Toward a Predictive Model of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior: Some Preliminary Data in College Students

Within a multivariate statistical design, the relationship of various interpersonal, emotional, and cognitive variables to suicidal ideation and behavior in college students was examined. Subjects completed self-report measures of life stress, faulty cognitions, loneliness, depression, hopelesness, family cohesiveness, adaptive reasons for living, and suicidal ideation and behavior. Results are discussed in terms of an interactional model.