Suicidal Behavior, Negative Affect, Gender, and Self-Reported Delinquency in College Students

Autor/inn/en	Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer; Arata, Catalina; Bowers, David; O'Brien, Natalie; Morgan, Allen
Titel	Suicidal Behavior, Negative Affect, Gender, and Self-Reported Delinquency in College Students
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 34 (2004) 3, S.255-266 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
Schlagwörter	College Students; Gender Differences; Depression (Psychology); Delinquency; Suicide; Student Behavior; Affective Behavior; Risk; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kriminalität; Selbstmord; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Risiko; Prädiktor
Abstract	The associations among suicidal behavior, negative affect, and delinquency were assessed via an anonymous self-report survey administered to male and female college students ( N = 383). Contrary to our hypothesized results, there were no gender differences in rates of suicidal ideation and attempts. Confirming our hypotheses about gender differences, college men did report significantly more delinquent behavior than college women. College men also scored higher on the suicide-proneness scale, which contained a mixture of death-related, risk-related, and negative self- and health-related items. Furthermore, as predicted, college students with a history of depression, suicide ideation, and/or suicide attempts all reported significantly more delinquent behavior. Self-reported delinquency and current levels of depressive symptomology emerged as significant predictors of suicide-prone behavior for both college men and women, explaining 34% of the variance for women and 17% for men. Levels of engagement in suicide-prone behavior and feelings of depression were elevated in college students with any type of juvenile arrest history. Students with an arrest history were also more likely to have had a diagnosis of depression and to have engaged in suicide ideation in their past. These findings suggest there are complex links between depression, delinquency, and suicidal behavior in college men and women. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10