The role of Loneliness and Cognitive Reappraisal in Comprehending the Relationship between Perceived Social Support and College Students’ Suicidal Ideation
Objective: To explore the role of loneliness and cognitive reappraisal in comprehending therelationship between perceived social support and college students’ suicidal ideation, and to provide a
theoretical basis for maintaining the physical and mental health of college students and intervening in
their suicidal ideation. Methods: From June to July 2021, 1400 college students were randomly selected
from two universities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Shandong Province to investigate the
perceived social support, loneliness, cognitive reappraisal and suicidal ideation, and establish a structural
equation model to analyze the relationship between the four. Results: The results of correlation analysis
showed that there was a significant negative correlation between perceived social support, suicidal
ideation and loneliness of college students (r=-0.36, -0.42, p<0.01); perceived social support and cognitive
reappraisal were significantly positive correlation (r=0.54, p<0.01); loneliness is significantly positively
correlated with college students’ suicidal ideation (r=0.4, p<0.01); loneliness is significantly negatively
correlated with cognitive reappraisal (r=-0.23, p<0.01); cognitive reappraisal is significantly negatively
correlated with college students’ suicidal ideation (r=-0.42, p<0.01); the model fitting results show that
perceived social support is completely mediating through loneliness affecting college students’ suicidal
ideation and cognitive reappraisal adjust the relationship between perceived social support and college
students’ suicidal ideation are statistically significant(χ2
/df=2.97,CFI=0.99,TLI=0.97, SRMR=0.03,
RMSEA=0.06). Conclusion: Loneliness plays a completely intermediary role between perceived social
support and college students’ suicidal ideation; cognitive reappraisal plays a moderating role between
perceived social support and college students’ suicidal ideation.