Rumination and hopelessness as mediators of the relation between perceived emotion dysregulation and suicidal ideation

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 786-795

  Miranda, Regina ^a,b   Tsypes, Aliona ^a   Gallagher, Michelle ^a,c   Rajappa, Kristin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Hopelessness; Rumination; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERCEIVED EMOTION DYSREGULATION; RUMINATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84881118860     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9524-5     Document Type: Article

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