TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Psychache predicts suicide attempter status change in students starting university
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Lambert, Christine E.
A1  - Troister, Talia
A1  - Ramadan, Zeinab
A1  - Montemarano, Vanessa
A1  - Fekken, G. Cynthia
A1  - Holden, Ronald R.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: Unlike many investigations that focus on suicide ideation rather than suicidal behavior, the present research evaluates the merit and relative efficacy of psychache (i.e., unbearable mental pain) for predicting self-reported suicide attempts among university students who are starting university. <br><br>METHOD: A sample of 516 elevated-risk undergraduates was assessed during the first three weeks of starting university and, again, 10 weeks later. <br><br>RESULTS: Psychache and depression, but not hopelessness, could predict change in suicide attempter status. When measures of psychache, depression, and hopelessness were considered simultaneously, only psychache provided significant, unique predictive power. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings are interpreted as supporting Shneidman's model whereby psychache is seen as the cause of suicide.<br><br>© 2020 The American Association of Suicidology.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12624
ID  - ref1
ER  -