and related variables. Our results suggest alcohol misuse is not a correlate of SI among college students; therefore, one should not assume that students who misuse alcohol are necessarily at increased risk for SI .