Robins Alee, Fiske Amy
Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2009 Aug;39(4):386-95. doi: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.4.386.
Religiousness has been associated with decreased risk of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and completed suicide, but the mechanisms underlying these associations are not well characterized. The present study examined the roles of religious beliefs and social support in that relation. A survey measuring religiousness, social support, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts was administered to 454 undergraduate students. Involvement in public, but not private, religious practices was associated with lower levels of both suicidal ideation and history of suicide attempts. Social support mediated these relations but religious beliefs did not. Results highlight the importance of social support provided by religious communities.
宗教信仰与自杀意念、自杀未遂及自杀身亡风险降低有关，但这些关联背后的机制尚未得到充分描述。本研究探讨了宗教信仰和社会支持在这种关系中的作用。对454名本科生进行了一项关于宗教信仰、社会支持、自杀意念和自杀未遂的调查。参与公共宗教活动而非私人宗教活动与较低的自杀意念水平和自杀未遂史相关。社会支持介导了这些关系，但宗教信仰没有。研究结果凸显了宗教团体提供的社会支持的重要性。
