Testing rurality as a moderator of associations between masculinity constructs, help-seeking, and firearm storage practices.

Autor: Grunewald W; Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA., Waitz-Kudla SN; Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA., Daruwala SE; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA., Smith AR; Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA., Anestis MD; New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.; Department of Urban-Global Public Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Suicide & life-threatening behavior [Suicide Life Threat Behav] 2024 Aug 19. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 19.
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13124
Abstrakt: Introduction: Self-reliance, emotional control, and honor ideology may prevent help-seeking when suicidal ideation emerges. Furthermore, these factors are associated with an increased likelihood of firearm ownership and unsecure storage, which could facilitate suicide attempts. The rurality of residence may impact these associations, as rural regions report increased independence, honor culture, and firearm prevalence. Therefore, this study examined how emotional control, self-reliance, and honor ideology relate to firearm storage and help-seeking for suicidal ideation, with rurality moderating these associations.
Methods: Participants were 733 adults (63.6% female, 33.5% male, and 2.9% transgender/other) who reported past-month suicidal ideation. Analyses tested associations between emotional control, self-reliance, and honor ideology with help-seeking for suicidal ideation and firearm storage, with rurality moderating these associations.
Results: The association of self-reliance and decreased help-seeking willingness for suicidal ideation was significant for those in non-urban areas. The association of emotional control and decreased help-seeking willingness for suicidal ideation was significant for those in urban areas. No variables predicted firearm storage.
Conclusions: Self-reliance and emotional control could be barriers for help-seeking regardless of gender identity that depend on rurality. Clinicians may target emotional control/self-reliance via strengths-based approaches with an emphasis on when these constructs could be maladaptive, as this could promote help-seeking.
(© 2024 American Association of Suicidology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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