Linking family dysfunction to suicidal ideation: Mediating roles of self-views and world-views |
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Authors: | Sylvia Xiaohua Chen Wesley C H Wu Michael Harris Bond |
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Institution: | Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and;Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
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Abstract: | Research on suicide has documented various factors predicting suicidal ideation. The present study focused on the pathways emanating from one of the external, environmental forces (i.e. family dysfunction) through internal responses (beliefs about oneself and about the world), to suicidal ideation among Hong Kong Chinese. Using structural equation modelling, we tested the mediating roles of depressive self-views (including stress perception, depressive cognition and negative self-esteem) as well as two dimensions of social axioms (social cynicism and negative reward for application). Multi-group analysis showed that the mediation model was invariant across both males and females. Being socialized into a problematic family of origin affected multiple aspects of one's assessments of both oneself and one's world which, in turn, lead to greater suicidal ideation. Our findings provide important implications for assessing suicidal risk and guiding interventions in clinical treatment. |
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Keywords: | family dysfunction self-view social axioms suicidal ideation world-view |
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