title: The relationship between attitudes toward suicide and willingness to pay for suicide prevention: a cross-sectional study in Japan.
abstract: There are gaps in our knowledge of the role attitudes toward suicide play in determining people's willingness to participate (WTP) for suicide prevention. We conducted a large nationwide cross-sectional study with the aim of clarifying the relationship between WTP for reducing suicide risk and attitudes toward suicide. Ordinal logistic regression analyses (n = 1771) showed that there were significant associations of WTP for suicide prevention with 'Suicide as a right' (β = -.15, 95% CI: -.25 to -.04, p = .006), 'Preventability/readiness to help' (β = .81, 95% CI: .69-.94, p < .001) and 'Common occurrence' (β = .32, 95% CI: .19-.46, p < .001). 'Incomprehensibility/unpredictability' did not show an association with WTP. Taxpayer acceptance for suicide prevention is more likely to be achieved through provision of information that increases endorsement of 'preventability/readiness to help' and 'common occurrence' factors, and decreases 'suicide as a right' scores.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Psychology and Education , Wako University , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0316-1710
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sueki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: Suicide prevention; attitudes toward suicide; contingent valuation; economic value; willingness to pay