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Social Work in Mental Health Volume 16, 2018 - Issue 2
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Predictors of suicidal ideation among college students: A prospective cohort study

Boyoung NamSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6799-5434
, MSW ORCID Icon,
Matthew R HilimireDepartment of Psychology, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
, PhD,
Danielle JahnDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5) Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
, PhD,
Meshan LehmannSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
, MSW &
Jordan E. DeVylderSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD
Pages 223-237 | Published online: 08 Dec 2017
 
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ABSTRACT

This prospective cohort study investigated longitudinal predictors of suicidal ideation among college students. A non-clinical cohort of college students (N = 171) completed baseline and 3-month follow-up surveys. Depressive symptoms, worst-point suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt history significantly predicted follow-up suicidal ideation severity after adjusting covariates. Similarly, depressive symptoms and worst-point suicidal ideation (but not attempt history) were significant predictors of follow-up suicidal ideation intensity in an adjusted model. The results suggest that current depressive symptoms and lifetime worst-point suicidal ideation are independently valuable constructs that may provide relatively short-term predictive information when screening for suicidal ideation among college students.

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