Resource Tag: REASONS FOR LIVING

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Published in “Suicide in Modern Ireland: new Dimensions, new Responses”

Published in “The Suicidal Process: Challenges for Treatment and Prevention”

The current study tested a model of adolescent suicide ideation in a sample of 258 high school students, comparing the model fit across 2 racial groups. The authors found that the model significantly fit the data for both groups indicating that the relationship between suicide exposure & current suicidal ideation is mediated by reasons for […]

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In this study, 86 individuals with schizophrenia & schizoaffective disorder were assessed for past & current suicidal behavior, depression, hopelessness, & reasons for living. 34% reported a history of suicide attempts. Depression was frequent among both attempters & non-attempters, but only half of the attempters reported a suicide attempt during an episode of major depression. […]

Attitudes toward violence & reasons for living in young adolescents with high, moderate, & low self-esteem were examined. The results of analyses showed that for dependent variable attitudes toward violence, main effects were found for both gender & self-esteem. For dependent variable reasons for living, a main effect was found for self-esteem but not for […]

The authors summarize the objectives, methodology, & findings of a study that rated & compared motives for living among a sample population, & discuss these findings in the context of suicide prevention.

The authors summarize the findings of a study investigating whether lying, a type of ego-protecting mechanism, may be interpreted as an adaptive strategy that might prevent an individual from considering suicide.

This document summarizes the aims, methodology, & findings of a study designed to examine the construct validity of the Brief Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents in a nonclinical sample of 109 high school students.

In this study, the authors examined the relationship between the exposure of adolescents to the suicide of a peer & subsequent suicide risk. 268 high school students filled out self-report questionnaires assessing demographic information, exposure to the suicide of a peer, relationship between survivor & suicide victim, & 4 measures of suicide risk. The results […]

This article examines music preferences as a predictor of suicidal ideation in 77 high school seniors. Students completed a questionnaire that contained questions on hopelessness, religion, suicidal ideation, & manic-depressive tendencies. The questionnaire also contained a scale on studentsÕ reasons for living. The article reports that suicidal ideation was predicted by depression, music preferences, & […]

The aims of this study were to examine (1) whether reasons for living predict self-damaging and suicidal behaviors, (2) the associations of reasons for living with coping strategies and depressive personality disorder, and (3) the unique predictive validity of reasons for living in a multivariate predictor model. It was found that coping scales might be […]

This essay presents a justification for suicide. Rather than asking what the purpose of life is, it asks the question, why bother to live? The author emphasizes that living is a personal choice made over & against the existential option of suicide.

The present investigation surveyed 162 self-identified lesbian, gay, & bisexual individuals with regard to suicidal behaviors, suicide risk factors, & reasons for living. Approximately 41% of the respondents indicated a serious consideration of suicide including identification of a specific suicide plan or a past suicide attempt with significant intent to die. 46% indicated at least […]

To assess whether writing with cognitive change or exposure instructions reduces depression or suicidality, 121 undergraduates screened for suicidality wrote for 20 minutes on 4 days over 2 weeks. They were randomly assigned to reinterpret or to write & rewrite traumatic events/emotions, or to write about innocuous topics. The three groups who completed pre-, post-, […]

The psychometric properties & validity of the Reasons for Living Inventory were examined in a sample of 253 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents, aged 13-18 years, identified as suicide ideators, suicide attempters, & psychiatric controls. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested the original inventory factors did not provide a good fit; exploratory factor analysis identified 5 factors, of which […]

Two studies are reported that discuss the validation of an adult suicide prediction questionnaire for use with adolescents. As with adults, adolescents administered the questionnaire who reported more reasons for staying alive were less apt to report pas or recent suicidal thoughts or behaviors. Differences between general and delinquent adolescents’ reasons for living are discussed. […]