A Correlational Study Of Rumination Reflection ,Suicide Thoughts And Behavior Among University Students.

Authors

  • Feroz Ahmad
  • Arafat Ahmad
  • Dinesh Ballabh
  • Arpana Pathak
  • Namita Kishore
  • Dipika Srivastava

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63682/jns.v14i1.9943

Keywords:

Rumination Reflection, Suicide Thoughts and Behavior& University Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which students engage in suicidal thoughts and behaviors in relation to rumination and contemplation.  There were two groups of students who participated in this study: those who were at risk for suicide and those who did not have suicidal thoughts or behaviors. One of the goals of this study was to investigate the association between suicidal thoughts and behaviors and rumination reflection.   The investigation was carried out in two distinct stages.  During the initial part of the study, a screening test known as the Suicide Behaviour Questionnaire –Revised (SBQ-R) was given to a total of one thousand college students in order to evaluate their thoughts and actions toward suicide.  Many different types of courses, both professional and non-professional, were being taken by students.   As a result of this, 130 students who had scores that were higher than the threshold (>=7) were chosen to participate in the study, with consideration given to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.  An equal number of individuals, 129 students, were chosen to participate in the study as non-suicidal participants. These students had minimal scores on the suicide ideation scale.  In this study, there were two instruments that were utilized, one for measuring rumination and contemplation, and the other for measuring suicidal behavior.  The findings indicated that rumination had a positive correlation with suicide thoughts and conduct in both of the groups included in the study

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2025-01-30

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Ahmad F, Ahmad A, Ballabh D, Pathak A, Kishore N, Srivastava D. A Correlational Study Of Rumination Reflection ,Suicide Thoughts And Behavior Among University Students. J Neonatal Surg [Internet]. 2025 Jan. 30 [cited 2026 Mar. 12];14(1):71-9. Available from: https://jneonatalsurg.com/index.php/jns/article/view/9943

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