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Psychological Dimensions Associated with Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey
Author(s) -
Cox Brian J.,
Enns Murray W.,
Clara Ian P.
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1521/suli.34.3.209.42781
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , neuroticism , comorbidity , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , national comorbidity survey , suicide prevention , poison control , population , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , personality , medical emergency , social psychology , environmental health
Three important psychological dimensions in the suicide literature (neuroticism, self‐criticism, and hopelessness) were examined in relation to suicidal ideation and attempts in the U.S. National Comorbidity Survey (Kessler et al., 1994; n =5, 877), after first controlling for the effects of previously identified sociodemo‐graphic and psychiatric variables related to suicidality in this nationally representative sample (Kessler, Borges, & Walters, 1999). Analyses were conducted separately for lifetime, current (12‐month), and past history of suicidal ideation and attempts. Brief indices of self‐criticism and hopelessness were robustly associated with suicide attempts across all three time frames. The results support the value of examining psychological individual differences over sociodemographic and psychiatric diagnoses alone in the comprehensive assessment of factors associated with suicidality in the general population.