Abstract
Objective: To investigate the relationship between family functioning and suicidal ideation among adolescents. Method: A total of 4515 junior and senior high school students were assessed using the Family APGAR, the Depressive Symptom Index-Suicidality Subscale, the Defeat Scale, and the Chinese Meaning in Life Questionnaire. Results: This study found pairwise correlations between suicidal ideation, family functioning, defeat, and meaning in life. Specifically, family functioning was an influencing factor of adolescent suicidal ideation, and defeat was a mediator of the relationship between family functioning and adolescent suicidal ideation; meaning in life was found to be a moderator of the first half of the mediation process by defeat, that is, it moderated the influence of family functioning on adolescent defeat. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the relationship between family functioning and adolescent suicidal ideation, as well as the influence of defeat and meaning in life on this relationship, constituted a moderated intermediary model. This finding has both theoretical and practical value for the implementation of a psychosocial model of adolescent suicide prevention and intervention.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 15895 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 23 |
| Early online date | 29 Nov 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
This article belongs to the Special Issue: New Perspectives on Suicide Prevention and Postvention in Adolescents and Young AdultsFunding
This paper was fortunate to be supported by two projects: The first one is the National Educational Science Planning in China “Early warning mechanism and intervention countermeasures for adolescent psychological crisis in the context of major emergencies” (Project No.: BBA200032). This project is led by Yiqiu Hu. The second one is the Research and Innovation Project of Hunan Graduate Students “The Compilation and application of the Scale of Susceptibility to Psychological Crisis for Contemporary Adolescents” (Project No.: QL20220124). The project is led by Qin Yang.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| National Educational Science Planning in China | BBA200032 |
| Research and Innovation Project of Hunan | QL20220124 |