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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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2018]
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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 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
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. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0573-7 |