Anxiety Mood.  2020 Oct;16(2):76-82. 10.24986/anxmod.2020.16.2.003.

A Mediating Effect of Embitterment on the Effects of Anxiety & Depressive Symptoms on Suicide in Patients with Depressive and Anxiety Disorders

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
  • 2The Catholic Emotion Research Laboratory, Catholic Biomedical Industrial Institute, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Abstract


Objective
: Previous studies have shown that depression, anxiety and embitterment are highly related to suicide. This study aims to investigate the mediating effect of embitterment between depression, anxiety and suicide.
Methods
: A total of 174 participants with depressive and anxiety disorders were evaluated with STAI-S, STAI-T, PHQ-9, PTED scale, SSI and suicide attempt history. A mediation analysis using bootstrapping was utilized in order to estimate the indirect effects of depression and anxiety on suicide through embitterment.
Results
: Embitterment significantly mediated the relationship between depression and suicidal ideation [b=0.291, 95% CI(0.18, 0.40)], and also it mediated the relationship between depression and suicide attempt [b=0.066, 95% CI(0.02, 0.16)]. Although a direct effect of anxiety on suicide attempt was not significant, but embitterment significantly mediated the relationship between anxiety and suicide attempt
Conclusion
: This suggests that embitterment may be a significant important factor to consider in the re-lationship between depression, anxiety and suicide. Understanding the mediating role of embitterment on suicide may helpful to prevent suicide.

Keyword

Depression; Anxiety; Embitterment; PTED; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempt; Mediation
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