TY - JOUR
T1 - In severely suicidal young adults, hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation constitute a single syndrome
AU - Shahar, Golan
AU - Bareket, Liad
AU - Rudd, M. David
AU - Joiner, Thomas E.
PY - 2006/7/1
Y1 - 2006/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33744799722&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0033291706007586
DO - 10.1017/S0033291706007586
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744799722
SN - 0033-2917
VL - 36
SP - 913
EP - 922
JO - Psychological Medicine
JF - Psychological Medicine
IS - 7
ER -
