Moderating Effect of Perceived Stress on the Relationship Between Perseverative Coping and Suicide Ideation

This result indicated that when perceived stress was high, elevated levels of perseverative coping were associated with an increase in suicidal thoughts/suicide attempts. These findings implied that the transactional model of stress may contribute to the development of suicide research and that perseverative coping may prevent stress-induced suicidal thoughts/suicide attempts.