ArticlePloS one2024
The synergy of depression and flourishing/languishing on suicidal thoughts and behaviors: Findings from a national sample of emerging adult students in higher education in the United States.
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- Parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, depression, and suicidal ideation among university students: a chain mediation model.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Fostering internal assets to mitigate suicidal behaviors among young black sexual minority males aged 14-24.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The joint effects of loneliness and interpersonal abuse on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among young adults in higher education in the United States.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The complete mental health of Australia's adolescents and emerging adults: distress and wellbeing across 3 nationally representative community samples.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2025Article
- Does attachment to God matter? Role of spiritual attachment in mental health through self-forgiveness: lessons from Turkish college sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Translation and cross-cultural validation of the Flourishing and Secure Flourishing Indexes into Brazilian Portuguese.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSuicide is a leading cause of death among students in higher education, driven in large part by mental illness, but also mental wellness. Relatively few studies have examined the extent to which depression and flourishing/languishing interact in relation to suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
methodsWe analyzed data from the Healthy Minds Study (2020-2021; emerging adult students aged 18-29; N = 101,435), and calculated interaction contrast ratios to estimate the interaction between depression and flourishing/languishing on suicidal thoughts and behaviors, using an additive scale, adjusting for age, gender, race/ethnicity, and food insecurity.
resultsWhen compared with students who were flourishing without depression, the students who were languishing without depression, and the students who were depressed but still flourishing had significantly greater odds of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. However, students who were depressed and languishing had the greatest odds, exceeding the sum of the individual effects.
conclusionThe interaction of depression and flourishing/languishing produced a synergy that increased odds of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Flourishing interventions may prove to be an effective strategy for universal suicide prevention.
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