Social Problem-Solving and Suicide Risk in College Students: Do Reductions in Perceived Stress and Suicide Anger Expression Explain the Association?

Among college students, perceived stress and suicide anger expression (i.e., reactive distress, suicide rumination, and maladaptive expression) serially mediated the relation between social problem-solving ability and suicide risk. Better social problem-solving ability was associated with less stress and, in turn, to less-maladaptive anger expression and reduced suicide risk.