TY - JOUR
T1 - Satisfaction with Life and Suicidal Ideation Among Ecuadorian University Students
T2 - A Network Analysis
AU - Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo
AU - Jadán-Guerrero, Janio
AU - Gordón-Villalba, Paulina
AU - Mayorga-Lascano, Marlon
AU - Shugulí-Zambrano, Catherine
AU - Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
AU - Cuesta-Andaluz, Evelyn
AU - Larzabal-Fernández, Aitor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.
PY - 2025/9
Y1 - 2025/9
N2 - The aim is to analyze the relationship between Satisfaction with Life (SWL) and Suicidal Ideation (SI) from a network perspective in a sample of university students of medicine and nursery. Like method, the study employs network theory to find interconnected nodes between these two constructs through a non-regularized partial network. The study’s participants are 618 university students from four universities in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador. 61.8% were men and 38.2% were women, with ages ranging from 18 to 43 years (M = 20.33 years; SD = 2.32). The main results show the SWL and SI form a network. Furthermore, each theoretical community (SWL and SI) forms its own cluster, and the intergroup edges are positive. Item 3 of the SWL is comorbid with item 3 of the SI and the relationship is negative, making it a bridge between SWL and SI. Thinking about taking one’s life and life circumstances being good are the most central items. In conclusion, the SWL and SI form a stable and robust network of indicators among university students in Ecuador.
AB - The aim is to analyze the relationship between Satisfaction with Life (SWL) and Suicidal Ideation (SI) from a network perspective in a sample of university students of medicine and nursery. Like method, the study employs network theory to find interconnected nodes between these two constructs through a non-regularized partial network. The study’s participants are 618 university students from four universities in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador. 61.8% were men and 38.2% were women, with ages ranging from 18 to 43 years (M = 20.33 years; SD = 2.32). The main results show the SWL and SI form a network. Furthermore, each theoretical community (SWL and SI) forms its own cluster, and the intergroup edges are positive. Item 3 of the SWL is comorbid with item 3 of the SI and the relationship is negative, making it a bridge between SWL and SI. Thinking about taking one’s life and life circumstances being good are the most central items. In conclusion, the SWL and SI form a stable and robust network of indicators among university students in Ecuador.
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Network
KW - Satisfaction with life
KW - Suicide ideation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105011150824
U2 - 10.1007/s41042-025-00242-0
DO - 10.1007/s41042-025-00242-0
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:105011150824
SN - 2364-5040
VL - 10
JO - International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
JF - International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
IS - 3
M1 - 47
ER -