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Investigating Meaning In Life, Perceived Social Support, And Suicide Ideation Among Community-Residing Older Adults, Joyce L. Cheng
Investigating Meaning In Life, Perceived Social Support, And Suicide Ideation Among Community-Residing Older Adults, Joyce L. Cheng
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Older adults have high rates of suicide, necessitating enhanced models of suicide risk in later life. Previous cross-sectional findings suggest that suicide ideation is positively associated with psychological risk factors and negatively associated with resilience factors, including recognition of meaning in life (MIL) and perceptions of social support (PSS). We designed the current longitudinal study to replicate and extend these findings and to test a multidimensional model of suicide ideation (SI), which incorporates consideration of risk and resilience factors, among a sample of 173 community-residing older adults. Using Structural Equation Modeling, both MIL and PSS, which were measured at the …
Investigating Personality Vulnerability To Suicide Ideation In Community-Residing Older Adults, James Andrew Mcclure
Investigating Personality Vulnerability To Suicide Ideation In Community-Residing Older Adults, James Andrew Mcclure
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This study assessed associations between suicide ideation and personality characteristics in a sample of community-residing adults 65 years of age and older. Measures of personality, suicide ideation, and depression were administered at two time points 6-12 months apart. Multiple linear regression analyses were employed to investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between personality characteristics and suicide ideation. A total of 106 older adults (mean age=74.2 years, SD=5.8, including 78 women) completed both phases of the study. The majority of participants included in this study were relatively emotionally and psychologically healthy. Within this sample of older adults, more severe suicide ideations was …