There a great deal of research on risk factors but very little on protective factors, are you aware of any good quality research in this area?
David,
Interesting question and statement. Resilience research is a great place to start.
Regards,
Christopher
Cheavens, J. S., Cukrowicz, K. C., Hansen, R., & Mitchell, S. M. (2016). Incorporating Resilience Factors Into the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: The Role of Hope and Self‐Forgiveness in an Older Adult Sample. Journal of clinical psychology, 72(1), 58-69.
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Pérez-González, A., Pereda, N., Guilera, G., Abad, J., & Finkelhor, D. (2017). Caregiver Victimization in Community Adolescents: Protective Factors Related to Resilience.
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there are good works on meaning and grit (resilience, hardiness - as mentioned above) as protective factors, just Scholar Google it (meaning and suicide). Hope is also one
Some protective factors could be identified, e.g.
- "reasons for living" (see the systematic review: Bakhiyi CL, Calati R, Guillaume S, Courtet P. Do reasons for living protect against suicidal thoughts and behaviors? A systematic review of the literature. J Psychiatr Res. 2016 Jun;77:92-108. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.02.019) or
- religiosity (e.g. Dervic K, Carballo JJ, Baca-Garcia E, Galfalvy HC, Mann JJ, Brent DA, Oquendo MA. Moral or religious objections to suicide may protect against suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2011 Oct;72(10):1390-6. doi: 10.4088/JCP.09m05910gre or O'Reilly D, Rosato M. Religion and the risk of suicide: longitudinal study of over 1 million people. Br J Psychiatry. 2015 Jun;206(6):466-70. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.128694),
- especially to be Roman-Catholic (see e.g. Panczak R, Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Bopp M, Gutzwiller F, Egger M; Swiss National Cohort Study. Religion and suicide in patients with mental illness or cancer. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2013 Apr;43(2):213-22. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12009. or VanderWeele TJ, Li S, Tsai AC, Kawachi I. Association Between Religious Service Attendance and Lower Suicide Rates Among US Women. JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Aug 1;73(8):845-51. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.1243.)
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