Hope Under Assault: Understanding the Impact of Sexual Assault on the Relation Between Hope and Suicidal Risk in College Students

Edward C. Chang; Tina Yu; Zunaira Jilani; Erin E. Fowler; Elizabeth A. Yu; Jiachen Lin; Jameson K. Hirsch

doi:10.1521/jscp.2015.34.3.221

Hope Under Assault: Understanding the Impact of Sexual Assault on the Relation Between Hope and Suicidal Risk in College Students

Edward C. Chang, Tina Yu, Zunaira Jilani, Erin E. Fowler, Elizabeth A. Yu, Jiachen Lin, Jameson K. Hirsch

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of Michigan

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Abstract

The present study sought to examine for how hope and sexual assault are involved in suicidal risk in a sample of 325 college students. Specifically, we were interested to examine whether sexual assault may play an additive as well as interactive role in the prediction of suicidal risk (viz., suicidal behaviors & reasons for living) above and beyond hope. Results from regression analyses indicated that hope and sexual assault were important and unique predictors of suicidal risk in students. Moreover, we found some support for a Hope × Sexual Assault interaction in predicting both suicidal behaviors and reasons for living. However, only the findings for suicidal behaviors remained after controlling for concurrent depressive symptomatology. Some important implications of the present findings are discussed.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Volume	34
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2015.34.3.221
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

Keywords

college students
hope
sexual assault
suicidal risk

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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Health Psychology
Public Health

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