Effects of defeat and entrapment on suicide risk in university population: the role of rumination and sex.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is recognized as a significant public health issue, with adolescents/young people being a risk group of concern. Taking the integrated motivational-volitional model as a reference, this study focuses on analyzing the association between defeat and entrapment, on the one hand, and suicide risk, on the other, in a university population without depressive symptoms, while also considering the role of rumination and sex.

Method

The survey study involved a community sample of 650 Spanish university students. A total of 524 students (150 men (M_age = 20.6, SD = 3.7) and 374 women (M_age = 20.4, SD = 3.6)) completed self-report measures of suicide risk, defeat, entrapment, and rumination.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Silvestre Vidal IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11645980 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature