Neuroticism, rumination, depression and suicidal ideation: A moderated serial mediation model across four countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Research has highlighted the role of neuroticism, rumination, and depression in predicting suicidal thoughts, but studies on how these variables interplay are scarce. The aims of the present study were to test a model in which emotional stability (i.e., low neuroticism) would act as an antecedent and moderator of rumination and depressed mood in the prediction of suicidal ideation (i.e., moderated serial-mediation), and to explore their replicability across four countries and sex, among college students as an at-risk-group for suicide.

Method

Participants were 3482 undergraduates from U.S, Spain, Argentina, and the Netherlands. Path analysis and multi-group analysis were conducted.

Results

Emotional stability was indirectly linked to suicidal idea

SUBMITTER: Vidal-Arenas V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343412 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature