Incorporating Resilience Factors Into the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: The Role of Hope and Self-Forgiveness in an Older Adult Sample

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 58-69

  Cheavens, Jennifer S ^a   Cukrowicz, Kelly C ^b   Hansen, Ryan ^a   Mitchell, Sean M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HOPE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84954306298     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22230     Document Type: Article

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