Abstract
The present study set out to investigate the impact of social media use on attitudes toward suicide while evaluating mental health literacy as a mediating variable in the relationship. An additional goal of the study was to identify differences in the findings across ethnic groups in a sample of undergraduate psychology students. Within a relatively ethnicity diverse sample (N = 215), increased social media use was significantly associated with decreased stigmatizing attitudes toward suicide and increased glorification of suicide. Mental health literacy was not a significant factor in the relationship between social media use and attitudes toward suicide. The findings pose promising first steps in increasing understanding of the nuances in the impact social media use has on the attitudes young people have toward suicide. Future research should investigate the impact of specific content on attitudes toward suicide as well as differences in the impact of social media use on attitudes toward suicide across sex and ethnicity.