Citation

Li W, Dorstyn DS, Jarmon E. Death Stud. 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-9.

Affiliation

Psychiatry Residency Program, Orange Regional Medical Center , Middletown , New York, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2019.1578305

PMID

30836043

Abstract

Mental health research highlights the need to focus on suicide risk in college students. However, evidence for associated risk and protective factors in this cohort is mixed. This review synthesizes data from 29 independent studies (N = 11,557 participants). Self-reported depression, cumulative stressful life events, sleep difficulties, a disconnection from others, and a sense of hopelessness demonstrated significant associations with heightened suicide risk. Reasons to live and hope provided significant protective effects. The findings highlight key intervention targets, pointing to the importance of cognitive-behavioral interventions to ameliorate suicidal thoughts but also build dispositional hope and goal-directed thinking.

Language: en

Keywords

College; mental health; suicide