TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Financial loss and suicidal ideation in a rural community sample
JO  - Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
A1  - Turvey, C.
A1  - Stromquist, Ann
A1  - Kelly, Katharine
A1  - Zwerling, Craig S.
A1  - Merchant, J.
SP  - 373
EP  - 380
VL  - 106
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation in a community-based rural sample. METHOD: The sample was a random sample of people living in a single county in Iowa. Participants aged 18 or older (n=1617) were asked about suicidal ideation in the past year as well as mood, alcohol use, social support, and stressful life events. RESULTS: About 8.2% of the sample reported suicidal ideation. Depressive symptoms, problems resulting from alcohol use, infrequent social contact and financial loss characterized the suicidal group. CONCLUSION: Depressive symptoms were the strongest correlate of suicidal ideation in this rural sample. In the multivariate analysis, financial loss rather than low income remained a significant correlate of suicidal ideation after controlling for depression. This suggests that change in financial status rather than chronic poverty poses a risk for suicidal ideation.
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SN  - 0001-690X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -