Flourishing under Fire: Existential Meaning and Cognition Emotion Regulation against Suicidal Ideation

In the present study, researchers want to find out (a) the relationship of various domains of cognitive emotion regulation and several domains of personal meaning with suicidal ideation and (b) the relative contribution of cognitive emotion regulation and personal meaning on suicidal ideation among undergraduate college students. In the present study, the sample consists of two hundred female undergraduate college students, age ranging from 18-21 years. The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski et al., 2001), Personal Meaning Profile (Wong, 1993), The Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (ASIQ) (Raynolds, 1991) were administered on students. Result findings reveal that highly positive significant correlations were found between suicidal ideation and two domains of cognitive emotion regulation, i.e., Self Blame and Catastrophizing. On the other hand two other domains of cognitive emotion regulation, i.e., Positive Refocussing and Positive Reappraisal and two domains of Personal Meaning Profile, i.e., Achievement and Self-Acceptance have significant negative correlation with suicidal ideation. Result also reveals that positive reappraisal (negatively), self-blame (positively) and achievement (negatively) significantly contribute to suicidal ideation among college students.