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William Grunewald1, Sydney N Waitz-Kudla1, Samantha E Daruwala2
1Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
|August 19, 2024
Summary
Self-reliance hinders help-seeking in non-urban areas, while emotional control is a barrier in urban settings for individuals with suicidal ideation. Firearm storage was not predicted by these factors.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Sociology
Background:
- Cultural factors like self-reliance, emotional control, and honor ideology may impede help-seeking for suicidal ideation.
- These factors are linked to increased firearm ownership and insecure storage, potentially facilitating suicide attempts.
- Rurality may influence these associations due to higher prevalence of independence, honor culture, and firearms in rural regions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between emotional control, self-reliance, and honor ideology with firearm storage and help-seeking for suicidal ideation.
- To examine the moderating role of rurality in these associations.
Main Methods:
- Surveyed 733 adults reporting past-month suicidal ideation.
- Analyzed associations between self-reliance, emotional control, honor ideology, help-seeking willingness, and firearm storage.
- Tested rurality as a moderator for these relationships.
Main Results:
- Self-reliance was associated with decreased willingness to seek help for suicidal ideation in non-urban areas.
- Emotional control was associated with decreased willingness to seek help for suicidal ideation in urban areas.
- No significant predictors were found for firearm storage.
Conclusions:
- Self-reliance and emotional control act as rurality-dependent barriers to help-seeking for suicidal ideation.
- These psychological constructs may be maladaptive and require targeted interventions.
- Strengths-based approaches emphasizing when emotional control and self-reliance become detrimental could promote help-seeking.
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