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- Title
Relations Between Hopelessness, Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality: Mediation by Reasons for Living.
- Authors
Bagge, Courtney L.; Lamis, Dorian A.; Nadorff, Michael; Osman, Augustine
- Abstract
Objective The present study examined whether reasons for living (RFL) would partially account for the associations between traditional risk factors (depressive symptoms, hopelessness) and suicidal ideation and attempts. Method Data were collected from 1,075 undergraduate college students who completed a battery of online assessments. Results Results from a series of simultaneous mediational models indicated that the relations between risk factors and current suicidal ideation were partially mediated by total RFL (and Coping Beliefs and Self-Evaluation subscales). Further, total RFL (and the Coping Beliefs subscale) fully mediated the relation between hopelessness and past-year suicide attempt, and partially mediated the depressive symptoms-suicide attempt relation. Conclusions This study demonstrates the importance of assessing for the presence of these suicide risk and protective factors. Implications for the improved identification and treatment of young adults at risk for suicide are discussed.
- Subjects
SUICIDE risk factors; SUICIDAL behavior; SELF-perception; SUICIDAL ideation; SUICIDAL behavior in young adults; MENTAL health of college students; SUICIDAL behavior in college students; COMPETENCY assessment (Law)
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2014, Vol 70, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
0021-9762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jclp.22005