Hopelessness and suicidal behavior

Niméus, A.; Träskman‐Bendz, Lil; Alsén, Margot

doi:10.1016/s0165-0327(96)01404-8

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“…In addition, the relatively large non-response rate may have led to an underestimation of the effects of violence. it is noteworthy that the present hopelessness figures were similar to those found in community/general population samples (e.g., [29][30][31], but some of the men had high hopelessness levels, previously associated with decreased well-being in mental patients and community/general population samples (e.g., 30,31,49), not the least in Sweden (49) and Finland (30).…”

Section: Physical Health Lifestyles and Violencesupporting

confidence: 82%

Health among lifetime victimized men

Soares¹,

Macassa²,

Miranda³

et al. 2007

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. We examined differences in demographics/socio-economics, lifestyles and mental/ physical health between victimized/non-victimized men, and identified/quantified factors associated with mental/physical health. Study design. The study design was cross-sectional. Methods. The men were assessed in various areas (e.g., depression) by means of a questionnaire. Results. The univariate analyses showed that victims compared with non-victims were younger. They also had higher intermediate education levels, were more often blue-collar/low white-collar workers, were on student allowances and financially strained, smoked more, had a lower BMI, and reported headaches, depression, tension and cognitive difficulties more frequently. The regression analyses showed that financial strain rather than violence was a more important factor for illhealth. Only headaches and cognitive difficulties were associated with violence. Conclusions. Quite an number of men were in a poor physical/mental state, but there were few differences between victims/non-victims. Financial strain was determined to be a more important factor for ill-health than violence. Our data indicate that violence had little effect on men's health. Our findings do not generally support a relationship between poor health and the abuse of men.

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Section: Physical Health Lifestyles and Violencesupporting

confidence: 82%

Health among lifetime victimized men

Soares¹,

Macassa²,

Miranda³

et al. 2007

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…Several years later, Beck et al (1985) stated that the BHS would not be a satisfactory instrument to predict future suicide in a sample of attempters. This finding was replicated by a Swedish research group in 1997 (Nimeus et al 1997). …”

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Cognitive-behavioural theories of helplessness/hopelessness: Valid models of depression?

Henkel¹,

Bussfeld²,

Möller³

et al. 2002

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

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Helplessness and hopelessness are central aspects of cognitive-behavioural explanations for the development and persistence of depression. In this article a general overview concerning the evolution of those approaches to depression is provided. Included is a critical examination of the theories. The review of the literature suggests that those cognitive models describing helplessness/hopelessness as trait factors mediating depression do not really have a strong empirical base. The majority of those studies had been conducted in healthy or only mildly depressed subjects. Thus, there seems to be little justification for broad generalisations beyond the populations studied. It seems that some of the reported studies have not tested the underlying theories adequately (e. g. correlation had sometimes been interpreted as causation; adequate prospective longitudinal study designs had seldom been applied). Moreover, the theoretical models are not generally prepared to explain all depressive features (e. g. the possibility of a spontaneous shift in a manic episode). Despite those limitations, there is a relevant impact of the learned helplessness paradigm on preclinical research in neurobiological correlates of depressive states. Last but not least, the models are of high interest with respect to the theoretical background of important modules of cognitive-behavioural therapy and its acute and prophylactic effects.

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“…On the other hand, Beck, Steer, Kovacs and Garrison (1985) state that depressed individuals with a tendency of hopelessness, have a higher intention to commit suicide compared to other depressed individuals who do not have such tendencies and that hopelessness is in fact a more important risk factor for suicidal tendencies compared to depression. At the same time, studies in the literature indicate that hopelessness is related to depression and suicidal tendencies and is a meaningful predictor of them both (Alford, Lester, Patel, Buchanan and Giunta, 1995;Beck et al, 1985;Nimeus, Traskman-Bendz and Alsen, 1997;O'Connor, Connery and Cheyne, 2000;Young, Fogg, Scheftner, Fawcett, Akiskal and Maser, 1996). In such case, if high school students' life satisfaction can be increased, while decreasing their hopelessness levels, risk factors such as suffering from depression and suicidal tendencies may also be prevented.…”

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The Study of Relations between Life Satisfaction, Burnout, Work Engagement and Hopelessness of High School Students

Çapri

Gündüz

Akbay

2013

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The purpose of this research is to determine the relations between high school students' life satisfaction, burnout, work engagement and hopelessness scores and examine the contribution of their burnout, work engagement and hopelessness scores in the prediction of their life satisfaction scores. The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student Survey (UWES-SS), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and "Personal Information Form", has been applied on a total of 461 students, 225 (%48.8) of them being girl students and 236 (%51.2) of them being male students, who were continuing the 12th grade in varying high school classes during the 2011-2012 school year within the provincial boundaries of the Mersin Municipality and had voluntarily accepted to participate in the research. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis have been used in the analysis of the data. It is observed as a result of the analyses that high school students' life satisfaction scores have a negative relation with exhaustion, cynicism, efficacy and hopelessness scores; on the other hand, these have a positive relation with vigor, dedication and absorption scores. Also it has been observed that life satisfaction scores only predict hopelessness, absorption and efficacy in a meaningful way.

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Hopelessness and suicidal behavior

Cited by 74 publications

References 18 publications

Health among lifetime victimized men

Health among lifetime victimized men

Cognitive-behavioural theories of helplessness/hopelessness: Valid models of depression?

The Study of Relations between Life Satisfaction, Burnout, Work Engagement and Hopelessness of High School Students

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