The Relationship of Hopelessness, Depression, & Anger to Suicidal Ideation in Canadian University Students

Year: 1985 Source: Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, (18th: 1985: Toronto), p.54-56 SIEC No: 19851071

A study of 189 (134 males, 54 females) undergraduate students attending Waterloo University revealed a high percentage (47%) of suicidal ideations, a stronger relation between depression & ideation than between hopelessness & depression, higher scores for females on the anger/ideation relationship, and an attempted suicide rate of 31%. Findings were based on responses to the BDIS, NAS, BHS, and to the Student Suicide Ideation Survey developed by the authors.

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Evans A LWilliams J LMcKinnon S