Citation

Wang MC, Nyutu PN, Tran KK. J. Couns. Dev. 2012; 90(4): 459-466.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, John Wiley & Sons)

DOI

10.1002/j.1556-6676.2012.00057.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The authors examined the roles of reasons for living and coping in protecting against suicidal behaviors among 361 Black college students.

RESULTS of a path analysis revealed that reasons for living mediated against suicidal ideation through an inverse effect on depression.

RESULTS also indicated that greater use of emotion-oriented coping may lead to suicidal ideation through increased depression and decreased reasons for living, whereas avoidance-oriented coping protected against suicide. Implications for these results are further discussed. © 2012 by the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

suicide; depression; coping; Black American; reasons for living