Religion and Spirituality Along the Suicidal Path

Colucci, Erminia; Martin, Graham

doi:10.1521/suli.2008.38.2.229

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“…church adherence, active membership in a religious group, strength of religious beliefs in society) (Baller & Richardson, 2002;Cutright & Fernquist, 2004;Ellison et al, 1997;Helliwell, 2007;Neeleman, 1997;Van Tubergen, Te Grotenhuis, & Ultee, 2005). As with other ecological factors relevant to suicide, the relationship between religion and suicide also appears to be influenced by cultural contexts (e.g., European versus Asian areas of the world), gender and age (Clarke, Bannon, & Denihan, 2003;Colucci & Martin, 2008;Gearing & Lizardi, 2009), as well as changing societal contexts and norms (Cleary & Brannick, 2007). For example, it has been noted that religions with stronger affiliations, values and family traditions may offer greater protection against suicide (Neeleman, 1998;Neeleman & Lewis, 1999).…”

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Social-Environmental Factors and Suicide Mortality: A Narrative Review of over 200 Articles

Milner¹,

Hjelmeland²,

Arensman³

et al. 2013

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Suicide mortality in a population has long been thought to be sensitive to social, economic and cultural contexts. This review examined research on the relationship between social-environmental variables and suicide mortality published over a ten-year period. The main areas covered in the review included: the economy and income, unemployment, relationship status, fertility and birth rates, female participation in the workforce, religion, migration, location of residence, modernisation, media reporting, alcohol, and access to suicide methods. Results of the review indicated that rates of suicide mortality (deaths per 100,000 in a population) were sensitive to a wide range of social factors. There were relatively stable associations noted between divorce and unemployment with suicide mortality, while many of the reported associations between suicide mortality and other social variables (such as religion, fertility and female participation in the workforce) were influenced by contextual factors and time. These findings indicate the importance of considering the relationship between social factors and suicide as dynamic phenomena.

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Social-Environmental Factors and Suicide Mortality: A Narrative Review of over 200 Articles

Milner¹,

Hjelmeland²,

Arensman³

et al. 2013

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“…Colucci and Martin (2008) summarized research indicating that religious beliefs are associated with more negative attitudes about suicide as well as decreased suicidal ideation. Religious affiliation may be a protective factor because many religions include teachings that prohibit suicide (Dervic et al, 2004).…”

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Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Wong¹,

Brownson²,

Schwing³

2011

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Risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation among 1,377 Asian American college students across 66 U.S. campuses were examined. The results indicated a variety of factors were associated with morbid thoughts: medication for mental health concerns, gender, GPA, undergraduate status, religious affiliation, living with a family member, living with a partner, and active participation in student organizations. Furthermore, some of these factors were related to serious consideration of suicide: medication for mental health concerns, undergraduate status, living with family, and active participation in student organizations. Among Asian Americans who seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months, recent family, academic, and financial problems were the top three most frequent significant events occurring before the development of suicidal ideation.

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“…For recent reviews of some of this scholarly literature, see Colucci and Martin (2008), Krysinska and Lester (2016) and Lawrence et al (2016). 2 We will not include measures such as church attendance, participation in religious activities, and other behaviors, but only that using formal scales of religiosity, such as that developed by Francis (1992), and single-item self-report measures of religiosity.…”

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Does Religiosity Predict Suicidal Behavior?

Lester

2017

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Research was reviewed on whether self-report measures of religiosity were a protective factor against suicidal behaviors. It was found that scores on Francis's measure of religiosity was negatively associated with non-lethal suicidal behavior (ideation and attempts), a protective effect. Similarly, it was found that intrinsic religiosity (but not extrinsic religiosity) was negatively associated with non-lethal suicidal behaviors. However, these associations were weak. Research is needed on the issue whether counselors can use their patients' religiosity to reduce the risk of dying by suicide. Keywords: religiosity; suicidal ideation; attempted suicideThe association of religion and suicide has long been of interest. Durkheim (1897) noted and tried to explain the fact that Protestants have higher suicide rates than Roman Catholics, while it has long been known that Muslims have lower suicide rates than Christians (Lester 2006). There has been a great deal of research and theorizing about the role of religion, religiosity, and spirituality in increasing the risk of suicidal behavior versus acting as a protective factor for suicidal behavior. 1 In a meta-analysis of nine studies, Wu et al. (2015) found significant protective effects of religion (as measured by church/temple attendance or claiming/practicing a religion) on completed suicide. This effect was found to be stronger in studies conducted in Western cultures, in areas with high religious homogeneity, and among older populations. Sisask et al. (2010) also reported cross-cultural differences in the protective effects of three dimensions of religiosity (religious denomination, subjective religiosity, and organizational religiosity) for attempted suicide. The strongest protective effect across the different study sites, such as Brazil, Estonia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Sri Lanka, was found for subjective religiosity, that is, considering oneself to be a religious person, while the results for the more objective indicators of religiosity were mixed. The present chapter focuses on the association between religiosity and suicidal behavior in individuals. Since the research on this association involves self-report questionnaires, 2 the suicidal behavior is limited to suicidal ideation and, occasionally attempted suicide. Furthermore, we will focus more on our own research, but not to the exclusion of the research of others.

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Religion and Spirituality Along the Suicidal Path

Cited by 150 publications

References 113 publications

Social-Environmental Factors and Suicide Mortality: A Narrative Review of over 200 Articles

Social-Environmental Factors and Suicide Mortality: A Narrative Review of over 200 Articles

Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Asian American Students' Suicidal Ideation: A Multicampus, National Study

Does Religiosity Predict Suicidal Behavior?

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