Self-Esteem and Suicide Ideation in Psychiatric Outpatients

被引:80
作者
Bhar, Sunil [1 ]
Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Marjan [2 ]
Brown, Gregory [1 ]
Beck, Aaron T. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Dept Psychiat, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Uniformed Serv Univ Hlth Sci, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
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D O I
10.1521/suli.2008.38.5.511
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 [精神病与精神卫生学];
摘要
Depression, hopelessness, and low self-esteem are implicated as vulnerability factors for suicide ideation. The association of self-esteem with suicide ideation after controlling for depressed mood and hopelessness was examined. Adult psychiatric outpatients (N= 338) completed measures of self-esteem, suicide ideation, hopelessness, and depression. Self-esteem was operationalized as beliefs about oneself (self-based self-esteem) and beliefs about how other people regard oneself (other-based self-esteem). Each dimension of self-esteem was negatively associated with suicide ideation after controlling for depression and hopelessness. Of the two dimensions of self-esteem, other-based self-esteem was the more robust predictor of suicide ideation. These findings suggest that even in the context of depression and hopelessness, low self-esteem may add to the risk for suicide ideation.
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