Abstract
This study investigated social relationship and personality traits as correlates to suicide risk in young adults. Fifty (50) participants whose ages ranged from 19 to 30 years, selected from Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu State were sampled for the study. Suicide risk questionnaires, Big Five Inventory (BFI), Personality traits and social connectedness questionnaires were used for the study. The result showed that social relationship is negatively significantly correlated with suicidal risk, (r (50 = .36, p < .05). Of all the personality dimensions, only neuroticism showed a positive relationship with suicidal risk at significant level of (r (50) - .56, p < .01). Other personality traits (dimensions) showed negative but not significant correlation with suicidal risk, extraversion (r 50 = -.185, p > .05), aggreeableness (r (50) = -.229, p > .0>5). Conscientiousness (r (50) = -187, p > .05) and openness (r (50) = -.25, p > .05). Based on the findings of the study the researcher recommended that family and peer support will boster self efficacy in overcoming vulnerabilities to suicidal ideation and suicide during emerging adulthood.