Abstract
This prospective cohort study investigated longitudinal predictors of suicidal ideation among college students. A non-clinical cohort of college students (N = 171) completed baseline and 3-month follow-up surveys. Depressive symptoms, worst-point suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt history significantly predicted follow-up suicidal ideation severity after adjusting covariates. Similarly, depressive symptoms and worst-point suicidal ideation (but not attempt history) were significant predictors of follow-up suicidal ideation intensity in an adjusted model. The results suggest that current depressive symptoms and lifetime worst-point suicidal ideation are independently valuable constructs that may provide relatively short-term predictive information when screening for suicidal ideation among college students.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 223-237 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Social Work in Mental Health |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 Mar 4 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Taylor & Francis.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
