Kaniuka Andrea R, Kelliher Rabon Jessica, Brooks Byron D, Sirois Fuschia, Kleiman Evan, Hirsch Jameson K
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA.
Prisma Health, Greenville, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2021 Aug-Sep;69(6):660-667. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1705838. Epub 2020 Jan 16.
Gratitude, or thankfulness for positive aspects of life, is related to psychosocial well-being and decreased psychopathology, and may reduce suicide risk. We explored four potential hypotheses purported to explain the beneficial outcomes of gratitude (schematic, positive affect, broaden-and-build, and coping), hypothesizing that hopelessness (schematic), depression (positive affect), social support (broaden-and-build), and substance use (coping) would mediate the gratitude-suicide linkage. 913 undergraduate students from a mid-size, southeastern U.S. university. Respondents completed online self-report questionnaires including the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, Gratitude Questionnaire, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Duke Social Support Index, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and Drug Abuse Screening Test. Supporting theory and hypotheses, gratitude was related to less suicide risk via beneficial associations with hopelessness, depression, social support, and substance misuse. The linkage between gratitude and suicide risk appears to be predicated on the beneficial association of gratitude to negative mood and interpersonal functioning.
感恩，即对生活中的积极方面心怀感激，与心理社会幸福感相关，且能减少精神病理学症状，还可能降低自杀风险。我们探究了四个旨在解释感恩有益结果的潜在假设（图式假设、积极情感假设、拓展与建构假设以及应对假设），并假设绝望（图式假设）、抑郁（积极情感假设）、社会支持（拓展与建构假设）和物质使用（应对假设）会在感恩与自杀的关联中起中介作用。研究对象为来自美国东南部一所中型大学的913名本科生。受访者完成了在线自我报告问卷，包括《自杀行为问卷修订版》《感恩问卷》《贝克绝望量表》《贝克抑郁量表》《杜克社会支持指数》《酒精使用障碍识别测试》以及《药物滥用筛查测试》。与理论和假设相符的是，感恩通过与绝望、抑郁、社会支持和物质滥用的有益关联，与较低的自杀风险相关。感恩与自杀风险之间的联系似乎基于感恩与负面情绪及人际功能的有益关联。
