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Sense of belonging and suicide: a systematic review

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Hatcher, Simon, Stubbersfield, Olivia·2013·The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

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Objective: To systematically review the research on the association between sense of belonging and suicide. Method: We systematically reviewed electronic databases for studies that included assessments of suicidality and belonging. Results: We found 16 studies that met our eligibility criteria. They all found an association between belonging and suicidality but nearly all of the studies were in nonclinical populations, and the association was weak and could be taken into account by confounding factors. Conclusions: Low sense of belonging has a weak association with suicidality. However, current concepts make it hard to distinguish from loneliness or other measures of social support. An alternative view of belongingness, as a sense of connectedness to things other than people and in the past as well as the present, may generate alternative ideas about useful clinical interventions that may be especially relevant to indigenous populations.

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Authors
Hatcher, S., & Stubbersfield, O.
Affiliations
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • University of Auckland (NZ)
Corresponding author
Hatcher, Simon
Venue
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Published
2013-07
Volume
58
Issue
7
Pages
432-436
ISSN
  • 0706-7437 (ISSN-L)
  • 1497-0015
OpenAlex
W142878787
Cited by
84
References
32
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
sense of belonging, suicidality, suicide risk, loneliness, social support, connectedness, indigenous peoples, clinical intervention
MeSH terms
Humans, Loneliness, Social Support, Suicide

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