TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of Spiritual Dimensions on Suicide Risk
T2 - The Role of Regional Differences
AU - Stefa-Missagli, Stefan
AU - Unterrainer, Human Friedrich
AU - Giupponi, Giancarlo
AU - Wallner-Liebmann, Sandra Johanna
AU - Kapfhammer, Hans Peter
AU - Conca, Andreas
AU - Sarlo, Michela
AU - Berardelli, Isabella
AU - Sarubbi, Salvatore
AU - Andriessen, Karl
AU - Krysinska, Karolina
AU - Erbuto, Denise
AU - Moujaes-Droescher, Heidrun
AU - Lester, David
AU - Davok, Katrin
AU - Pompili, Maurizio
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - The field of suicide prevention has been enriched by research on the association between spirituality and suicide. Many authors have suggested focusing on the various dimensions of religiosity in order to better understand the association between religion and suicidal risk, but it is unclear whether the relationship between spirituality and suicidality differs between countries with different cultures, life values, and sociohistorical experiences. To explore this, the aim of this multicenter study was to investigate the possible relationship between suicide and spirituality in Italy and Austria. In the two countries, two different groups of subjects participated: psychiatric patients and university students. The patients were evaluated with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. In addition, the following measures were used: a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale-B, the Symptom-Checklist-90-Standard, and the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being. Our results confirmed the multifactorial nature of the relation between suicide risk and the various religious/spiritual dimensions, including religious/spiritual well-being and hope immanent. However, regional differences moderated this relationship in both the clinical and nonclinical samples.
AB - The field of suicide prevention has been enriched by research on the association between spirituality and suicide. Many authors have suggested focusing on the various dimensions of religiosity in order to better understand the association between religion and suicidal risk, but it is unclear whether the relationship between spirituality and suicidality differs between countries with different cultures, life values, and sociohistorical experiences. To explore this, the aim of this multicenter study was to investigate the possible relationship between suicide and spirituality in Italy and Austria. In the two countries, two different groups of subjects participated: psychiatric patients and university students. The patients were evaluated with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. In addition, the following measures were used: a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale-B, the Symptom-Checklist-90-Standard, and the Multidimensional Inventory for Religious/Spiritual Well-Being. Our results confirmed the multifactorial nature of the relation between suicide risk and the various religious/spiritual dimensions, including religious/spiritual well-being and hope immanent. However, regional differences moderated this relationship in both the clinical and nonclinical samples.
KW - cultural differences
KW - psychiatric disorder
KW - religion
KW - spirituality
KW - suicide
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096890247&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13811118.2019.1639571
DO - 10.1080/13811118.2019.1639571
M3 - Article
C2 - 31271348
AN - SCOPUS:85096890247
SN - 1381-1118
VL - 24
SP - 534
EP - 553
JO - Archives of Suicide Research
JF - Archives of Suicide Research
IS - 4
ER -
