The Influence of Negative Life Events on Suicidal Ideation in College Students: The Role of Rumination

Shuai Wang, Huilan Jing, Liang Chen and Yan Li
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Shuai Wang: School of Marxism, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian 116024, China
Huilan Jing: School of Marxism, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian 116024, China
Liang Chen: School of Marxism, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, No. 189 Middle Qianshan Road, Lishan District, Anshan 114051, China
Yan Li: Center for Psychological Development, Tsinghua University, No. 30 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the influence of negative life events on suicidal ideation in college students and the role of rumination. Using a cluster sampling method, 894 college students were asked to fill out the adolescent life event scale, ruminative response scale, and suicidal ideation scale. The study revealed the following: (1) negative life events, rumination, and suicidal ideation were significantly positively correlated with each other; (2) rumination played a full mediating role in the influence of negative life events on suicidal ideation; and (3) rumination also played a moderating role in the influence of negative life events on suicidal ideation. Under a high level of rumination, negative life events had a significant positive effect on suicidal ideation in college students; however, under a low level of rumination, negative life events did not have a significant effect on suicidal ideation. Rumination played mediating and moderating roles in the relationship between negative life events and suicidal ideation among college students.

Keywords: negative life events; suicidal ideation; rumination; college students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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