Uncovering blind spots in the intention to provide adequate help to suicidal individuals
- Autor(en)
- Florian Arendt, Manina Mestas, Michaela Forrai
- Abstrakt
Background: An adequate reaction from families, friends, and colleagues who can provide help to suicidal individuals is a preventive factor. Despite the logical assumption that the mere presence of risk factors in individuals needing help may affect others' helping intentions, empirical evidence is Lacking in this regard. Method: We tested whether the presence of various risk factors influences the intention to provide help to suicidal individuals. Individuals (N = 890) were exposed to a vignette in which they were asked to imagine meeting a distant acquaintance. Such persons talk about serious problems and suddenly use the word "suicide." In a one-factorial between-subjects design with 21 groups, we manipulated person-related attributes corresponding to risk factors for suicide. Results: Some attributes increased helping intentions: male gender, very young and old age, homosexuality and transsexuatity, terminal illness, previous nonsuicidal self-injury, previous suicide attempt, and seeking out lethal means. However, some attributes did not: female gender, major depression, chronic pain, different stressful Life events, previously experienced violence, a family history of suicide, and a cry for hetp. Limitations: We measured self-reported behavioral intentions. Conclusions: Although people seem to adapt their helping intentions in response to some attributes, there seem to be many blind spots.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
- Journal
- Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
- Band
- 43
- Seiten
- 493-499
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 7
- ISSN
- 0227-5910
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000819
- Publikationsdatum
- 08-2021
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 508007 Kommunikationswissenschaft, 508014 Publizistik
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 3 – Gesundheit und Wohlergehen
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/uncovering-blind-spots-in-the-intention-to-provide-adequate-help-to-suicidal-individuals(6ef211aa-bc11-4aa0-bf5f-edce69c01f0a).html