@article{ref1,
title="Forgiveness, depression, and suicidal behavior among a diverse sample of college students",
journal="Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)",
year="2011",
author="Hirsch, Jameson K. and Jeglic, Elizabeth L. and Webb, Jon R.",
volume="67",
number="9",
pages="896-906",
abstract="Depression and suicide are significant public health concerns for college-age young adults. Meaning-based characteristics, such as forgiveness, a voluntary coping process involving offering, feeling, or seeking a change from negative to positive cognitions, behaviors, and affect toward a transgressor, may buffer such poor mental health outcomes. Utilizing mediation analyses, we examined cross-sectional associations between forgiveness, depression, and suicidal behavior in a diverse student sample reporting mild to severe depressive symptoms. The effect of self-forgiveness on suicidal behavior was fully mediated by depression; self-forgiveness was associated with depression and, in turn, with suicidal behavior. Forgiveness of others was directly associated with suicidal behavior. Prospective research is needed, yet self and other-forgiveness may be appropriate targets for promotion in suicide prevention efforts. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:1-11, 2011.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9762",
doi="10.1002/jclp.20812",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20812"
}