Predictors of Suicide Ideation in a Random Digit Dial Study: Exposure to Suicide Matters
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Suicide is an important public health concern requiring ongoing research to understand risk factors for suicide ideation. A dual-frame, random digit dial survey was utilized to identify demographic and suicide-related factors associated with suicide ideation in a statewide sample of 1,736 adults. The PH-Q 9 Depression scale suicide ideation question was used to assess current suicide ideation in both the full sample and suicide exposed sub-sample. Being non-married and having previous suicide exposure were separately associated with higher risks of suicide ideation in the full sample. Being male, having increased suicide exposures, and having increased perceptions of closeness to the decedent increased risks, while older age decreased risks for the suicide exposed. Implications for future screening and research are discussed.
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Perceptions of closeness to the deceased predict the likelihood of developing mental health problems after the loss.
“Whilst not all those who experience a close contact’s suicide will perceive negative health effects, evidence points towards a continuum of effects, in which perceptions of closeness to the deceased predict the likelihood of developing mental health problems after the loss [16,17].”
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“Whilst not all those who experience a close contact’s suicide will perceive negative health effects, evidence points towards a continuum of effects, in which perceptions of closeness to the deceased predict the likelihood of developing mental health problems after the loss [16,17].”
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- Authors
- van de Venne, J., Cerel, J., Moore, M., & Maple, M.
- Venue
- Archives of Suicide Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-07-20
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 425-437
- ISSN
- 1381-1118 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-6136
- OpenAlex
- W2492009991
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 2.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of Suicide Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EPubDev Repository (submittedVersion)
- RUNE (Research UNE) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- All authors received funding from the Military Suicide Research Consortium to support this work. All authors report no other financial disclosures.
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Keywords
- suicidal ideation, suicide exposure, suicide bereavement, risk factors, marital status, gender differences, age, depression screening, PHQ-9
- MeSH terms
- Patient Health Questionnaire, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bereavement, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Suicide, Marital Status, Young Adult, Suicidal Ideation
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