Resource Tag: RELIGIOUSNESS
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Religious coping and suicide risk in a sample of recently returned veterans
The aim of the present study is to examine religious coping and depression as predictors of suicide risk in a large U.S. veteran sample from recent conflicts. Demographic, military history, depressive symptomatology, positive and negative religious coping and self-reported suicidal behavior were analyzed in a sample of 772 recently returned veterans. Suicide risk was computed […]
Association of parent and offspring religiosity with offspring suicide ideation and attempts
Objective To examine associations of parent and offspring religiosity with suicide ideation and attempts in offspring. Design, Setting, and Participants The study is based on offspring (generation 3) from a 3-generation family study at New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, in which generations 2 and 3 were defined as being at high risk or low […]
Bruised & wounded: Struggling to understand suicide.
A new way of understanding death by suicide with chapters on Removing the Taboo Despair as Weakness rather than Sin Reclaiming the Memory of our Loved One
Religious coping style and cultural worldview are associated with suicide ideation among African American adults.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether specific religious coping styles and cultural worldview would be associated with thoughts of suicide given higher levels of stress in a community-based sample of African American adults. African American men and women (n = 134) completed measures of religious coping, cultural worldview, stressful life events, depression symptoms, and […]
An examination of the prospective association between religious service attendance and suicide: Explanatory factors and period effects.
Background We addressed two unanswered questions from prior research, demonstrating a prospective association between frequent religious service attendance and decreased risk for suicide. First, we assessed whether religious service attendance conferred protection from suicide even after accounting for strength of religious affiliation. Second, we evaluated whether the relationship between religious service attendance and suicide was […]
Association between religious service attendance and lower suicide rates among US women.
Importance Previous studies have linked suicide risk with religious participation, but the majority have used ecologic, cross-sectional, or case-control data. Objective To examine the longitudinal association between religious service attendance and suicide and the joint associations of suicide with service attendance and religious affiliation. Design, Setting, and Participants We evaluated associations between religious service attendance […]
Religion and suicide acceptability: A cross-national analysis.
Four perspectives (moral community thesis, religious integration, religious commitment, and social networks) guide the selection of variables in this study. Data are from the combined World Values/European Values Surveys for 2000 (50,547 individuals nested in 56 nations). The results of a multivariate hierarchical linear model support all four perspectives. Persons residing in nations with relatively […]
Suicide and religion: New evidence on the differences between Protestantism and Catholicism.
Suicide has remained a persistent social phenomenon and now accounts for more deaths than motor vehicle accidents. There has been much debate, however, over which religious constructs might best explain the variation in suicide rates. Our empirical analysis reveals that even though theological and social differences between Catholicism and Protestantism have decreased, Catholics are still […]
Association of religious involvement and suicide.
According to an April 2016 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate among white women in the United States increased by 60% from 4.7 per 100 000 in 1999 to 7.5 per 100 000 in 2014.1 The article in this issue of JAMA Psychiatry by VanderWeele et al2 on religious service attendance […]
Religion-based emotional social support mediates the relationship between intrinsic religiosity and mental health.
The present study examined whether various dimensions of religion-based support (social interaction, instrumental, and emotional) mediated the relationship between religiosity and mental health in college students in the Midwest United States. As expected, of the support dimensions, perceived emotional support was the strongest predictor of decreased hopelessness, depression, and suicide behaviors; and the relationships among […]
Conceptualizing suicide bereavement from an attachment lens.
Suicide is a devastating event for individuals, families, and societies. With a conservative estimate of 1 million deaths worldwide per year as the result of suicide, it affects every fabric of society. In addition to managing the trauma of the death, it is family structure and processes that are altered in significant ways, specifically with […]
Clinical implications of spirituality to mental health: Review of evidence and practical guidelines.
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Religion and spirituality in online suicide bereavement: An analysis of online memorials.
The study explores the role of religion and/or spirituality in suicide bereavement by analyzing this theme in online memorials dedicated to suicide victims. Some suicide survivors spontaneously mention the role of religious/spiritual beliefs in coping with their loss.
Perceived racism and suicide ideation: Mediating role of depression but moderating role of religiosity among African American adults.
Suicide is a public health problem for African Americans who are young and of working age. The purpose of this study was to examine mediated and moderated effects of perceived racism on suicide ideation in a community sample of 236 African American men and women. Measures of suicide ideation, depression symptoms, intrinsic/extrinsic religiosity, and perceived […]
Spirituality: its role as a mediating protective factor in youth at risk for suicide.
aim of this study is to examine the role of spiritual well-being as a predictor of suicide risk, specifically the role of spiritual beliefs as a mediating variable in predicting risk in a diverse sample of college-aged youth. Participants (N = 243) completed self-report instruments to assess suicidality, social support, spiritual well-being, and reasons for […]