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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"thoughts of suicide"”.
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A Study on Internet Addiction in Male and Female Teenagers and Their Association with Feelings of Depression and Thoughts of Suicide
… study aimed to identify the relationship between suicide as the greatest cause of death of youths and overuse of the internet, and it tried to discover the relationship between the risk level of internet addiction and types of internet addiction with feelings of depression and thoughts of suicide. …
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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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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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The relationship between HIV disease classification and depression and suicidal intent
The purpose of this non-experimentally designed study was to investigate the relationship between HIV disease classification, depression and suicidal intent. A convenience sample of eighty HIV infected persons was obtained from The Bering Care Center in Houston, Texas. The Beck Depression Inventory …
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The dark side of calling: a partial test of the work as calling theory (WCT) using the veterinarian occupational well-being study (VOWS)
Although research on the concept of calling has blossomed in the last several decades, less is known about how and when having a calling may lead to less desirable outcomes (i.e., the so-called "dark side" of calling). Recently, the Work as Calling Theory (WCT - Duffy, Dik, Douglass, England, & …
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Explaining suicidal ideation via psychache and the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior
The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior (IPTS) has yet to investigate the 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 …