The association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideations among Palestinians: The mediating role of spirituality, social support and mindfulness.

IF 3.3 2区医学 Q2 PSYCHIATRY

Global Mental Health Pub Date : 2023-08-07 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1017/gmh.2023.41

Fayez Mahamid, Dana Bdier, Samah Jabr, Zaynab Hinnawi

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The current study aimed to test whether social support, spirituality and mindfulness mediated the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideation among Palestinians. The study sample consisted of 520 Palestinian adults selected using online tools. The findings of the study revealed that posttraumatic stress symptoms positively correlated with suicidal ideations (r = .32, p < .01), and negatively correlated with social support (r = -.34, p < .01), spirituality (r = -.16, p < .05) and mindfulness (r = -.72, p < .01), whereas suicidal ideations negatively correlated with social support (r = -.46, p < .01), spirituality(r = -.27, p < .01) and mindfulness (r = -.72, p < .01). Results of the path analysis showed that social support, spirituality and mindfulness mediated the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideations. Developing intervention programs to enhance social support, mindfulness and spirituality to mitigate the effect of ongoing traumatic experiences among Palestinians is crucial to reducing suicidal ideations. Further studies are also recommended to investigate the role of potentially protective factors that may reduce suicidal ideations and appropriate techniques to deal effectively with traumatic and stressful events.

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巴勒斯坦人创伤后应激症状与自杀意念之间的联系：精神、社会支持和正念的中介作用。

目前的研究旨在测试社会支持、精神和正念是否在巴勒斯坦人的创伤后应激症状和自杀意念之间起到了中介作用。研究样本包括520名使用在线工具选择的巴勒斯坦成年人。研究结果显示，创伤后应激症状与自杀意念呈正相关（r=.32，p=-34，p=-16，p=-72，p=-46，p=-27，p=.72，p=.73）

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Global Mental Health PSYCHIATRY-

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期刊介绍： lobal Mental Health (GMH) is an Open Access journal that publishes papers that have a broad application of ‘the global point of view’ of mental health issues. The field of ‘global mental health’ is still emerging, reflecting a movement of advocacy and associated research driven by an agenda to remedy longstanding treatment gaps and disparities in care, access, and capacity. But these efforts and goals are also driving a potential reframing of knowledge in powerful ways, and positioning a new disciplinary approach to mental health. GMH seeks to cultivate and grow this emerging distinct discipline of ‘global mental health’, and the new knowledge and paradigms that should come from it.