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. 2020 Apr 12;17(8):2646.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17082646.

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

Shuai Wang  1   2 , Huilan Jing  1 , Liang Chen  3 , Yan Li  4
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The Influence of Negative Life Events on Suicidal Ideation in College Students: The Role of Rumination

Shuai Wang et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

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.

Keywords: college students; negative life events; rumination; suicidal ideation.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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The model of the mediating effect of rumination in the influence of negative life events on suicidal ideation in college students. *** p < 0.001.
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The model of the moderating effect of rumination in the influence of negative life events on suicidal ideation in college students. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
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A simple slope test for the analysis of the moderating effect of rumination.
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