Why the study?
This study aimed to examine the relationship between suicidality, stop drinking controllability, hopelessness, and social activity in individuals with alcohol use disorder and determine how AUD contributes to suicidal behavior.
How do stop drinking controllability, hopelessness, and social activity relate to suicidality in individuals with alcohol use disorder?
How do stop drinking controllability, hopelessness, and social activity relate to suicidality in individuals with alcohol use disorder?
In patients with alcohol use disorder, the inability to stop drinking contributes to suicidality through hopelessness, a relationship that is modified by social activity.
Supports assessing hopelessness and social engagement in AUD suicidality risk; leaves open causal pathways pending longitudinal data.
Background: This study aimed to examine the relationship between suicidality, stop drinking controllability, hopelessness, and social activity in a population sample of individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and to determine how AUD contributes to suicidal behavior.Methods: A total of 252 participants diagnosed with AUD were surveyed, and multiple regression analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were used to analyze the data.Results: Hopelessness fully mediated the relationship between the ability to stop drinking and suicidality. At low levels of social engagement, the relationship between hopelessness and suicidality was significantly modified by social activity.Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that patients with AUD who were unable to successfully address their drinking problem and abstain from drinking were more likely to experience hopelessness. In addition, we concluded that hopelessness can lead to suicidal ideation or suicide attempts.
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