Reading books and watching films as a protective factor against suicidal ideation

Mami Kasahara-Kiritani; Gergö Hadlaczky; Michael Westerlund; Vladimir Carli; Camilla Wasserman; Alan Apter; Judit Balazs; Julio Bobes; Romuald Brunner; Elaine M. McMahon; Doina Cosman; Luca Farkas; Christian Haring; Michael Kaess; Jean Pierre Kahn; Helen Keeley; Bogdan Nemes; Urša Mars Bitenc; Vita Postuvan; Pilar Saiz; Merike Sisask; Airi Värnik; Marco Sarchiapone; Christina W. Hoven; Danuta Wasserman

doi:10.3390/ijerph121215032

Reading books and watching films as a protective factor against suicidal ideation

Mami Kasahara-Kiritani
, Gergö Hadlaczky
, Michael Westerlund
, Vladimir Carli
, Camilla Wasserman
, Alan Apter
, Judit Balazs
, Julio Bobes
, Romuald Brunner
, Elaine M. McMahon
, Doina Cosman
, Luca Farkas
, Christian Haring
, Michael Kaess
, Jean Pierre Kahn
, Helen Keeley
, Bogdan Nemes
, Urša Mars Bitenc
, Vita Postuvan
, Pilar Saiz

Merike Sisask, Airi Värnik, Marco Sarchiapone, Christina W. Hoven, Danuta Wasserman

School of Public Health

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Reading books and watching films were investigated as protective factors for serious suicidal ideation (SSI) in young people with low perceived social belonging. Cross-sectional and longitudinal (12-month) analyses were performed using data from a representative European sample of 3256 students from the “Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe” study. Low social belonging was associated to SSI. However, reading books and watching films moderated this association, especially for those with lowest levels of belonging. This was true both at baseline and at 12 months of follow-up analyses. These media may act as sources of social support or mental health literacy and thus reduce the suicide risk constituted by low sense of belonging.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15937-15942
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	12
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121215032
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2015

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Adolescent
Belonging
Mental health
Protective factors
Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE)
Suicide

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Kasahara-Kiritani, M., Hadlaczky, G., Westerlund, M., Carli, V., Wasserman, C., Apter, A., Balazs, J., Bobes, J., Brunner, R., McMahon, E. M., Cosman, D., Farkas, L., Haring, C., Kaess, M., Kahn, J. P., Keeley, H., Nemes, B., Bitenc, U. M., Postuvan, V., ... Wasserman, D. (2015). Reading books and watching films as a protective factor against suicidal ideation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(12), 15937-15942. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121215032

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