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- Title
Suicidal ideation and social integration in three Canadian provinces: The importance of social support and community belonging.
- Authors
Datta, Ronjon Paul; Nakhaie, Reza
- 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.
- Subjects
SUICIDAL ideation; DEVIANT behavior; SOCIAL support; MENTAL health; SOCIAL interaction
- Publication
Canadian Review of Sociology, 2022, Vol 59, p74
- ISSN
1755-6171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cars.12396