Citation

Stefa-Missagli S, Unterrainer HF, Giupponi G, Wallner-Liebmann SJ, Kapfhammer HP, Conca A, Sarlo M, Berardelli I, Sarubbi S, Andriessen K, Krysinka K, Erbuto D, Moujaes-Droescher H, Lester D, Davok K, Pompili M. Arch. Suicide Res. 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-20.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811118.2019.1639571

PMID

31271348

Abstract

The field of suicide prevention has been enriched by research on the association between spirituality and suicide. Many authors have suggested focusing on the various dimensions of religiosity in order to better understand the association between religion and suicidal risk, but it is unclear whether the relationship between spirituality and suicidality differs between countries with different cultures, life values and socio-historical experiences. To explore this, the aim of this multicenter study was to investigate the possible relationship between suicide and spirituality in Italy and Austria. In the two countries, two different groups of subjects participated: psychiatric patients and university students. The patients were evaluated with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI; Sheehan et al., 1998). In addition, the following measures were used: a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale-B, the Symptom-Checklist-90-Standard, and the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being. Our results confirmed the multifactorial nature of the relation between suicide risk and the various religious/spiritual dimensions, including Religious/Spiritual Well-Being and Hope Immanent. However, regional differences moderated this relationship in both the clinical and nonclinical samples.

Language: en

Keywords

Cultural differences; Psychiatric disorder; Religion; Spirituality; Suicide