Resource Tag: COPING STYLES

The loss of a client to suicide is a painful personal and professional experience for mental health providers. Whether trainee or experienced professional, the affected clinician often reports feeling overwhelmed and unprepared for the experience of client suicide, together with significant emotional distress and diminished work performance. In this article, we present a brief overview […]

Very few studies have examined predictors of suicidal ideation among African American women. Consequently, we have a poor understanding of the combinations of culturally specific experiences and psychosocial processes that may constitute risk and protective factors for suicide in this population. Drawing on theories of social inequality, medical sociology, and the stress process, we explore […]

This study explored intervention outcomes and mechanisms that could help explain why low-income, African American women with a history of intimate partner abuse and suicide attempt improve in response to a culturally-informed intervention, the Grady Nia Project. Specifically, the investigation examined whether or not the intervention had effects on the women and whether or not […]

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The strain theory of suicide postulates that psychological strains usually precede mental disorders including suicidal behavior. Lack of coping skills is one of the four strains. This article focuses on the effect of lack of coping skills on individual mental disorders and suicide. Data including 392 suicide cases and 416 community-living controls were from a […]

Suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents, many of whom fail to disclose suicide concerns to adults who might help. This study examined patterns and predictors of help-seeking behavior among adolescents who seriously considered suicide in the past year. 2,737 students (50.9 % female, 46.9 % male; racial distribution 79.5 % Caucasian, 11.9 […]

The authors examined the roles of reasons for living and coping in protecting against suicidal behaviors among 361 Black college students. Results of a path analysis revealed that reasons for living mediated against suicidal ideation through an inverse effect on depression. Results also indicated that greater use of emotion-oriented coping may lead to suicidal ideation […]

Suicide and homicide are among the leading causes of death for young African-American men; however, little is known about how family members cope with these types of deaths. This exploratory phenomenological study examines the traumatic loss and coping experiences of a purposive convenience sample of 12 immediate African-American surviving family members with a combined experience […]

This study explored implications of the emotion self-confidence model of suicidal ideation (ESC-SI Model; Deeley & Love, 2012 ) in adolescents. Referencing stress-coping principles, the model implies that high levels of negative emotionality coupled with low expectations for coping with, or changing, this experience (low emotion self-confidence) would predispose towards thoughts of suicide. The hypothesis […]

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This study examined & interpreted the lived experiences of emigration, substance abuse, & suicidal behaviour in young non-Western men in Scandinavia. Data were collected in open-ended interviews & a phenomenological hermeneutic approach was used to analyse the data. Structural analysis identified 3 themes: the meaning of getting in a tight spot; the meaning of being […]

This phenomenological psychological study explored the lived experiences of 5 late-adolescent suicide survivors, particularly those negative experiences that seemed to worsen in the following weeks & months. Participants were recruited through purposive sampling & data were collected through collage-facilitated, face-to-face phenomenological interviews with some participants also providing documentary materials. Data analysis was done according to […]

Whether by choice or necessity, more older adults in America are now living in congregate residential settings. About 23 percent of the 36 million adults over age 65 experience relocation. The underlying reasons for relocation as well as the ensuing adjustment process is often stressful. These adjustments coupled with an array of risk factors commonly […]

The general goals of this intervention were to elucidate further the relationship between suicide ideation, psychopathology, & coping skills. In addition, a short-term, secondary prevention program designed to decrease the intensity of suicide ideation & associated psychopathology while bolstering problem-solving abilities & coping skills was assessed. Participants included college students & people recruited from community […]

This book has 8 chapters, including: Introduction; Nature & Scope of the Problem; Theoretical & Developmental Perspectives; Social Relationships; Stress, Coping, & Emotion Regulation; Psychopathology; Assessment & Treatment; & Prevention. The current state of knowledge about suicidal behaviours in children & adolescents is presented, the trends of the past ten years are addressed, & available […]

This instrumental study examined gender differences of school anger components & its prediction for suicidal behaviour. 1418 high school students were selected through stratified random sampling in Shiraz. Girls experienced anger more than boys but hostility was higher in boys. There was no gender difference regarding positive coping expression of anger or destructive coping expression. […]

A cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of suicide ideation, attempts, & associated factors in Mahan & Bardsir cities, Iran. 860 subjects, age 15 & older, were selected as the non-attempter group & 58 hospital cases admitted due to suicide attempts were selected as the attempter group. The prevalence of suicide ideation was 10% in total: […]

This study examined levels of hopelessness in a Spanish university population, analyzed the relationship of hopelessness with the process of adapting to university, & analyzed the relationships between hopelessness, depression, psychopathology, & suicide ideation. 1277 first- & second-year students participated. 13.9% of students presented moderate or severe levels of hopelessness. Students with greater levels of […]

This chapter presents a model known as “living between the lines”, one interpretation of the correlation between interpersonal stress & suicide. This approach explores an officer’s commitment to a career that has been described as a de facto marriage, at times superseding family. The cumulative effect of the cycle of stress described in this model […]

The discussion in this chapter uses a theoretical basis which assumes sound mental health can be represented as an equilibrium, or vital balance. The concept is modified from the writings of Menninger & incorporates the ideas of Antonovsky & his formulations for coping with stress. The Suicide Assessment Checklist, the Coping Abilities Questionnaire, & the […]

This research determined the relationship between sense of coherence, generalised self-efficacy, locus of control, & coping on the one hand & suicide ideation among South African police personnel on the other. The study population consisted of 287 uniformed officers in the North West Province. Results showed sense of coherence & generalised self-efficacy were related to […]

This chapter discusses suicide terrorism, first looking at this phenomenon in various cultures. The prevalence of suicide terrorist attacks is discussed next, followed by a profile of suicide terrorists including information on demographic characteristics, religion, revenge for personal suffering, & personality factors & psychopathology. The main elements that prepare an individual for suicide terrorism are […]