@article{ref1,
title="Cynical hostility increases whereas sense of coherence decreases the odds for current suicidal thoughts: a cross-sectional study of the general adult population sample",
journal="Health science reports",
year="2023",
author="Palmu, Raimo and Partonen, Timo",
volume="6",
number="8",
pages="e1464-e1464",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Earlier, somatic diseases and mental disorders have been associated with cynical hostility as well as sense of coherence, but there is a gap of knowledge, whether they contribute to suicidality at population level. <br><br>METHODS: A random sample of adults, representative of the general population living in Finland, participated in a nationwide health examination study. For 4387 participants aged 18-97 years, we analyzed, after controlling for confounding factors, whether cynical hostility, as assessed with the 8-item Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, or sense of coherence, as assessed with the 13-item Sense of Coherence Scale, contributed to current suicidal thoughts during the past 7 days as scored on the 25-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist. <br><br>RESULTS: Suicidal thoughts (current thoughts of ending one's life) were associated significantly with cynical hostility (p < 0.001) as well as with sense of coherence (p < 0.001). Of the specific items of cynical hostility, the item &quot;I am sure that most people do not have problems with lying for their own good&quot; was associated most strongly with current suicidal thoughts (p < 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Cynical hostility predicted current suicidal thoughts in a population-based sample of adults aged 18-97 years. Sense of coherence protected from current suicidal thoughts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2398-8835",
doi="10.1002/hsr2.1464",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1464"
}