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JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 360-365Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.03.008
Keywords
Suicide acceptability; Risk factor; Protective factor; Reasons for living; Ethnicity; Moral objections to suicide
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- NIMH NIH HHS [P50 MH062185, P50 MH090964, R01 MH048514] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [NIMH 48514, NIMH 40695, NIMH 59710, NIMH 62185] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH048514, P50MH062185, P50MH090964] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Understanding the beliefs that protect individuals against suicide can help to enhance suicide prevention strategies. One measure of suicide non-acceptability is the moral objections to suicide (MOS) subscale of the reasons for living inventory (RFLI). This study examined the MOS and suicidal ideation of White, Black, and Hispanic individuals with mood disorders. We expected minority individuals to have stronger objections to suicide. Method: Eight hundred and four, White (588), Black (122) and Hispanic (94) participants with DSM-IV diagnoses of MDD or bipolar disorder were administered the scale for suicide ideation, the reasons for living inventory and several measures of clinical distress. Results: Higher suicidal ideation was modestly correlated with lower MOS scores overall (r = 0.15, p = 0.001). Among Blacks however the relationship was inverted: despite having higher suicidal ideation than Whites or Hispanics, Blacks reported the least accepting attitudes toward suicide. Conclusion: These results suggest that attitudes regarding the acceptability of suicide may be independent of suicidal ideation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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