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

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  • Shuai Wang

    (School of Marxism, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian 116024, China
    Students’ Affairs Department, Dalian University, No. 10 Xuefu Street, Dalian Economic and Technological Development Zone, Dalian 116622, 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)

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.

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  • Shuai Wang & Huilan Jing & Liang Chen & Yan Li, 2020. "The Influence of Negative Life Events on Suicidal Ideation in College Students: The Role of Rumination," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:8:p:2646-:d:344685
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    1. Huaying Lin & Xinwen Bai, 2022. "Differential Antecedents and Consequences of Affective and Cognitive Ruminations," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-16, September.

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