Suicidal and Depressive Feelings among College Students
- 1 August 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 33 (1), 175-181
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1973.33.1.175
Abstract
A questionnaire concerning their suicidal and depressive thoughts was administered to a sample of university students Over 40% had thought of killing themselves and less than 10% denied at least having felt deeply discouraged and unhappy. Religion was related to the presence of suicidal thoughts, and sex to reported frequency of such thoughts. Students were most likely to tell a friend of such thoughts, and, at a significant level, the friend was of the same sex as the respondent. Scores on locus of control, social desirability, and test anxiety measures were unrelated to suicidal and depressive thoughts. Results are compared with findings from other studies. The utility of reported depressive and suicidal thoughts as predictors of suicidal behavior is questioned.Keywords
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