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Male-Type Depression Mediates the Relationship between Avoidant Coping and Suicidal Ideation in Men

Despite known links between men’s avoidant coping behaviours (e.g., distraction, denial, substance use) and suicide risk, little research has explored the mechanisms underpinning this relationship. This study sought to examine whether male-type depression symptoms (e.g., anger, aggression, emotion s...

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Autores principales: O’Gorman, Kieran M., Wilson, Michael J., Seidler, Zac E., English, Derek, Zajac, Ian T., Fisher, Krista S., Rice, Simon M.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078589
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710874
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author O’Gorman, Kieran M.
Wilson, Michael J.
Seidler, Zac E.
English, Derek
Zajac, Ian T.
Fisher, Krista S.
Rice, Simon M.
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description Despite known links between men’s avoidant coping behaviours (e.g., distraction, denial, substance use) and suicide risk, little research has explored the mechanisms underpinning this relationship. This study sought to examine whether male-type depression symptoms (e.g., anger, aggression, emotion suppression), assessed by the Male Depression Risk Scale, mediate the association between avoidant coping and suicide/self-harm ideation in men. Data were drawn from an online survey of a community sample of 606 Australian men (M age = 50.11 years; SD = 15.00), conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mediation analyses were applied to examine the effect of male-type depression on the association between avoidant coping and suicidal/self-harm ideation, controlling for age, resilience and the experience of two psychosocial stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic (financial stress and government restrictions). Avoidant coping was associated with suicidal/self-harm ideation, r = 0.45, p < 0.001. Results supported a mediating role of male-type depression symptoms in this relationship, R(2) = 0.29, P(M) = 0.36, p < 0.001, underscoring the importance of screening for male-type depression symptoms to better identify men at risk of suicidal/self-harm ideation. Results also suggest a need to support men to develop effective coping strategies, particularly in the context of common psychosocial stressors experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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spelling pubmed-95178982022-09-29 Male-Type Depression Mediates the Relationship between Avoidant Coping and Suicidal Ideation in Men O’Gorman, Kieran M. Wilson, Michael J. Seidler, Zac E. English, Derek Zajac, Ian T. Fisher, Krista S. Rice, Simon M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Despite known links between men’s avoidant coping behaviours (e.g., distraction, denial, substance use) and suicide risk, little research has explored the mechanisms underpinning this relationship. This study sought to examine whether male-type depression symptoms (e.g., anger, aggression, emotion suppression), assessed by the Male Depression Risk Scale, mediate the association between avoidant coping and suicide/self-harm ideation in men. Data were drawn from an online survey of a community sample of 606 Australian men (M age = 50.11 years; SD = 15.00), conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mediation analyses were applied to examine the effect of male-type depression on the association between avoidant coping and suicidal/self-harm ideation, controlling for age, resilience and the experience of two psychosocial stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic (financial stress and government restrictions). Avoidant coping was associated with suicidal/self-harm ideation, r = 0.45, p < 0.001. Results supported a mediating role of male-type depression symptoms in this relationship, R(2) = 0.29, P(M) = 0.36, p < 0.001, underscoring the importance of screening for male-type depression symptoms to better identify men at risk of suicidal/self-harm ideation. Results also suggest a need to support men to develop effective coping strategies, particularly in the context of common psychosocial stressors experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. MDPI 2022-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9517898/ /pubmed/36078589 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710874 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Male-Type Depression Mediates the Relationship between Avoidant Coping and Suicidal Ideation in Men
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title_fullStr Male-Type Depression Mediates the Relationship between Avoidant Coping and Suicidal Ideation in Men
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title_sort male-type depression mediates the relationship between avoidant coping and suicidal ideation in men
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710874
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