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Mindfulness and suicidal ideation in Chinese older adults: Perceived stress as mediator 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Zeng, Weinan,Ma, Zewei,Li, Hezhan
  • 학회/출판사/기관명SOCIETY FOR PERSONALITY RESEARCH
  • 출판년도2017
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Social behavior and personality
  • 발행사항Vol.45No.5[2017]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0301-2212
  • 소개/요약We examined whether or not perceived stress mediates the relationship between mindfulness and suicidal ideation in Chinese older adults. Chinese adults aged from 48 to 59 years (N = 213) completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the first two items of the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised. Results showed that mindfulness was negatively correlated with perceived stress and suicidal ideation, whereas perceived stress was positively correlated with suicidal ideation. Mediation analysis results suggested that perceived stress fully mediated the relationship between mindfulness and suicidal ideation in Chinese older adults. Therefore, we suggest that it is helpful to focus on the enhancement of mindfulness of older adults, because their perceived stress levels may be decreased by greater mindfulness. It is plausible that older adults would then be less likely to develop severe suicidal ideation.