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Self-esteem and suicide ideation in psychiatric outpatients

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posted on 2024-07-13, 05:38 authored by Sunil BharSunil Bhar, Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Gregory Brown, Aaron T. Beck
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.

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0363-0234

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Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

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38

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5

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5 pp

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Guilford Press

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eng

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