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Segal, Daniel L. – Death Studies, 2009
A substantial literature has documented that sexual abuse relates to suicidal behaviors but relatively less is known about resilience to suicide, especially cognitive deterrents to suicide. The present study investigated the effects of a history of sexual victimization on reasons for living. Female participants (N = 138; M age = 24.4 years; SD =…
Descriptors: Rape, Females, Prevention, Suicide
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Ellis, Jon B.; Lamis, Dorian A. – Death Studies, 2007
Differences in suicidal behavior and adaptive characteristics were examined in college students with a particular emphasis on gender differences. Participants consisted of 344 undergraduate students who were administered a revised version of the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ), the Expanded Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL), and a…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Females, Young Adults
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Ellis, Jon B.; Range, Lillian M. – Journal of Black Studies, 1991
The Reasons for Living Inventory was completed by 95 Black and 132 White male and female students at a predominantly White southern university. Female subjects had a greater fear of, and objection to, suicide. Blacks scored higher than Whites in reasons for living. (DM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Beliefs, Blacks, College Students