Moral Objections and Fear of Hell: An Important Barrier to Suicidality

This review explores the literature to test the hypothesis that ‘moral objections to suicide (MOS), especially the conviction of going to hell after committing suicide, exert a restraining effect on suicide and suicidality.' Medline and PsycInfo were searched using all relevant search terms; al...

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Auteurs: van den Brink, Bart (Auteur) ; Braam, Arjan W. (Auteur) ; Schaap, Hanneke (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2018]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 2018, Volume: 57, Numéro: 6, Pages: 2301-2312
Sujets non-standardisés:B Fear of hell
B Suicide attempts
B Suicidality
B Religion
B Moral objections
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:This review explores the literature to test the hypothesis that ‘moral objections to suicide (MOS), especially the conviction of going to hell after committing suicide, exert a restraining effect on suicide and suicidality.' Medline and PsycInfo were searched using all relevant search terms; all relevant articles were selected, rated and reviewed. Fifteen cross-sectional studies were available on this topic, and raise sufficient evidence to confirm a restraining effect of MOS, and sparse data on fear of hell. MOS seem to counteract especially the development of suicidal intent and attempts, and possibly the lethality of suicidal attempts. A differential pattern of influence of MOS on the suicidal continuum is suggested.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0573-7