Regulating effect and mediating effect of meaning in life between negative life events and suicidal risk among college students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2018.03.003
- VernacularTitle:大学生生命意义感在负性生活事件与自杀风险间的调节与中介作用
- Author:
Rong XIAO
1
;
Qiaozhen LAI
;
Jiubo ZHAO
Author Information
1. 南方医科大学公共卫生学院心理学系
- Keywords:
Meaning in life;
Negative life events;
Suicidal risk;
Suicidal ideation;
Suicidal behavior;
College Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2018;27(3):202-206
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationships among negative life events,meaning in life and suicidal risk of college students.Methods A total of 897 students from southern medical university were surveyed by adolescent life events scale (ALES),suicidal behaviors questionnaire-revised (SBQ-R) and meaningful life measure-Chinese revised (MLM-CR).Results The scores of negative life events,meaning in life and suicidal risk were 1.03±0.88,124.32±20.35 and 4.17± 1.66,respectively.There were 64 (7.1％) college students with high risk of suicide.The overall stress score was positively correlated with total suicidal risk score (r=0.134,P＜0.01).Total suicidal risk score was negatively correlated with total score of meaning in life(r=-0.340,P＜0.01).Moderating effects of meaning in life between negative life events and suicidal risk were significant (P＜0.01).Meaning in life fully mediated the effects of negative life events on suicidal risk (P＜0.01),which accounted for 59.6％ of the total effects.Conclusion Meaning in life as a mediator and moderator between negative life events and suicidal risk.Meaning in life might play protective role in reducing the suicidal risk.
