Citation

Langhinrichsen-Rohling J, Thompson K, Selwyn C, Finnegan H, Misra T. Death Stud. 2017; 41(6): 337-344.

Affiliation

a Gulf Coast Behavioral Health and Resiliency Center , University of South Alabama , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2017.1280714

PMID

28080438

Abstract

In college-aged adults (n = 766), the transition to adulthood may aggravate risk factors for suicidal behavior such as poor parental attachment and maladaptive self-schemas. Since poor parental attachment may facilitate developing maladaptive self-related schemas, this study was designed to determine whether specific maladaptive schemas mediate the relation between poor parental attachment and college students' suicide proneness and ideation.

FINDINGS supported this hypothesis. Defectiveness and emotional deprivation schemas, which are consistent with "perceived burdensomeness" and "thwarted belonging" (Joiner, 2005 ), may be important intervention targets for suicide prevention programs. The ongoing role of parental attachment during early adult development is highlighted.

Language: en

Keywords

mediation; parental attachment; schema; suicide ideation; suicide proneness