Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
Psychology Department, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
J Pers. 2021 Dec;89(6):1191-1205. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12644. Epub 2021 May 7.
Suicidal behavior is a leading cause of injury and death, so research identifying protective factors is essential. Research suggests gratitude and life hardships patience are character strengths that might protect against the deleterious association of struggles with ultimate meaning and suicide risk. However, no studies have evaluated their utility among people experiencing acute/severe mental health concerns.
We tested the protective function of gratitude and life hardships patience with cross-sectional data from adults (M = 31.83 years; SD = 14.84; range = 18-82) hospitalized in a Christian psychiatric inpatient facility (M = 6.37 days, SD = 4.64).
Gratitude and life hardships patience moderated the positive relation between meaning struggles and suicide risk. Specifically, gratitude and life hardships patience protected against meaning struggles as a risk factor for suicide through mechanisms separate from ameliorating depressive symptoms.
Findings provide initial support for gratitude and patience interventions as an adjunct to standard psychiatric treatment for minimizing suicide risk.
自杀行为是导致伤害和死亡的主要原因，因此研究识别保护因素至关重要。研究表明，感恩和生活困难中的耐心是性格优势，可能有助于防止与终极意义和自杀风险相关的挣扎产生有害影响。然而，尚无研究评估它们在经历急性/严重心理健康问题的人群中的效用。
我们使用基督教精神病住院机构中成年人的横断面数据（M=31.83 岁；SD=14.84；范围 18-82）来检验感恩和生活困难中的耐心的保护功能。
感恩和生活困难中的耐心调节了意义斗争与自杀风险之间的正相关关系。具体来说，感恩和生活困难中的耐心通过与改善抑郁症状无关的机制来保护人们免受意义斗争作为自杀风险因素的影响。
研究结果初步支持将感恩和耐心干预作为标准精神科治疗的辅助手段，以最大限度地降低自杀风险。
