Suicidal Ideation among University Students: A Moderated Mediation Model Considering Attachment, Personality, and Sex

Antonella Granieri, Silvia Casale, Maria Domenica Sauta and Isabella Giulia Franzoi
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Antonella Granieri: Department of Psychology, University of Turin, via Verdi 10, 10124 Turin, Italy
Silvia Casale: Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy
Maria Domenica Sauta: Department of Psychology, University of Turin, via Verdi 10, 10124 Turin, Italy
Isabella Giulia Franzoi: Department of Psychology, University of Turin, via Verdi 10, 10124 Turin, Italy

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: The present study aimed to examine the link between attachment, personality traits, and suicidal ideation with consideration of the potential moderating role of age and sex. The Suicidal History Self-Rating Screening Scale, the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form, and the Attachment Style Questionnaire were administered to 183 students. There was a significant indirect effect of need for approval on suicidal ideation via detachment. Moreover, the moderated mediation models of need for approval and preoccupation with relationships on suicidality via negative affectivity were significant in men, but not women, whereas the moderated mediation model of need for approval on suicidality via detachment was significant in women, but not men. Young men and women seem at risk for increased suicidal ideation based on specific attachment and personality characteristics, which should be considered for the development of prevention and therapeutic interventions.

Keywords: attachment; negative affectivity; personality; university students; suicidal ideation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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