Attitudes toward life and death, alone or in combination with life eve
nts, may be important in discriminating between those at serious risk
for suicide and those who are not. Of 140 young adults in a college se
tting, 139 completed the Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale for Ado
lescents (MAST-A), the Life and Death Attitudes Scale (Fairy Tales), t
ile Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ), the Death Anxiety Scale, a
nd the Life Experiences Survey. The MAST-A and Fairy Tales attitudes t
oward life and death were significantly correlated, and several of the
attitudes were significantly correlated with the SBQ. A stepwise mult
iple regression yielded repulsion by life as accounting for the most v
ariance in the SBQ. Women endorsed higher levels of suicidality and at
traction to death than men.