Citation

Kleiman EM, Riskind JH, Schaefer KE. Arch. Suicide Res. 2014; 18(2): 144-155.

Affiliation

a George Mason University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811118.2013.826155

PMID

24620940

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We present a study on the role of social support and positive events as protective factors in suicide. METHODS: Participants (n = 379) were administered measures of social support, life events, depressive symptoms and suicide ideation. RESULTS: Results indicated that (a) social support had a direct protective effect on suicide ideation (b) social support and positive events acted as individual buffers in the relationship between negative events and suicide ideation, and (c) social support and positive events synergistically buffered the relationship between negative events and suicide ideation. CONCLUSION: Our results provide evidence that positive events and social support act as protective factors against suicide individually and synergistically when they co-occur.

Language: en