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Forgiveness, depression, and suicidal behavior among a diverse sample of college students

✍ Scribed by Jameson K. Hirsch; Jon R. Webb; Elizabeth L. Jeglic

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
136 KB
Volume
67
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9762

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Abstract

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.

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