Background

Values associated with neoliberal ideologies are blamed for damaging the social fabric. They may also have deleterious effects on suicidal ideation.

Objective

We investigated whether neoliberal values were associated with the risk for suicidal ideation through a set of mediating factors (suicide stigma, help-seeking attitudes, perceived stress, and suicide acceptability).

Methods

A total of 508 (249 female) adults from the U.S. responded to a self-administered questionnaire that contained measures of suicidal ideation, neoliberal values, suicide stigma, help-seeking attitudes, perceived stress, and suicide acceptability. We tested a path model that linked neoliberal values to suicidal ideation through multiple mediators. We tested total versus partial mediation models.

Results

We found empirical evidence for a full mediation of the association of neoliberal values with perceived stress. Neoliberal values were associated with suicide stigma; suicide stigma was associated with negative attitudes towards help-seeking, which, in turn, were associated with high levels of perceived stress. The association of neoliberal values with suicide acceptability was partially mediated. Perceived stress was positively associated with suicide risk directly and indirectly through suicide acceptability.

Conclusion

Our findings suggest that values related to neoliberal ideologies prepare a context that fosters the risk for suicide. For a contextualized understanding of suicidal behavior, more research is needed that explores the role of social, cultural, political, and economic ideologies in the suicidal process.

中文翻译：

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新自由主义价值观是否为自杀意念提供了肥沃的土壤？

背景

与新自由主义意识形态相关的价值观被指责破坏了社会结构。它们也可能对自杀意念产生有害影响。

客观的

我们通过一系列中介因素（自杀污名、寻求帮助的态度、感知压力和自杀可接受性）调查了新自由主义价值观是否与自杀意念的风险相关。

方法

来自美国的总共 508 名（249 名女性）成年人回答了一份自我管理的问卷，其中包含对自杀意念、新自由主义价值观、自杀污名、求助态度、感知压力和自杀可接受性的测量。我们测试了一个路径模型，该模型通过多种中介将新自由主义价值观与自杀意念联系起来。我们测试了总中介模型和部分中介模型。

结果

我们发现了经验证据表明新自由主义价值观与感知压力之间的关联是完全中介的。新自由主义价值观与自杀污名有关；自杀污名与对寻求帮助的消极态度有关，而这种消极态度又与高水平的感知压力有关。新自由主义价值观与自杀可接受性的关联是部分介导的。通过自杀可接受性，感知压力与自杀风险直接或间接呈正相关。

结论

我们的研究结果表明，与新自由主义意识形态相关的价值观为助长自杀风险提供了背景。为了对自杀行为进行情境化的理解，需要更多的研究来探索社会、文化、政治和经济意识形态在自杀过程中的作用。