The Effect of Sleep Problems on Suicidal Risk among Young Adults in the Presence of Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Processes

Dafna Weis; Lee Rothenberg; Lital Moshe; David A. Brent; Sami Hamdan

doi:10.1080/13811118.2014.986697

The Effect of Sleep Problems on Suicidal Risk among Young Adults in the Presence of Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Processes

Dafna Weis, Lee Rothenberg, Lital Moshe, David A. Brent, Sami Hamdan

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Abstract

We aimed to investigate the effect of sleep problems, depression, and cognitive processes on suicidal risk among 460 young adults. They completed self-report questionnaires assessing suicidal behavior, sleep quality, depressive symptoms, emotion regulation, rumination, and impulsivity. Suicidal participants exhibited higher rates of depressive symptoms, sleep problems, expressive suppression, rumination, and impulsivity. A confirmatory factor analysis model revealed pathways to suicidal risk that showed no direct pathways between sleep problems and suicidal risk. Instead, sleep was related to suicidal risk via depression and rumination, which in turn increased suicidal risk. These results suggest that addressing sleep problems will be useful in either the treatment or prevention of depressive and rumination symptoms and reduction in suicidal risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	321-334
Number of pages	14
Journal	Archives of Suicide Research
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2014.986697
State	Published - 3 Jul 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

depression
rumination
sleep problems
suicidal risk

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Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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