Citation

Tucker RP, Wingate LR, O'Keefe VM, Hollingsworth DW, Cole AB. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2015; 46(2): 213-222.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12185

PMID

26255777

Abstract

No research has empirically investigated whether frequency of historical loss thinking is a potential risk factor for suicide ideation in American Indians.

RESULTS of this study demonstrated that the frequency of historical loss thinking was positively associated with brooding and reflection at a small magnitude, but was not directly related to suicide ideation. Bootstrapping analyses indicated small indirect effects of historical loss thinking frequency on suicide ideation through brooding and reflection individually, but only through brooding when analyzed in a parallel mediation model. These findings suggest that American Indians who more frequently engage in historical loss thinking may be susceptible to suicide ideation via an increase in ruminative tendencies, specifically brooding.

Language: en