The influence of death exposure on suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
The present study investigated the relationship between exposure to both suicidal and non-suicidal deaths and current suicidal ideation and suicide attempt history among urban college students. Three hundred and ninety-six (n = 396) undergraduate students attending an urban university completed a series of questionnaires assessing their exposure to death (including suicide), suicide attempt history, and current level of suicidal ideation. Exposure to suicide and non-suicidal death were not related to current suicidal ideation; however, students who had made a suicide attempt were more likely to have been exposed to a death by suicide or acute disease. The findings of this study suggest that exposure to death by suicide or acute disease increased the likelihood a student made a past suicide attempt.
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Clinical-Forensic Psychology Ph.D. Program, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), New York, New York 10019, USA.
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Elizabeth L
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D000208:Acute Disease / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking