TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Self-esteem and suicide ideation in psychiatric outpatients
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Bhar, Sunil
A1  - Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Marjan
A1  - Brown, Gregory
A1  - Beck, Aaron T.
SP  - 511
EP  - 516
VL  - 38
IS  - 5
N2  - Depression, hopelessness, and low self-esteem are implicated as vulnerability factors for suicide ideation. The association of self-esteem with suicide ideation after controlling for depressed mood and hopelessness was examined. Adult psychiatric outpatients (N = 338) completed measures of self-esteem, suicide ideation, hopelessness, and depression. Self-esteem was operationalized as beliefs about oneself (self-based self-esteem) and beliefs about how other people regard oneself (other-based self-esteem). Each dimension of self-esteem was negatively associated with suicide ideation after controlling for depression and hopelessness. Of the two dimensions of self-esteem, other-based self-esteem was the more robust predictor of suicide ideation. These findings suggest that even in the context of depression and hopelessness, low self-esteem may add to the risk for suicide ideation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2008.38.5.511
ID  - ref1
ER  -