Citation

Chang EC, Sanna LJ, Hirsch JK, Jeglic EL. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2010; 66(12): 1242-1253.

Affiliation

University of Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.20721

PMID

20734320

Abstract

In the present study, we examined loneliness and negative life events as predictors of suicide risk (viz., hopelessness and suicidal behaviors) in a sample of 160 Hispanic adults. Consistent with expectations, we found loneliness and negative life events to be positively associated with both hopelessness and suicidal behaviors. In addition, results of conducting hierarchical regression analyses indicated that loneliness accounted for significant amounts of variance in both measures of suicide risk, ranging from 24% to 29% of the variance. The inclusion of negative life events as a predictor was found to account for additional unique variance in hopelessness (3%), but not in suicidal behaviors, beyond what was predicted by loneliness. Finally, consistent with a diathesis-stress model, the Loneliness x Negative Life Events interaction was found to account for an additional 3% of the variance in both suicide risk measures. Implications of the present findings for future research on suicide risk in Hispanics are discussed.

Language: en