Citation

Elliott JL, Frude N. Crisis 2001; 22(1): 20-26.

Affiliation

School of Health and Social Sciences, Coventry University, UK. julie.elliott@conventry.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Publisher Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11548816

Abstract

This study examined the association between level of hopelessness with stress and coping style for a sample of 80 people who had recently attempted suicide. Higher levels of hopelessness were found to be associated with higher levels of stress. Level of hopelessness was also associated with the use of problem-focused but not with emotion-focused coping. Analyses of the interaction between stress and coping style suggested that these variables influence the level of hopelessness in an independent and linear fashion. The implications for clinical intervention are discussed.

Language: en