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Toward a Predictive Model of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior: Some Preliminary Data in College Students
Author(s) -
Bonner Ronald L.,
Rich Alexander R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1987.tb00061.x
Subject(s) - loneliness , psychology , suicidal ideation , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , group cohesiveness , logistic regression , cognition , predictive power , self destructive behavior , social alienation , regression analysis , poison control , developmental psychology , suicide prevention , alienation , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , environmental health , epistemology , political science , law
Within a multivariate statistical design, the relationship of various interpersonal, emotional, and cognitive variables to suicidal ideation and behavior in college students was examined. A total of 158 subjects (58 males, 100 females) completed self‐report measures of life stress, faulty cognitions, loneliness, depression, hopelessness, family cohesiveness, adaptive reasons for living, and suicidal ideation and behavior. The results of a multiple‐regression analysis, forward‐inclusion algorithm, indicated that a predictive equation consisting of loneliness, irrational beliefs, and low adaptive reasons for living best accounted for suicidal behavior scores. To determine the basic structures and power of the predictor variables under study, a factor analysis and composite regression were employed, resulting in a predictive equation consisting of three factors: Social/Emotional Alienation, Cognitive Distortions, and Deficient Adaptive Resources. Results are discussed in terms of an interactional model of suicidal behavior.