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This study was to investigate the relationship among social support, impulsivity, and suicide, so as to test the hypothesis that social support moderates the effect of impulsivity on suicide for the rural young suicides in China. Subjects were 392 consecutively recruited suicides aged 15–34 years and 416 community controls of the same age range sampled in China. The case–control data were obtained using psychological autopsy. The results showed that high social support had the protective effect among individuals with low impulsivity. It can be concluded that impulsivity is a potential area for further study of suicidal behavior. The suicide prevention efforts in rural China may address impulsivity.
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The research was supported by the United States National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): R01 MH068560.
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Zhang, J., Lin, L. The Moderating Effect of Social Support on the Relationship Between Impulsivity and Suicide in Rural China. Community Ment Health J 51, 585–590 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9811-y
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