Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510631, China.
J Adolesc. 2012 Feb;35(1):55-66. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.005. Epub 2011 Jul 19.
In a sample of 1252 Chinese adolescents (mean age = 15.00 years), this study examined the direct relations between gratitude and adolescents' suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. This study also examined indirect relations between gratitude and suicidal ideation and suicide attempts via two self-system beliefs--coping efficacy and self-esteem. Finally, this study examined the extent to which stressful life events moderated the direct and indirect relations between gratitude and suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. The odds of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts were lower among adolescents who scored higher on gratitude, after controlling for demographic variables. Self-esteem mediated the relations between gratitude and suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, while the mediating role of coping efficacy was not significant. Moreover, stressful life events moderated the mediated path through self-esteem. This indirect effect was stronger for adolescents low on stressful life events than that for those high on stressful life events. This study discusses the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.
在一个由 1252 名中国青少年组成的样本中（平均年龄=15.00 岁），本研究考察了感恩与青少年自杀意念和自杀企图之间的直接关系。本研究还通过两种自我系统信念——应对效能感和自尊，考察了感恩与自杀意念和自杀企图之间的间接关系。最后，本研究考察了生活压力事件在多大程度上调节了感恩与自杀意念和自杀企图之间的直接和间接关系。在控制了人口统计学变量后，感恩得分较高的青少年自杀意念和自杀企图的可能性较低。自尊在感恩与自杀意念和自杀企图之间起中介作用，而应对效能感的中介作用不显著。此外，生活压力事件调节了通过自尊的中介路径。对于生活压力事件较少的青少年，这种间接效应比生活压力事件较多的青少年更强。本研究讨论了这些发现的理论和实践意义。
