Does Recognition of Meaning in Life Confer Resiliency to Suicide Ideation among Community-Residing Older Adults? A Longitudinal Investigation

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 455-466

  Heisel, Marnin J ^a,b,c   Flett, Gordon L ^d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; EMIL; GSIS; Meaning in life; Resiliency; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIVORCED PERSON; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRANDCHILD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MEANING IN LIFE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; NORTH AMERICA; RECOGNITION; SOUTH AMERICA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; WIDOWED PERSON; DEMOGRAPHY; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONTARIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84969913463     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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