Citation

Shahar G, Bareket L, Rudd MD, Joiner TE. Psychol. Med. 2006; 36(7): 913-922.

Affiliation

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelFlorida State University, FL, USA. shaharg@bgu.ac.il

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0033291706007586

PMID

16650341

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite voluminous research on the role of hopelessness and depression in suicidality, a systematic examination of various causal models pertaining to these variables is conspicuous in its absence. METHOD: The directions of relationships between the three variables were examined by means of a prospective-longitudinal, cross-lagged, three-wave design in a severely suicidal young adults. RESULTS: Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses revealed synchronous, but not longitudinal, associations between hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. CONCLUSIONS: In severely suicidal young adults, the three clinical constructs appear to constitute a single depressive syndrome.

Language: en