Coping,Reasons for Living,and Suicide in Black College Students |
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Authors: | Mei‐Chuan Wang Pius N Nyutu Kimberly K Tran |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Fayetteville State University. |
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Abstract: | The authors examined the roles of reasons for living and coping in protecting against suicidal behaviors among 361 Black college students. Results of a path analysis revealed that reasons for living mediated against suicidal ideation through an inverse effect on depression. Results also indicated that greater use of emotion‐oriented coping may lead to suicidal ideation through increased depression and decreased reasons for living, whereas avoidance‐oriented coping protected against suicide. Implications for these results are further discussed. |
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Keywords: | suicide reasons for living coping Black American depression |
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