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Author Kasahara-Kiritani, M.; Hadlaczky, G.; Westerlund, M.; Carli, V.; Wasserman, C.; Apter, A.; Balazs, J.; Bobes, J.; Brunner, R.; McMahon, E.M.; Cosman, D.; Farkas, L.; Haring, C.; Kaess, M.; Kahn, J.P.; Keeley, H.; Nemes, B.; Bitenc, U.M.; Postuvan, V.; Saiz, P.; Sisask, M.; Värnik, A.; Sarchiapone, M.; Hoven, C.W.; Wasserman, D.
Title Reading books and watching films as a protective factor against suicidal ideation
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Kasahara-Kiritani M, Hadlaczky G, Westerlund M, Carli V, Wasserman C, Apter A et al. Reading books and watching films as a protective factor against suicidal ideation. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015;12(12):15937–42.

Link to article https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121215032
Abstract Reading books and watching films were investigated as protective factors for serious suicidal ideation (SSI) in young people with low perceived social belonging. Cross-sectional and longitudinal (12-month) analyses were performed using data from a representative European sample of 3256 students from the “Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe” study. Low social belonging was associated to SSI. However, reading books and watching films moderated this association, especially for those with lowest levels of belonging. This was true both at baseline and at 12 months of follow-up analyses. These media may act as sources of social support or mental health literacy and thus reduce the suicide risk constituted by low sense of belonging.

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Reading books and watching films were investigated as protective factors for serious suicidal ideation in young people with low perceived social belonging. These media may act as sources of social support or mental health literacy and thus reduce the suicide risk constituted by low sense of belonging.a substantial amount of research has been conducted on the relation between suicidal behavior and consumption of various forms of media such as newspapers television film music literature and in recent years different types of communication platforms on the internet . however the suicide-related effects of more general media consumption such as reading books or watching films with non-specific themes are largely unknown. a structured self-report questionnaire was administered to adolescents in the participating schools. the project leader and coordinator of the seyle project is danuta wasserman in psychiatry and suicidology karolinska institutet ki national centre for suicide research and prevention of mental ill-health and suicide nasp at stockholm sweden.


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