Role of Gender and Rumination in Suicide Ideation: a Comparison of College Samples From Ghana and the United States

The role of ruminative coping & gender as potential moderators of cultural differences in suicide ideation among 194 college students from Ghana & the United States were studied using the Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire & the Rumination scale of the Response Style Questionnaire. Significant main effects for cultural group & gender were found for suicide ideation. Furthermore, gender & rumination together accounted for significant portions of the variance in suicide ideation scores. Implications for future research are discussed. (38 refs)