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Journal of Psychological Science 2025, 24(148): 341-357 |
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Akbari E, Heydari-Nasab L, Yaqoubi H, Farahani H. (2025). Comparison of Attachment Styles and Suicide Literacy in Students with the Highest and Lowest Levels of Suicidal Ideation. Journal of Psychological Science. 24(148), 341-357.
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of humanities, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. , lhnpy@gmail.com
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Background: Suicide among students is a growing concern worldwide. Previous studies have shown that there is a relationship between attachment styles and suicide literacy with suicidal ideation in students, but no research in Iran has examined the differences in attachment styles and suicide literacy in students with highest and lowest suicidal ideation.
Aims: The aim of this study was to compare attachment styles and suicide literacy in students with the highest and lowest levels of suicidal ideation.
Methods: The method of this research was descriptive and causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study included all university students in Iran in the academic year 2024-2025. Using the Convenience sampling method, 112 people (56 in the group with the highest and 56 in the group with the lowest level of suicidal ideation) were selected by screening using the beck scale for suicidal ideation and literacy of suicide scale. Data collection tools in this study included the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, N. L., & Read, 1990), Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (Beck et al., 1979), and the Literacy of Suicide Scale (Calear et al., 2012). Also, Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and univariate analysis of variance (ANCOVA) methods and SPSS-23 software were used to analyze the data of this study.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the groups in secure and anxious attachment styles (P<0.05), and the group with the lowest ideation had more secure attachment and less anxious attachment, but no significant difference was observed in avoidant attachment style and suicide literacy in the two groups (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Given the significant difference in the components of secure attachment and anxious attachment in the two groups with the highest and lowest suicidal ideation, developing and implementing educational programs in universities with the aim of strengthening secure attachment through emotion regulation skills workshops and providing sustainable emotional support to reduce the negative effects of anxious attachment can be an effective factor in preventing suicidal thoughts in students.
Aims: The aim of this study was to compare attachment styles and suicide literacy in students with the highest and lowest levels of suicidal ideation.
Methods: The method of this research was descriptive and causal-comparative. The statistical population of the study included all university students in Iran in the academic year 2024-2025. Using the Convenience sampling method, 112 people (56 in the group with the highest and 56 in the group with the lowest level of suicidal ideation) were selected by screening using the beck scale for suicidal ideation and literacy of suicide scale. Data collection tools in this study included the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins, N. L., & Read, 1990), Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (Beck et al., 1979), and the Literacy of Suicide Scale (Calear et al., 2012). Also, Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and univariate analysis of variance (ANCOVA) methods and SPSS-23 software were used to analyze the data of this study.
Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between the groups in secure and anxious attachment styles (P<0.05), and the group with the lowest ideation had more secure attachment and less anxious attachment, but no significant difference was observed in avoidant attachment style and suicide literacy in the two groups (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Given the significant difference in the components of secure attachment and anxious attachment in the two groups with the highest and lowest suicidal ideation, developing and implementing educational programs in universities with the aim of strengthening secure attachment through emotion regulation skills workshops and providing sustainable emotional support to reduce the negative effects of anxious attachment can be an effective factor in preventing suicidal thoughts in students.
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Received: 2025/04/4 | Accepted: 2025/06/10 | Published: 2025/06/22
Received: 2025/04/4 | Accepted: 2025/06/10 | Published: 2025/06/22
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