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| Coping and thought suppression as predictors of suicidal ideation in depressed older adults with personality disorders | | Author(s) | K C Cukrowicz, A G Ekblad, J S Cheavens |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 1, January 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp 149-157 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Depression ; Psychoses ; Personality disorders ; Adjustment ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Suicide rates are higher among older people than any other age group, and suicidal ideation is one of the best predictors of completed suicide in older people. Despite this, few studies have evaluated predictors of suicidal ideation and other correlates of death by suicide (e.g. hopelessness) in older people. Even fewer studies on this topic have been conducted in samples characterised as poor responders to treatment (e.g. depressed individuals with co-occurring personality disorder). This study examined coping styles and thought suppression as predictors of a suicide risk composite score in a sample of depressed older people with co-occurring personality disorders. Based on the extant literature, it was hypothesised that maladaptive coping (i.e. emotional and avoidable coping) and chronic thought suppression would significantly predict suicide risk. The results of this study indicate that elevated emotional coping was associated with increased risk, although this finding is moderated by Axis II diagnosis. Thus, treatments that focus on decreasing emotional coping and chronic thought suppression may result in decreased suicidal ideation and hopelessness for older people with depression ad Axis II pathology. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080409219 A |
| Classmark | EV: ENR: EL: EK: DR: 64A |
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