Teismann Tobias, Brailovskaia Julia, Margraf Jürgen
Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
Int J Clin Health Psychol. 2019 May;19(2):165-169. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2019.02.003. Epub 2019 Apr 18.
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.
A total of 150 adult outpatients (65.3%; female; age: =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.
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.
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.
背景/目的：积极心理健康（PMH）已被证明能增强抵御自杀意念的能力。然而，PMH对自杀意念/行为产生积极影响的潜在机制在很大程度上尚不清楚。当前研究旨在确定积极情绪是否介导了PMH与自杀意念之间的关联。
总共150名成年门诊患者（65.3%为女性；年龄=37.79（13.50），范围：18 - 77岁）完成了关于PMH、积极和消极情绪以及自杀意念的测量。数据通过自我报告问卷收集。采用线性分层回归分析对数据进行分析。积极情绪被认为介导了积极心理健康与自杀意念之间的关联。
虽然积极情绪完全介导了PMH与自杀意念之间显著的负相关，但消极情绪并未显示出是这种关系的显著中介因素。
PMH对自杀意念的保护作用归因于积极情绪的增强：如果积极心理健康转化为积极情绪，那么自杀意念出现的可能性就会降低。
