Abstract
An association between allergic disease, depression and suicidality has been reported. Objective: To explore the relationships between suicidality and asthma, allergy, internet addiction, stress, sleep quality, pain/discomfort, and depression, among emerging adults. Participants: 929 college students completed an online survey between October 2015 and April 2017. Methods: A cross-sectional study using multivariate analysis techniques was implemented. Results: Using structural equation modeling, we found that allergies and stress were directly related to pain/discomfort; pain/discomfort was associated to poor sleep, depression, and suicidality. Sleep quality was also affected by stress; while sleep, stress, pain/discomfort, and internet addiction were directly related to depression (all p <.05). Ultimately, four factors impacted suicidality: stress, pain/discomfort, depression, and, indirectly, sleep quality (all p <.05). Although allergy had some effects, these did not reach statistical significance (p <.09). Conclusion: Findings suggest that allergy might impact suicidality indirectly through increased pain/discomfort, poor sleep, and depression.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-112 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of American College Health |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 17 2019 |
Keywords
- Allergy
- asthma
- data modeling
- depression
- mechanism
- path analytic technique
- regression
- suicide
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health