Race and Ethnic Differences in Hope and Hopelessness as Moderators of the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Behavior

Abstract

These findings may have implications for development of culturally targeted interventions for college students that strive to simultaneously reduce hopelessness and bolster hopefulness.

Trends in incidence and associated risk factors of suicide mortality in patients with non‐small cell lung cancer

“…The risk of dying from suicide was more than double for the white NSCLC patients than for the black patients 28. The reason is for higher suicide rate in white patients with NSCLC is still unknown, and hopelessness in those patients is likely to associate with suicidal behavior 29. In addition, unmarried NSCLC patients are easier exposed to suicide attempts.…”

Factors Associated with Recurrent Suicidal Ideation among Racially and Ethnically Diverse College Students with a History of Suicide Attempt: The Role of Mindfulness

“…Among Black college students, current depression is associated with suicidal thoughts and behavior (Hirsch, Visser, et al, 2011;Walker & Bishop, 2005;Walker, Wingate, Obasi, & Joiner, 2008;Wang, Nyutu, & Tran, 2012). Further, hopelessness in the context of depression is associated with greater suicidal behavior among Black students such that past, current and expectations of future suicidal thoughts and behavior are greater among depressed Black students reporting more hopelessness (Hirsch, Visser, et al, 2011).…”

“…While there has been comparatively little research investigating risk factors among racially and ethnically diverse college students, thus far, studies have suggested that psychosocial risk factors for lifetime suicidal behavior are similar to those found for White college students and include depression, hopelessness, and deficient social problem-solving (Chang, 1998;Hirsch, Visser, Chang, & Jeglic, 2011;Hirsch, Webb, & Jeglic, 2011). Similarly, depression and hopelessness have been linked to current suicidal ideation among diverse college students (Linda, Marroquín, & Miranda, 2012;Miranda, Tsypes, Gallagher, & Rajappa, 2013).…”

Family Environment as a Moderator of the Association between Conduct Disorder and Suicidality

“…These results also extend prior research and suggest that perceptions of family support are not only associated with CD (Kashani et al, 1994) and adolescent suicidal behavior (Garber et al, Downloaded by [New York University] at 01:08 17 June 2015 1998; King & Merchant, 2008;Morano, Cisler, & Lemerond, 1993), but also affect the nature of this relationship. Moreover, they suggest that the family component of the dual hypothesis theory (Hirsch et al, 2012) might apply equally well to explaining suicidal behavior among youth with CD as it does to depression. In short, youth with CD might contemplate suicide as a means of escape when they do not perceive adequate support from parents in successfully navigating stressors often precipitated by their deviant behavior.…”

“…Visser, Chang, & Jeglic, 2012). According to this theory, failures within the social (i.e., family and peer) and academic realms, commonly experienced by youth with CD problems, increase the likelihood of depressive symptoms among youth with CD (Capaldi, 1991(Capaldi, , 1992Capaldi & Stoolmiller, 1999;Patterson & Capaldi, 1990;Patterson & Stoolmiller, 1991).…”