2019/04/02 by Megan Chesin, Michele Cascardi, Michelle Rosselli +2 · 1 citation
Psychology · #Suicide and Self-Harm Studies #Mental Health Treatment and Access #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
paper · doi:10.1080/07448481.2019.1586713
openalex publication_date 2019/04/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Objective: To test associations between viewing 13 Reasons Why, Season 1 and past week suicide ideation severity, behavior risk, stigma, and knowledge in college students. To explore whether personal exposure to suicide and depressive symptom severity moderated these associations. Participants: Eight-hundred and eighteen college students, 64% (n = 522) of whom watched 13 Reasons Why. Methods: Students completed surveys online. Multivariate negative binomial regressions were used to test associations between watching 13 Reasons Why and suicide-related variables, and interaction terms. Results: Suicide ideation severity and suicide behavior risk were not significantly associated with viewing 13 Reasons Why; however, there was limited statistical power to detect associations. The association between watching 13 Reasons Why and greater suicide knowledge was stronger among those who did not have personal exposure to suicide. Conclusions: 13 Reasons Why may be a platform for psychoeducation on suicide, particularly among those who do not have personal exposure.