TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Forgiveness, depression, and suicidal behavior among a diverse sample of college students
JO  - Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)
A1  - Hirsch, Jameson K.
A1  - Jeglic, Elizabeth L.
A1  - Webb, Jon R.
SP  - 896
EP  - 906
VL  - 67
IS  - 9
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9762
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20812
ID  - ref1
ER  -