Does perceived burdensomeness erode meaning in life among older adults?

References

• Akechi , T , Okuyama , T , Sugawara , Y , Nakano , T , Shima , Y and Uchitomi , Y . 2004a . Major depression, adjustment disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder in terminally ill cancer patients: Associated and predictive factors . Journal of Clinical Oncology , 22 : 1957 – 1965 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Akechi , T , Okuyama , T , Sugawara , Y , Nakano , T , Shima , Y and Uchitomi , Y . 2004b . Suicidality in terminally ill Japanese patients with cancer . Cancer , 100 : 183 – 191 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• American Association of Suicidology (2009). Elderly suicide fact sheet. Retrieved from http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/stats-and-tools/fact-sheets
   Google Scholar
• Bartz , JA , Zaki , J , Bolger , N and Ochsner , KN . 2011 . Social effects of oxytocin in humans: Context and person matter . Trends in Cognitive Sciences , 15 : 301 – 309 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baumeister , RF and Leary , MR . 1995 . The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation . Psychological Bulletin , 117 : 497 – 529 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baumeister , RF and Vohs , KD . 2001 . “ The pursuit of meaningfulness in life ” . In Handbook of positive psychology , Edited by: Snyder , CR and Lopez , SL . 608 – 618 . New York : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Berkman , CS , Cavallo , PF , Chesnut , WC and Holland , NJ . 1999 . Attitudes toward physician-assisted suicide among persons with multiple sclerosis . Journal of Palliative Medicine , 2 : 51 – 63 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Boyle , PA , Barnes , LL , Buchman , AS and Bennett , DA . 2009 . Purpose in life is associated with mortality among community-dwelling older persons . Psychosomatic Medicine , 71 : 574 – 579 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chio , A , Gauthier , A , Calvo , A , Ghiglione , P and Mutani , R . 2005 . Caregiver burden and patients’ perception of being a burden in ALS . Neurology , 64 : 1780 – 1782 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chochinov , HM . 2002 . Dignity-conserving care – A new model for palliative care: Helping the patient feel valued . JAMA , 287 : 2253 – 2260 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chochinov , HM , Hack , T , Hassard , T , Kristjanson , LJ , McClement , S and Harlos , M . 2005 . Understanding the will to live in patients nearing death . Psychosomatics: Journal of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry , 46 : 7 – 10 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chochinov , HM , Kristjanson , LJ , Hack , TF , Hassard , T , McClement , S and Harlos , M . 2007 . Burden to others and the terminally ill . Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , 34 : 463 – 471 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fegg , MJ , Kramer , M , L’Hoste , S and Borasio , GD . 2008 . The Schedule for Meaning in Life Evaluation (SMiLE): Validation of a new instrument for meaning-in-life research . Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , 35 : 356 – 364 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Filiberti , A , Ripamonti , C , Totis , A , Ventafridda , V , De Conno , F , Contiero , P and Tamburini , M . 2001 . Characteristics of terminal cancer patients who committed suicide during a home palliative care program . Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , 22 : 544 – 553 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ganzini , L , Johnston , WS and Hoffman , WF . 1999 . Correlates of suffering in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . Neurology , 52 : 1434 – 1440 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heckhausen , J , Wrosch , C and Schulz , R . 2010 . A motivational theory of life-span development . Psychological Review , 117 : 32 – 60 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hedberg , P , Gustafson , Y , Alex , L and Brulin , C . 2010 . Depression in relation to purpose in life among a very old population: A five-year follow-up study . Aging and Mental Health , 14 : 757 – 763 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heisel , MJ and Flett , GL . 2006 . The development and initial validation of the geriatric suicide ideation scale . The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry , 14 : 742 – 751 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hicks , JA and King , LA . 2009 . Positive mood and social relatedness as information about meaning in life . The Journal of Positive Psychology , 4 : 471 – 482 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jahn , DR , Cukrowicz , KC , Linton , K and Prabhu , F . 2011 . The mediating effect of perceived burdensomeness on the relation between depressive symptoms and suicide ideation in a community sample of older adults . Aging & Mental Health , 15 : 214 – 220 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jokinen , J , Martensson , B , Nordstrom , AL and Nordstrom , P . 2008 . CSF 5-HIAA and DST non-suppression-independent biomarkers in suicide attempters? . Journal of Affective Disorders , 105 : 241 – 245 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krause , N . 2007 . Longitudinal study of social support and meaning in life . Psychology and Aging , 22 : 456 – 469 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Linehan , MM . 1993 . Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder , New York : Guilford .
   Google Scholar
• Pinquart , M . 2002 . Creating and maintaining purpose in life in old age: A meta-analysis . Ageing International , 27 : 90 – 110 .
   Google Scholar
• Pot , AM , Bohlmeijer , ET , Onrust , S , Melenhorst , AS , Veerbeek , M and De Vries , W . 2010 . The impact of life review on depression in older adults: A randomized controlled trial . International Psychogeriatrics , 22 : 572 – 581 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simmons , LA . 2007 . Self-perceived burden in cancer patients: Validation of the self-perceived burden scale . Cancer Nursing , 30 : 405 – 411 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steger , MF , Frazier , P , Oishi , S and Kaler , M . 2006 . The meaning in life questionnaire: Assessing the presence of and search for meaning in life . Journal of Counseling Psychology , 53 : 80 – 93 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steger , MF , Oishi , S and Kashdan , TB . 2009 . Meaning in life across the life span: Levels and correlates of meaning in life from emerging adulthood to older adulthood . The Journal of Positive Psychology , 4 : 43 – 52 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van Orden, K.A., Cukrowicz, K.C., Witte, T.K., & Joiner, T.E. (in press). Thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness: Construct validity and psychometric properties of the interpersonal needs questionnaire. Psychological Assessment
   Google Scholar
• Van Orden , KA , Witte , TK , Cukrowicz , KC , Braithwaite , SR , Selby , EA and Joiner , TE Jr . 2010 . The interpersonal theory of suicide . Psychological Review , 117 : 575 – 600 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Westerhof , GJ , Bohlmeijer , ET , van Beljouw , IM and Pot , AM . 2010 . Improvement in personal meaning mediates the effects of a life review intervention on depressive symptoms in a randomized controlled trial . Gerontologist , 50 : 541 – 549 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilson , KG , Chochinov , HM , McPherson , CJ , Skirko , MG , Allard , P , Chary , S Clinch , JJ . 2007 . Desire for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide in palliative cancer care . Health Psychology , 26 : 314 – 323 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilson , KG , Curran , D and McPherson , CJ . 2005 . A burden to others: A common source of distress for the terminally ill . Cognitive Behaviour Therapy , 34 : 115 – 123 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Yerevanian , BI , Feusner , JD , Koek , RJ and Mintz , J . 2004 . The dexamethasone suppression test as a predictor of suicidal behavior in unipolar depression . Journal of Affective Disorders , 83 : 103 – 108 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar