1. Suicidal ideation and social integration in three Canadian provinces: The importance of social support and community belonging
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Datta, Ronjon Paul and Nakhaie, Reza
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Suicidal behavior -- Social aspects ,Social integration -- Psychological aspects ,Social networks -- Psychological aspects ,Anthropology/archeology/folklore ,Sociology and social work - Abstract
Extending recent developments in the neo-Durkheimian analysis of suicidality as an indicator of social pathology, this paper analyses individual level survey data on suicidal ideation, perceptions of social support, and the sense of belonging from three Canadian provinces drawn from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2015-16). We ask whether or not social support and a sense of belonging affect suicide ideation differently. In answering this question, we pay attention to both subjective and objective indicators of integration, and how subjective indicators independently affect suicide ideation. Results show that a higher level of social support had the largest effect on suicidal ideation and that the effect of a sense of belonging disappeared when measures of social support are accounted for. These findings are consistent with Durkheim's general theory of suicide and previous studies on mental health, highlighting the importance of regular, proximate social interaction as a prophylactic against suicidality. Suite aux developpements recents de l'analyse neodurkheimienne de la suicidalite comme indicateur de pathologie sociale, nous analysons ici des donnees d'enquetes individuelles sur les idees suicidaires, les perceptions de soutien social, et le sentiment d'appartenance de trois provinces canadiennes tirees de l'Enquete canadienne sur les mesures de la sante/Canadian Community Health Survey (ESCC 2015-16). Nous nous demandons si le soutien social et le sentiment d'appartenance ont un effet different, ou non, sur les idees suicidaires. Pour repondre a cette question, nous pretons attention aux indicateurs subjectifs et objectifs d'integration et a la facon dont les indicateurs subjectifs affectent independamment l'ideation suicidaire. Les resultats montrent qu'un niveau plus eleve de soutien social a l'effet le plus important sur les idees suicidaires et que l'effet du sentiment d'appartenance disparait lorsque les mesures du soutien social sont prises en compte. Ces resultats sont coherents avec la theorie generale du suicide chez Durkheim et avec les etudes anterieures sur la sante mentale, soulignant l'importance d'une interaction sociale reguliere et proche comme prophylactique contre la suicidalite., INTRODUCTION About 5.3 million Canadians wrestle with mental health issues (Statistics Canada, 2019), and roughly 11 people die by suicide in Canada every day. This amounts to about 4000 deaths [...]
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- 2022
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