Year: 2017 Source: Journal of Affective Disorders. (2017). 221: 198-204. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.06.025 SIEC No: 20170629

Highlights

• To determine the relationship between suicidal risk and TCI dimensions.
• The suicide attempt group displayed high levels of novelty seeking and persistence.
• Self-directedness has a partial mediating effect between depression and suicide.
• Self-directedness was found to reduce the effect of depressive mood on suicide risk.