Family support, self-efficacy and suicidal ideation at emerging adulthood: a mediation analysis

Figures & data

Table 1. Mean, standard deviation scores and bivariate relationships among study variables.

Variables N = 251	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Sex
2. University type	.07
3. Age	.23**	.12
4. Significant other support	−.09	.09	−.01
5. Family support	−.03	.03	−.04	.64**
6. Friend support	.04	.01	−.04	.55**	.73**
7. Self-efficacy	.06	.05	−.03	.37**	.44**	.33**
8. Suicidal ideation	.05	−.03	−.04	−.20**	−.32**	−.22**	−.43**
M			20.84	14.21	14.50	13.60	30.67	26.90
SD			2.34	4.22	3.68	3.50	5.88	13.77
Range			18–29	4–20	4–20	5–20	12–40	15–72
Skewness			.87	−.52	−.33	−.04	−.67	1.40
Kurtosis			.46	−.50	−.74	−.47	.37	1.17
α				.85	.78	.70	.87	.94

**p < 0.001, * p <.05

Sex (0 = Male, 1 = Female); University type (0 = Private, 1 = Public)

^αCronbach alpha

Figure 1. Caption: An initial model predicting suicidal ideation from social support dimensions.

Figure 2. Caption: Mediation model.

Table 2. Bias-corrected unstandardized 90% and 95% confidence intervals for the indirect effect of family support on suicidal ideation.

	90% CI			95% CI
Mediated path	Lower bound	Upper bound	Estimate	Lower bound	Upper bound
Family support > Self-efficacy > suicidal ideation	−.22	−.11	−.16	−.24	−.10