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Loneliness in Relation to Suicide Ideation and Parasuicide: A Population‐Wide Study
Author(s) -
Stravynski Ariel,
Boyer Richard
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1521/suli.31.1.32.21312
Subject(s) - parasuicide , loneliness , suicidal ideation , suicide ideation , feeling , clinical psychology , population , psychology , psychiatry , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , suicide attempt , medical emergency , social psychology , environmental health
Some links between loneliness and different manifestations of suicidal conduct have been reported in variety of subgroups (e.g., college students, the elderly, psychiatric patients). We tested this hypothesis by using the results of a population‐wide survey. Strong associations among suicide ideation, parasuicide and different ways of being lonely and alone, defined either subjectively (i.e., the feeling), or objectively (i.e., living alone or being without friends), were observed. Moreover, prevalence of suicide ideation and parasuicide increased with the degree of loneliness. Only minimal differences between men and women were found.