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Testing a Model of Suicide Ideation in College Students
Author(s) -
Konick Lisa C.,
Gutierrez Peter M.
Publication year - 2005
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.35.2.181.62875
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , clinical psychology , psychology , depressive symptoms , suicide prevention , ideation , multilevel model , depression (economics) , suicide ideation , psychiatry , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , cognition , machine learning , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , cognitive science
This study examined several risk factors—negative life events (NLE), hopelessness, and depressive symptoms—believed to commonly precipitate suicide ideation in college students. A total of 345 undergraduates participated in the study. Students completed four self‐report questionnaires. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to construct a risk model of suicide ideation. This study confirmed depressive symptoms and hopelessness as predictors of suicide ideation in college students; however, NLE impacted suicidal thoughts through hopelessness and depressive symptoms. Interestingly, depressive symptoms exerted a stronger influence on suicide ideation than hopelessness. Hopelessness served as a partial mediator in the relationship between NLE and depressive symptoms; however, depressive symptoms fully mediated the relationship between NLE and hopelessness. Clinical implications for understanding suicide risk in college students are discussed.