Gender effects among undergraduates relating to suicide risk, impulsivity, aggression and self-efficacy |
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| Authors: | Maurizio Pompili Marco Innamorati David Lester Serena Brunetti Roberto Tatarelli Paolo Girardi |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Psychiatry–Sant’Andrea Hospital, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 00189 Roma, Italy;bMcLean Hospital, Belmont, MA–Harvard Medical School, USA;c“Università Europea” di Roma, Italy;dCenter for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, NJ, USA |
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| Abstract: | The present study investigated the association of impulsivity, aggression and self-efficacy with protective factors against suicide. The study population consisted of 300 Italian university students (141 males, 159 females); mean age 24.2 (SD = 3.01). Participants were assessed by means of the Reasons for Living Inventory, the Aggression Questionnaire, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. Correlations between reasons for living and aggression and impulsivity scores were weak. However, for those individuals with high self-efficacy, aggression and impulsivity were associated with stronger reasons for living. These results support the possibility that increasing general self-efficacy could be a useful target for interventions directed toward suicide prevention in individuals with problems in emotional control. |
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| Keywords: | Suicide Impulsiveness Aggression Self-efficacy Prevention |
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