The Relation of Self-Compassion and Anger Control Dimensions With Suicide Ideation in University Students

Background: suicide ideation is one of the strongest risk factors for completed suicide. there have been many reports of significant increases in suicide and suicide attempts in university students. objectives: this study was performed to determine the relationship of self-compassion and anger control dimensions with suicide ideation. patients and methods: the method of this study was descriptive and correlation. the statistical population comprised students of mohaghegh ardabili university in the second semester of the 2012 - 2013 school year. one hundred and fifty subjects were selected from this population by random multistage clustering. they were asked to answer questionnaires about suicide ideation, self-compassion, and multidimensional anger. the collected data were analyzed by pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression tests. results: the results of the pearson correlation coefficient tests showed that suicide ideation was negatively correlated with self-compassion (r = -0.19; p < 0.05) and mindfulness components (r = -0.20; p < 0.05), but it was positively correlated with self-judgment (r = 0.39; p < 0.001), isolation (r = 0.28; p < 0.004), over-identification (r = 0.49; p < 0.001), anger arousal (r = 0.39; p < 0.001), anger-provoking situations (r = 0.24; p < 0.001), hostile outlook (r = 0.32; p < 0.001) and anger (r = 0.45; p < 0.001). the regression analysis results also showed that 24% of the variance of suicide ideation can be explained by self-compassion and 24% by anger-control dimensions. conclusions: based on the results, improving self-compassion and anger-control skills are suggested as ways to decrease suicide ideation.