Citation

Whatley SL, Clopton JR. Psychol. Rep. 1992; 71(3): 1123-1128.

Affiliation

Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409-2051.

Comment In:

Psychol Rep 1993;72(1):201-2

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1480690

Abstract

The present study examined the link between social support and suicidal ideation among 305 university students (90 men and 215 women) whose ages ranged from 18 to 24 years. Social support was significantly correlated with suicidal ideation (r = -.38), but social support did not contribute to the variation in suicidal ideation scores beyond the joint contribution of scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and scores on the Hopelessness Scale. A stronger relationship between social support and suicidal ideation might be found if investigators assessed different aspects of social support and if they examined the interaction of social support and level of reported stress.

Language: en