Citation

Bureau JS, Mageau GA, Vallerand RJ, Rousseau FL, Otis J. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2012; 42(4): 377-393.

Affiliation

Julien S. Bureau, Geneviève A. Mageau, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; Robert J. Vallerand and François L. Rousseau, Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Ottawa, ON, Canada; JoanneOtis, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00097.x

PMID

22583040

Abstract

Self-determination was examined as a protective factor against the detrimental impact of negative life events on suicide ideation in adolescents. It is postulated that for highly self-determined adolescents, negative life events have a weaker impact on both hopelessness and suicide ideation than for non-self-determined adolescents. In turn, hopelessness is hypothesized to generate less suicide ideation for highly self-determined individuals. Results from multigroup analyses confirm that both the direct and indirect links between negative life events and suicide ideation were significantly weaker among participants high in self-determination. The protective role of self-determination against negative life events is discussed.

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