The Relationship Between Psychological Buffers, Hopelessness, and Suicidal Ideation
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Hogrefe Publishing Group in Crisis
- Vol. 28 (2), 67-73
- https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.28.2.67
Abstract
In this study we examined the role of psychological buffers (life satisfaction, self-esteem, perception of family cohesion, and perception of social support) in the development of hopelessness and suicidal ideation. The participants were 314 university students, 71 males and 243 females, who were asked to complete a battery of instruments measuring the psychological buffers mentioned above. The results of a set of hierarchical multiple regression analyses suggested that life satisfaction and self-esteem are independent predictors of lower levels of hopelessness, while perception of social support seems to be the major predictor of lower levels of suicidal ideation independent of depression and hopelessness severity. Thus, hopelessness seems to be minimized by the level of life satisfaction and level of self-esteem exhibited by the individuals, while the key factor to the mitigation of suicidal ideas seems to be perception of social support.Keywords
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