ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Loneliness and Suicide Risk in Young Adults: Is It Just a Matter of Different Coping Behaviors?
- Rachel Eisner
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Brianna McManamon
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Deesha Shah
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Shangwen Yi
Beijing Normal University - Victoria Clements
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Alexis Rosenstrauch
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Edward Chang
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract
This study examined loneliness as a predictor of suicide risk when coping is accounted for in a sample of college students. Results of a hierarchical regression analysis indicated that loneliness accounted for significant variance in suicide risk even after accounting for the variance explained by coping. Some implications are discussed.
Suicide
