TABLE 3.
Tests of Social Support as a Mediator of the Relation between Public Religiousness and Suicidal Behavior
| b | SE | p | ||
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| Linear Regression Predicting Suicidal Ideation (N = 391) | ||||
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| Model 1 | Social support on religiousness | .15 | .04 | <.0001 |
| Model 2 | Suicidal ideation on religiousness | −.08 | .03 | .02 |
| Model 3 | Suicidal ideation on religiousness | −.01 | .03 | .74 |
| Suicidal ideation on social support | −.44 | .04 | <.0001 | |
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| Logistic Regression Predicting Suicide Attempt (N = 392) | ||||
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| Model 1 | Social supporta on religiousness | .04 | .02 | .02 |
| Model 2 | Suicide attempts on religiousness | −.06 | .03 | .03 |
| Model 3 | Suicide attempts on religiousness | −.03 | .03 | .28 |
| Suicide attempts on social support | −.12 | .03 | <.0001 | |
Note. All models adjusted for sex and age.
a
Social support measure dichotomized for use as criterion variable in Model 1 of logistic regression analysis only.