title: Reading Books and Watching Films as a Protective Factor against Suicidal Ideation.
abstract: Reading books and watching films were investigated as protective factors for serious suicidal ideation (SSI) in young people with low perceived social belonging. Cross-sectional and longitudinal (12-month) analyses were performed using data from a representative European sample of 3256 students from the "Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe" study. Low social belonging was associated to SSI. However, reading books and watching films moderated this association, especially for those with lowest levels of belonging. This was true both at baseline and at 12 months of follow-up analyses. These media may act as sources of social support or mental health literacy and thus reduce the suicide risk constituted by low sense of belonging.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden. mami.kiritani@ki.se.
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara-Kiritani
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden. Gergo.Hadlaczki@ki.se.
authors.forename: Gergö
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hadlaczky
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden. michael.westerlund@ims.su.se.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westerlund
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden. Vladimir.Carli@ki.se.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carli
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. camillawasserman@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Camilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.affiliation: Feinberg Child Study Centre, Schneider Children's Medical Centre, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. eapter@clalit.org.il.
authors.forename: Alan
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authors.affiliation: Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, Budapest 1021, Hungary. judit.agnes.balazs@gmail.com.|Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 1064, Hungary. judit.agnes.balazs@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balazs
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, University of Oviedo, Oviedo 33004, Spain. bobes@uniovi.es.
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bobes
authors.affiliation: Section for Disorders of Personality Development, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre of Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69115, Germany. Romuald.Brunner@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: Romuald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.affiliation: National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, Ireland. e.mcmahon@ucc.ie.
authors.forename: Elaine M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology Department, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca 400012, Romania. doina_octaviancosman@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Doina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cosman
authors.affiliation: Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, Budapest 1021, Hungary. lucafarkas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Farkas
authors.affiliation: State Hospital Hall in Tyrol, tirol-kliniken, Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy B, Hall, A-6060, Austria. christian.haring@tirol-kliniken.at.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haring
authors.affiliation: Section for Disorders of Personality Development, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre of Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69115, Germany. Michael.Kaess@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaess
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Nancy, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France. jp.kahn@chu-nancy.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.affiliation: National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, Ireland. mandhhealy@eircom.net.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keeley
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology Department, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca 400012, Romania. nemes_bogdan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nemes
authors.affiliation: Slovene Center for Suicide Research, Andrej Marušič Institute, University of Primorska, Koper 6000, Slovenia. ursa.mars@upr.si.
authors.forename: Urša
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mars Bitenc
authors.affiliation: Slovene Center for Suicide Research, Andrej Marušič Institute, University of Primorska, Koper 6000, Slovenia. vita.postuvan@upr.si.
authors.forename: Vita
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Postuvan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, University of Oviedo, Oviedo 33004, Spain. frank@uniovi.es.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saiz
authors.affiliation: Estonian-Swedish Mental Health &amp; Suicidology Institute, Tallinn 11615, Estonia. sisask.merike@gmail.com.|Tallinn University, Tallinn 10120, Estonia. sisask.merike@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Merike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sisask
authors.affiliation: Estonian-Swedish Mental Health &amp; Suicidology Institute, Tallinn 11615, Estonia. varnik.airi@gmail.com.|Tallinn University, Tallinn 10120, Estonia. varnik.airi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Airi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Värnik
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Health Science, University of Molise, Campobasso 86100, Italy. marco.sarchiapone@me.com.|National Institute for Migration and Poverty via San Gallicano 25, Roma 00100, Italy. marco.sarchiapone@me.com.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarchiapone
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. HOVEN@nyspi.columbia.edu.|Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. HOVEN@nyspi.columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Christina W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hoven
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden. Danuta.Wasserman@ki.se.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wasserman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001877:Books; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009040:Motion Pictures; D065840:Protective Factors; D011932:Reading; D012944:Social Support; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE); adolescent; belonging; mental health; protective factors; suicide