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In severely suicidal young adults, hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation constitute a single syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2006

GOLAN SHAHAR ,
LIAD BAREKET ,
M. DAVID RUDD  and
THOMAS E. JOINER
GOLAN SHAHAR
Affiliation:
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Florida State University, FL, USA
LIAD BAREKET
Affiliation:
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
M. DAVID RUDD
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Texas Tech University, TX, USA
THOMAS E. JOINER
Affiliation:
Florida State University, FL, USA
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Abstract

Background. Despite voluminous research on the role of hopelessness and depression in suicidality, a systematic examination of various causal models pertaining to these variables is conspicuous in its absence.

Method. The directions of relationships between the three variables were examined by means of a prospective-longitudinal, cross-lagged, three-wave design in a severely suicidal young adults.

Results. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses revealed synchronous, but not longitudinal, associations between hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation.

Conclusions. In severely suicidal young adults, the three clinical constructs appear to constitute a single depressive syndrome.

Type
Original Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 36 , Issue 7 , July 2006 , pp. 913 - 922
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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