Perceived Burdensomeness and Suicide Ideation in Older Adults
Perceived Burdensomeness and Suicide Ideation in Older Adults
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DOI：
10.1037/a0021836
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发表时间：
2011-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Cook, Ronald L.
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作者：
Cukrowicz, Kelly C.;Cheavens, Jennifer S.;Cook, Ronald L.
在美国，老年人自杀死亡的风险最高。提高我们对导致老年人自杀风险增加的因素的理解，将大大提高我们预防这一高危人群自杀的能力。进行了两项研究，以测试知觉负担，自杀的人际心理理论（乔伊纳，2005）的组成部分，对老年人的自杀意念的影响。此外，性别被视为这种关联的调节剂，以确定是否认为负担产生了更大的影响，男性自杀意念。这些研究的结果表明，即使在控制了抑郁症状、绝望和功能障碍等预测因素后，自杀意念的显著差异仍与感知负担有关。性别并没有影响这种关联。这些研究结果的意义与自杀意念和自杀风险升高的老年人的治疗进行了讨论。
Older adults have the highest risk of death by suicide in the United States. Improving our understanding of the factors that lead to increased risk of suicide in older adults will greatly inform our ability to prevent suicide in this high-risk group. Two studies were conducted to test the effect of perceived burdensomeness, a component of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide (Joiner, 2005), on suicide ideation in older adults. Further, gender was examined as a moderator of this association to determine if perceived burdensomeness exerted a greater influence on suicide ideation in males. The results of these studies suggest that perceived burdensomeness accounts for significant variance in suicide ideation, even after predictors such as depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and functional impairment are controlled. Gender did not moderate the association. The implications of these findings for treatment of older adults with suicide ideation and elevated suicide risk are discussed.