@article{ref1,
title="Dementia-related anxiety and coping styles associated with suicidal ideation",
journal="Aging and mental health",
year="2019",
author="Cui, Ruifeng and Maxfield, Molly and Fiske, Amy",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-4",
abstract="<b>Objective:</b> Dementia-related anxiety is associated with general anxiety and depression, which are risk factors for suicidal ideation. Consequently, dementia-related anxiety may be associated with suicidal ideation. When faced with a negative event (e.g. developing dementia), individuals primarily employ monitoring or blunting styles of coping. The present study investigated whether dementia-related anxiety and coping styles were associated with suicidal ideation in adults and whether coping styles moderated the relation between dementia-related anxiety and suicidal ideation. <b>Methods:</b> Online Mturk participants (<i>n</i> = 330) completed the Miller Behavioral Style Scale, Dementia Worry Scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Suicidal ideation was assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire. <b>Results:</b> Dementia-related anxiety and monitor/blunter coping styles were independently associated with suicidal ideation in a multiple logistic regression; coping styles did not moderate the relation between dementia-related anxiety and suicidal ideation. <b>Discussion:</b> Greater dementia-related anxiety and less use of monitoring coping style were associated with suicidal ideation. Interventions to decrease suicide risk may benefit from taking into account individual differences in dementia-related anxiety and coping styles.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1360-7863",
doi="10.1080/13607863.2019.1636205",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1636205"
}