@article{ref1,
title="Negative life events and suicide risk in college students: conditional indirect effects of hopelessness and self-compassion",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2019",
author="Hirsch, Jameson K. and Hall, Benjamin B. and Wise, Haley A. and Brooks, Byron D. and Chang, Edward C. and Sirois, Fuschia M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<b>Objective:</b> Suicide risk is a significant public health concern for college students and may be exacerbated by hopelessness resulting from negative life events (NLE), yet may be ameliorated by self-compassion. We examined the mediating role of hopelessness in the relation between NLE and suicidal behavior, and the moderating influence of self-compassion on all model paths. <b>Participants:</b> Participants were 338 undergraduates (89% white; 67% female). Data were collected from December 2014 to December 2015. <b>Methods:</b> Participants completed the Life Events Checklist for College Students, Beck Hopelessness Inventory, Self-Compassion Scale, and Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire - Revised. <b>Results:</b> Negative life events were related to greater hopelessness and, in turn, to more suicidal behavior, yet self-compassion attenuated this effect. <b>Conclusions:</b> Self-compassion may buffer the NLE-hopelessness linkage, thereby reducing suicide risk among college students. Therapeutic promotion of self-compassion, and reduction of hopelessness, may be important suicide prevention strategies on college campuses.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2019.1692023",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1692023"
}