The Relationship of Family Functioning and Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Defeat and the Moderating Role of Meaning in Life

Qin Yang, Yi-Qiu Hu (), Zi-Hao Zeng, Shuang-Jin Liu, Tong Wu and Gang-Huai Zhang
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Qin Yang: School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Yi-Qiu Hu: School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Zi-Hao Zeng: School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Shuang-Jin Liu: School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Tong Wu: School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Gang-Huai Zhang: School of Pre-School Education, Changsha Normal University, Changsha 410100, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: Objective: To investigate the relationship between family functioning and suicidal ideation among adolescents. Method: A total of 4515 junior and senior high school students were assessed using the Family APGAR, the Depressive Symptom Index-Suicidality Subscale, the Defeat Scale, and the Chinese Meaning in Life Questionnaire. Results: This study found pairwise correlations between suicidal ideation, family functioning, defeat, and meaning in life. Specifically, family functioning was an influencing factor of adolescent suicidal ideation, and defeat was a mediator of the relationship between family functioning and adolescent suicidal ideation; meaning in life was found to be a moderator of the first half of the mediation process by defeat, that is, it moderated the influence of family functioning on adolescent defeat. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the relationship between family functioning and adolescent suicidal ideation, as well as the influence of defeat and meaning in life on this relationship, constituted a moderated intermediary model. This finding has both theoretical and practical value for the implementation of a psychosocial model of adolescent suicide prevention and intervention.

Keywords: adolescents; family functioning; suicidal ideation; defeat; meaning in life (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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