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Spiritual well-being and suicidal ideation among college students
Lindsay A Taliaferro1, Barbara A Rienzo, R Morgan Pigg
1Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8210, USA. ltaliafe@hhp.ufl.edu
Objective:
This study explored whether specific dimensions of spiritual well-being (religious well-being and existential well-being) relate to reduced suicidal ideation, and whether associations persisted after controlling for religiosity and psychosocial variables associated with suicide.
Participants:
Participants were 457 college students who completed measures that assessed spiritual well-being, religiosity, hopelessness, depression, social support, and suicidal ideation.
Methods:
The authors used linear regression modeling to assess religious and spiritual correlates of suicidal ideation.
Results:
After controlling for demographic variables and psychosocial factors, neither involvement in organized religion nor religious well-being significantly contributed to suicidal ideation. However, even after controlling for significant correlates, existential well-being remained a significant predictor of suicidal ideation.
Conclusions:
This investigation highlighted existential well-being as an important factor associated with lower levels of suicidal ideation among college students. Findings from this study focusing on the association between spiritual well-being and suicidality may prove especially beneficial to suicide prevention efforts.
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