Optimism and Suicide Ideation Among Young Adult College Students
Optimism and Suicide Ideation Among Young Adult College Students
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DOI：
10.1080/13811110701249988
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Duberstein, Paul R.
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作者：
Hirsch, Jameson K.;Conner, Kenneth R.;Duberstein, Paul R.
考虑到大学生自杀的风险可能会增加，重要的是要进行研究，以指导大学校园的自杀预防工作。虽然许多研究已经进行了绝望和抑郁在自杀意念中的作用，性格乐观的作用还不清楚。受试者为284名大学生（185名女性，65%），年龄在18岁及以上。乐观的评估与生活取向测试修订版。结果测量是贝克自杀意念量表。一个分层的，多变量回归被用来测试的假设，乐观是负相关的自杀意念，即使在控制了年龄，性别，抑郁症状，绝望。这一假设得到了支持。乐观主义作为一种认知特征，与大学生自杀念头的减少有关，有希望;需要更好地理解它在这一群体中的假定保护作用，以及跨文化的作用。旨在提高大学环境中的乐观情绪的预防计划可能会降低自杀风险。
Given that college students may be at increased risk for suicide, it is important to conduct research that could guide suicide prevention efforts on college campuses. Although much research has been conducted on the role of hopelessness and depression in suicide ideation, the role of dispositional optimism is unclear. Subjects were 284 college students (185 female, 65%), ages 18 and over. Optimism was assessed with the Life Orientation Test-Revised. The outcome measure was the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. A hierarchical, multivariate regression was used to test the hypothesis that optimism is inversely associated with suicide ideation, even after controlling for age, gender, depressive symptoms, and hopelessness. The hypothesis was supported. Optimism holds promise as a cognitive characteristic associated with decreased thoughts of suicide in college students; a better understanding of its putative protective role in this group, and cross-culturally, is needed. Prevention programs designed to enhance optimism in the college setting might decrease suicide risk.