Mattering and Suicide Ideation: Establishing and Elaborating a Relationship

Autor/inn/en	Elliott, Gregory C.; Colangelo, Melissa F.; Gelles, Richard J.
Titel	Mattering and Suicide Ideation: Establishing and Elaborating a Relationship
Quelle	In: Social Psychology Quarterly, 68 (2005) 3, S.223-238 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2725
DOI	10.1177/019027250506800303
Schlagwörter	Suicide; Depression (Psychology); At Risk Persons; Psychological Patterns; Interviews; Adolescents; Parents; Interpersonal Relationship; Self Esteem; Correlation; Hypothesis Testing; Gender Differences; Religious Factors; Smoking; Drinking; Delinquency; Violence; Age Differences; Family Relationship; Peer Relationship; Drug Abuse; Religion; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Youth Risk Behavior Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstmord; Risikogruppe; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Eltern; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Korrelation; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rauchen; Trinken; Kriminalität; Gewalt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	Mattering is the belief that one makes a difference in the lives of others. We explore the effect of mattering on adolescent suicide ideation. The data source is the 2000 Youth At Risk Survey, composed of interviews with 2,004 youths, age 11-18 and screening interviews with their parents. Our analysis reveals that those who matter more are significantly less likely to consider suicide. In addition, we elaborate the relationship between mattering and suicide ideation by postulating a series of intervening variables (self-esteem and depression): mattering influences levels of self-esteem, which in turn influences depression, which ultimately leads to suicide ideation. Results demonstrate that mattering is mediated fully by these intervening variables, and that self-esteem is the primary source of the mediation. We discuss the implications of these results for adolescents' self-concepts. (Contains 6 tables and 6 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10