The current study was designed to examine the role of depression and hopelessness in suicide ideation.100 males and 100 females in the age range of 15-17 years completed Beck's Suicide Ideation Scale, Beck's Depression Inventory and Beck's Hopelessness Scale. The measures of suicide ideation, depression and hopelessness were correlated. The study reveals that suicide ideation correlated with depression (r = .48, p<.01). The correlation between suicide ideation and depression remained significant for males even when the role of hopelessness was partialledout. The correlation between suicide ideation and hopelessness (r = .53, p<.01) remained significant even after partialling-out the role of depression. Hopelessness as measured by Beck's Hopelessness Scale has emerged as a salient variable. The correlations, however, differed for males and females.
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