"Impact of Anger on Suicidal Ideation: Mediating Role of Perceived Emotional Distress in Late Adolescents and Emerging Adults with Psychological Problems"

Tanvir Akhtar

Abstract:

The present study addresses impact of anger on suicidal ideation withthe mediating roleof perceived emotional distress in 40 late adolescents and emerging adults (Girls = 24, Boys = 16) with psychological problems. Participants’aged between 18 to 25 years (M=21.65, SD= 1.84).The samplewas recruited from counseling centers of two public sector universities. Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation Inventory (Osman, Gotierrez, Kropper, Barrios, Chiros, 1998), Perceived Emotional Distress inventory (Moscoso, 2011) and Anger Self-Report(Burney, 2001) were used to assess study variables. Findings indicatedthatanger and emotional distress had significant positive relationship with suicidal ideation and significant negative relationshipwithprotective thoughts and ideation. Mediation Analysis through Process Macro revealed that perceived emotional distress significantly mediates the relationshipbetween anger and suicidal ideations.No gender differences were found between study variables. The study outcomes highlighted that future strategies for prevention of suicidal ideation must focus on managing emotional distress and anger.Keywords. Suicidal ideation, anger, emotional distress, university

research from:

• Foundation University - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Year:

2020

Type of Publication:

Article

Journal:

"Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research "

Volume:

35

Number:

2

Pages:

295-312.

Month:

7

ISSN:

2-

DOI:

10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.2.16