1. Trauma and Suicide Risk in College Students: Does Lack of Agency, Lack of Pathways, or Both Add to Further Risk?
- Author
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Jameson K. Hirsch, Abigael G. Lucas, Olivia D. Chang, Edward C. Chang, Elizabeth A. Yu, and Mingqi Li
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,050103 clinical psychology ,Adolescent ,Universities ,Sociology and Political Science ,050109 social psychology ,Sample (statistics) ,Hope ,Young Adult ,Risk Factors ,Clinical Decision Rules ,Agency (sociology) ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Students ,Suicide Risk ,Social work ,05 social sciences ,Variance (accounting) ,Middle Aged ,Suicide ,Wounds and Injuries ,Female ,Psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
The present study sought to examine trauma history and hope as predictors of suicide risk in a sample of 561 college students. Furthermore, authors aimed to understand whether the lack of hope agency and hope pathways contributed to further risk for suicide, above and beyond trauma history. Results suggested that trauma history and hope agency were significant and unique predictors of suicide risk among college students. More specifically, hope agency accounted for additional variance in the prediction model of suicide risk, beyond that accounted for by trauma history. Some implications of the present findings for social work practice are discussed.
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- 2020