Religiousness and Non-Hopeless Suicide Ideation

Individuals who think about suicide but do not feel suicidally hopeless tend to be less religious and can therefore entertain thoughts of suicide unabated by religiousness. Religiousness, suicide ideation, and hopelessness were surveyed among 279 Idaho college students, 37 (13%) of whom were non-hop...

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Published in:Death studies 2008-11, Vol.32 (10), p.951-960
Main Author: Simonson, Randy H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
At Risk Persons
Attitude
College Students
Correlation
Death & dying
Emotions
Health technology assessment
Humans
Idaho
Individual Characteristics
Iowa
Personality Inventory
Psychological Patterns
Religion
Religion and Psychology
Religious Factors
Social Support
Spirituality
Students - psychology
Suicide
Suicide - psychology
Suicides & suicide attempts
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Individuals who think about suicide but do not feel suicidally hopeless tend to be less religious and can therefore entertain thoughts of suicide unabated by religiousness. Religiousness, suicide ideation, and hopelessness were surveyed among 279 Idaho college students, 37 (13%) of whom were non-hopeless suicide ideators. A total of only 21 (7%) qualified as ideator/hopeless or non-ideator/hopeless with the remaining 221 (79%) qualifying as non-ideator/non-hopeless. Lower religiousness coinciding with greater ideation supports Durkheim's position that religious social affiliation protects against suicide. The fact that non-hopeless ideators were less religious than all others suggests that religion may provide hope that buffers against suicidal ideas.
ISSN:0748-1187
1091-7683
DOI:10.1080/07481180802440589