Positive mental health, positive affect and suicide ideation
- \(\it Background/Objective\): Positive mental health (PMH) has been shown to confer resilience against suicide ideation. However, the mechanisms underlying the positive effect of PMH on suicide ideation/behavior are largely unknown. The current study aimed to determine whether positive affect mediates the association between PMH and suicide ideation. \(\it Method:\) A total of 150 adult outpatients (65.3%; female; age: M(SD)=37.79(13.50), range:18---77) completed measures on PMH, positive and negative affect, as well as suicide ideation. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires. Linear hierarchical regression analysis was used to analyze the data. Positive affect was considered to mediate the association between positive mental health and suicide ideation. \(\it Results:\) While positive affect fully mediated the significant negative association between PMH and suicide ideation, negative affect did not reveal to be a significant mediator of this relationship. \(\it Conclusions:\) The protective influence of PMH against suicide ideation is due to heightened positive affect: If positive mental health translates into positive affect, then suicide ideation becomes less likely.
Author: | Tobias TeismannGND, Julia BrailovskaiaORCiDGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-71303 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2019.02.003 |
Parent Title (English): | International journal of clinical and health psychology |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2020/04/29 |
Date of first Publication: | 2019/04/18 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds Observational descriptive study; Positive affect; Positive mental health; Suicide ideation |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 2 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 5 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Institutes/Facilities: | Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |