Suicide Protective Factors in Outpatient Substance Abuse Patients: Religious Faith and Family Support

Wang, Mei-Chuan; Wong, Y. Joel; Nyutu, Pius; Spears, Angela Page; Nichols, Wilbert

doi:10.1080/10508619.2016.1174568

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“…Unmarried congregants also reported lower overall belonging, higher SOC and importance to feel a SOC with other faith community members than married congregants. This finding is similar to Wang et al (2016) who found that religious faith was significantly and negatively related to suicidal behavior only at low levels of family support. It makes sense that groups with lower overall belonging may find it important to experience a SOC with faith community members.…”

Section: Hypothesis 1: Soc Is Related To Less Suicidal Ideationsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…R/S may not be protective in all populations O'Reilly and Rosato 2015) and under all conditions. For example, religious faith has been found to be significantly and negatively related to suicidal behavior only at low levels of family support (Wang et al 2016). Meaning in life differentiated between suicidal and non-suicidal religious youth (Wilchek-Aviad and Malka 2016).…”

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Suicidal Ideation and Sense of Community in Faith Communities

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Previous studies have found that religion and spirituality (R/S) are related to less suicidal ideation (SI), fewer suicide attempts and fewer suicide deaths and that an absence of social support is associated with SI, suicide attempts, and suicide death. 745 Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant congregants completed an online survey measuring their sense of community (SOC) in their faith community, overall belonging and SI. SOC was weakly related to SI. Congregants attending more than one service per week reported more SI and more importance to feel a SOC. Jewish and Hispanic congregants reported more SI. Unmarried congregants reported lower overall belonging, more SOC and more SI, suggesting that people apportion their sense of connectedness differently. Future studies might examine the relationship of SOC to suicide attempts and deaths and how a faith community might confer SOC differently from a non-religious/non-spiritual community.

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Suicidal Ideation and Sense of Community in Faith Communities

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“…Third, in the present study, we examined how positive mood and hope predict two important indices of suicide protection, namely, life satisfaction and reasons for living. It would be important to determine whether a similar pattern of findings emerges when predicting other important suicide protective factors (e.g., self-compassion, meaning in life, religious faith, and social support; Kleiman & Beaver, 2013; Wang et al., 2016; Zeifman et al., in press). Fourth, and relatedly, it would be important to determine whether these apparent mediated associations are themselves moderated by the presence of other positive factors (e.g., gratitude, optimism; Sánchez-Álvarez et al., 2020).…”

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Hope as a Process in Understanding Positive Mood and Suicide Protection

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Abstract. Background: According to the broaden-and-build model of positive mood, positive emotions are believed to broaden cognition resources and build psychological resiliency, to help incur positive psychological outcomes. Aim: We examined hope as a potential mediator of the association between positive mood and suicide protection (viz., life satisfaction and reasons for living) in adults. We hypothesized that positive mood would be associated with greater suicide protection through broadening hope agency and building hope pathways. Method: A sample of 320 college students completed measures of positive emotions, hope, and suicide protection. Results: Results from bootstrapped mediation testing indicated that hope agency, but not hope pathways, partially or fully mediated the relationship between positive mood and suicide protection. Limitations: It is not clear whether these findings are generalizable to a more diverse adult population. Also, it is not possible to rule out alternative causal models involving positive emotions and suicide protection. Conclusion: These findings provide some promising preliminary evidence for how positive emotions might help build hope agency to foster greater suicide protection in adults.

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“…Joe and Kaplan (2001) articulated the importance, in the prevention of suicidal behavior among Black youth, of supportive environments such as those afforded by religious and community‐based organizations, which arguably may be perceived by the youth as more trustworthy than governmental programs. In a predominantly Black sample of patients with substance abuse, Wang et al (2016) demonstrated the compensatory role of religious faith in curbing suicidal behavior among those without family support. Similarly, collaborative religious coping has been found to buffer against suicidal ideation among Black adolescents (Molock et al, 2006).…”

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Suicidality Protective Factors Among Black College Students: Which Cultural and Personal Resources Matter?

Wang

Wong

Nyutu

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This study examined the influence of cultural resources (ethnic identity, Afrocentric worldview, and religiosity) on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Black college students and the role of personal resources (ego resiliency and optimism) as mediators of this link. Data collected from 257 participants were analyzed. A bivariate correlational analysis showed that ethnic identity was significantly associated with lower levels of suicidality. In addition, ego resiliency mediated the relationships between Afrocentric worldview, ethnic identity, and religiosity and suicidality.

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Suicide Protective Factors in Outpatient Substance Abuse Patients: Religious Faith and Family Support

Cited by 12 publications

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Suicidal Ideation and Sense of Community in Faith Communities

Suicidal Ideation and Sense of Community in Faith Communities

Hope as a Process in Understanding Positive Mood and Suicide Protection

Suicidality Protective Factors Among Black College Students: Which Cultural and Personal Resources Matter?

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