Heavy alcohol consumption is prevalent on many college campuses and alcohol use has been linked to suicidal behavior. The present study examined reasons for living in 287 college students with varying levels of risk for alcohol-related problems. With the exception of the moral objections subscale of the Reasons for Living Inventory, significant relationships were not detected between alcohol us...

The present study aimed to explore reasons for dying (RFD) and living (RFL) among suicidal inpatients, conceptualize the RFD-RFL index, examine whether suicide risk indicators were associated with index scores. Participants military personnel (N = 167) psychiatrically hospitalized following a suicide-related crisis who provided baseline data as part of randomized controlled trial. Family was mo...

Social isolation and loneliness are increasing in our contemporary western society seem to correlate with suicide adolescents young adults. Workers a potential resource create such initiatives projects that promote inclusion cohesion within communities, protective factor against suicide. Sixty-two Work BA students participated Death Education course based on education prevention. Participants c...

Protective factors for fostering reasons for living were examined among low-income, suicidal, African American women. Bivariate logistic regressions revealed that higher levels of optimism, spiritual well-being, and family social support predicted reasons for living. Multivariate logistic regressions indicated that spiritual well-being showed unique predictive value for reasons for living. Furt...

OBJECTIVES This study examined the relationship between religiousness, perceived social support, and reasons for living among European American (n = 37; M age = 67.7 years) and African American (n = 35; M age = 71.1 years) older adults, where ethnicity was predicted to behave as a moderator. METHOD Community-dwelling participants completed the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/S...

Results: The analyses revealed that the group aged between 15-25 years reported fewer reasons for living, higher suicide probability, more hopelessness and loneliness, compared to older ages. Moreover, women reported more reasons for living, along with less loneliness and hopelessness. The regression analyses pointed out that age, education level, hopelessness, loneliness and reasons for living...