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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"suicide ideation"”.
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Coping, stress and suicide ideation in the South African Police Service
… stress, burnout, alcohol abuse and suicides, as well as decreased levels of job satisfaction and job performance as compared to norms for the general population are found in research with police members. The number of suicides in the South African Police Service (SAPS) is more than …
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Purpose in Life as a Tool for Managing Racial Discrimination and Suicide Ideation in Racial/Ethnic Minority Emerging Adults
An Existential-Constructivist approach to suicide resilience suggests that purpose in life (PIL) offsets one’s existential concerns, however, contextual challenges, such as racial discrimination, are believed to threaten both emotional wellbeing and contribute to risk for suicide. We posit that for …
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ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SUICIDE IDEATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, MEDICAL COMORBIDITIES, MEDICATIONS, AND AXIS-I MENTAL DISORDERS AMONG OLDER ADULTS WHO PRESENT TO PRIMARY CARE
In the present study, associations between suicide ideation and demographic factors, medical comorbidities, medications, and Axis-I mental disorders among 745 patients age 65 years and older recruited from primary care practices in the Northeastern United States were assessed. Cross-sectional …
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Why do suicidal students avoid seeking help? college students’ self-reported reasons for concealing suicide ideation and their relationship to attempting suicide
… leading cause of death among college students, suicide has become an increasingly prominent focus for campus mental health initiatives. Suicide prevention efforts frequently rely on the induction of students with suicidal ideation into counseling services, either through self-referral or …
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Life stress, social support, and problem-solving skills in depression, hopelessness, and suicide ideation for an Asian student population: a test of a model
… model for depression, hopelessness, and suicide ideation for a group of Asian foreign students in the United states. Problem-solving skills and social support were hypothesized as two mediators between life stress and dependent variables, such as depression, hopelessness, and suicide …
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Explaining suicidal ideation via psychache and the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior
… role of psychological pain in the development of suicide ideation. The current dissertation examined whether adding the construct of psychological pain to the IPTS can improve the theory’s utility in explaining suicide-related ideation. Participants: Participants included 266 young adults with …
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SUICIDE COGNITIONS AMONG ARAB AMERICAN EMERGING ADULTS: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
… The only published empirical investigation of suicide risk among Arab Americans utilized epidemiological methodology and reported similar suicide death rates to other ethnoracial minority groups (El-Sayed et al., 2011). Notably, in the near decade since its publication, factors that contribute …
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Testing the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Community - Residing Older Adults
Suicide rates among older adults are high in Canada and around the world. Evidence-informed and theory-driven research on late life suicide may help to devise effective interventions to reduce suicide rates among older adults. In this thesis, I tested the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS: …
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Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior among Black College Students: Examining the Impact of Distress Tolerance and Social Support on Suicidality
… distress tolerance would report higher levels of suicide ideation; (2) individuals with high levels of distress tolerance would report greater suicide attempts; (3) social support would moderate the relationship between distress tolerance and suicide ideation; (4) social support would moderate the …
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Prevalence, Sociocultural Risks and Protective Factors of Suicidal Behaviors: A Cross Sectional Study of Middle School Students in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
<p>Suicide is a serious public health issue with more deaths worldwide than malaria, and HIV/AIDS in 2019, according to the World Health Organization. Almost nine out of 10 adolescents who died by suicide in 2019 were from low- and middle-income countries. In Ghana non-fatal suicide rates are …
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Emotion Dysregulation and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Adolescents
The lack of progress in suicide prevention has been attributed to fractured investigations of disparate risk factors and inadequate theoretical frameworks. Adolescents are different from adults in ways that are likely to influence suicide ideation and acts. The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide …
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An Examination of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide among Urban Firefighters: Associations with Posttraumatic Stress and Distress Tolerance
… report an alarmingly high rate of suicidal ideation, behavior, and attempts. Due to the inherently stressful occupational demands of the job, firefighters also report high rates of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology, which may pose increased risk for the …
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A Study of Suicide: A Latent Class-Evidence Based Model for Screening of Suicidal Behaviors among Adolescents Living in the United States from 1991-2011
… (YRBS) ask about specific actions related to suicide ideation, planning, attempts and injury, but it is the underlying construct of "suicidal behavior" that is the ultimate question of interest. LCA allows for the development of evidence-based behavioral profiles to be developed for the use of …
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Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, and Suicide Risk: The Role of Online Social Comparison to Suicide-Related Content
Suicide is a growing public health concern. One context that may impact suicide risk is online environments, where individuals may disclose their suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Not much research investigates how viewing suicide-related content makes people feel through social comparison. This …
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A Survey Examining the Attitudes in a College Population toward Suicide Attempters.
… to gain insight into the attitudes held towards suicide attempt victims amongst a traditional college population. Undergraduate students (n = 360) were administered a survey to assess demographics, suicide ideation levels, and perceptions formed after reading a short suicide attempt report. …
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Attitudes toward Suicidal Women Based on Gender of the Participant and Race of the Target Figure.
… who completed demographic questionnaires, Suicide Behavior Questionnaires (SBQ) (Ellis & Jones, 1996), and one of two scenarios with a modified version of the Suicide Attitude Vignette Experience Scale (SAVE) (Stillion, White, Edwards, & McDowell, 1989). The research design was a 2 (sex of …
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Giving Support and Mental Health in Older Adults at Risk for Vision Impairment
… and a seven-fold increased risk for death by suicide. Social interaction is one of the factors that may aid adaptation to vision impairment. Preliminary research suggests that giving support to others has a significant relation with fewer depressive symptoms, greater life satisfaction, and …
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Gender Differences in Coping with Chronic Illness.
<p>Suicide is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. Therefore, it is important to discover adaptive life-maintaining characteristics in high risk populations. Many patients with life-threatning illnesses have frequent suicidal thoughts. The difference in reasons for living between …
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Stimulant Use, Associated Psychopathology, and Eating Disordered Symptomatology
… disorder (e.g., emotion dysregulation, suicide ideation, paranoia, aggression, drug use, and thought disturbance) and mood disturbance. Finally, stimulant users were differentiated from other drug users by a scale measuring extreme dieting and longing for thinness. Implications for …
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Exploring the conceptual overlap of the cognitive and affective theories of suicide
<p>"To be able to help those contemplating suicide, the first step is to understand why people die by suicide. The cognitive theory of depression and the affective theory of psychache answer that question differently. Specifically, although they may have different parts in their theoretical …
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