Citation

Klim C, Ganoczy D, Pfeiffer PN. Community Ment. Health J. 2020; 56(1): 186-192.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-019-00483-9

PMID

31571088

PMCID

PMC6942615

Abstract

Various measures of social support have been associated with suicidal ideation (SI). However, a brief, consistent, multidimensional approach to social support assessment has not been established. We assessed the NIH Toolbox Adult Social Relationship (ASR) scales and their associations with the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSI). Five ASR scales (emotional support, instrumental support, friendship, loneliness, perceived rejection) were used to predict BSI scores among psychiatric inpatients at baseline (N = 79) and at 3-months follow-up (N = 63). Mean BSI scores were 22.2 (SD 8.6) at baseline and 5.7 (SD 6.7) at follow-up. The ASR scales had high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.93-0.96). Emotional support was associated with SI at baseline and 3-month follow-up. Instrumental support, loneliness and perceived rejection were associated with SI at baseline. Friendship was not associated with SI at either time-point. The ASR scales appear promising in differentiating aspects of social support most relevant to SI.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; United States; Adult; Female; Male; Middle Aged; Measurement; Suicide; Young Adult; Social Support; Suicidal Ideation; Loneliness; Social support; Interpersonal Relations; Peer support; Rejection, Psychology; National Institutes of Health (U.S.)