Racial microaggressions, a contemporary form of subtle discrimination that occurs in everyday interactions, are associated with variety negative mental health outcomes. Research has not extended the connection between racial microaggressions and to include suicide risk. Given well-known association outcomes risk, current study examined whether predicted suicidal ideation through depression symptoms among 405 young adults color. Depression mediated relationship ideation. This is first...

Abstract Background Access to transition-related medical interventions (TRMIs) for transgender veterans has been the subject of substantial public interest and debate. To better inform these important conversations, current study investigated whether undergoing hormone or surgical transition intervention(s) relates frequency recent suicidal ideation (SI) symptoms depression in veterans. Methods This included a cross-sectional, national sample 206 self-identified They self-reported basic...

Racial microaggressions are a contemporary form of subtle discrimination that occur in everyday exchanges, and associated with variety negative mental health outcomes, including suicide ideation. Previous work (e.g., Torres-Harding, Andrade, & Romero Diaz, 2012) has identified 6 dimensions racial microaggressions: invisibility, criminality, low-achieving/undesirable culture, sexualization, foreigner/not belonging, environmental invalidations. The current study examined whether the were...

To investigate the roles specific ruminative styles (brooding and reflection) hope play in Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) model of suicidal behavior. Participants were students from a large U.S. state university who selectively sampled for experience recent suicide ideation. Results bootstrapped moderated mediation indicated that defeat had direct effect on ideation but not an indirect through entrapment. Brooding, reflection, strengthened relationship between Hope weakened...

Summary Although organizational scholars have long been interested in employees' well‐being and occupational health, less work has focused specifically on suicide behaviors among employees. This dearth of research is concerning given that individuals spend a significant portion their waking hours at work, deaths American workers are the rise. To encourage study with intent ultimately reducing mortality, we first provide theoretical framework incorporates two eminent theories suicide:...

American Indians (AIs) experience increased suicide rates compared with other groups in the United States. However, no past studies have examined AI by way of a recent empirically supported theoretical model suicide. The current study investigated whether suicidal ideation can be predicted two components: thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, from Interpersonal-Psychological Theory Suicide (T. E. Joiner, 2005, Why people die Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press). One...

Research suggests the prevalence of suicide ideation and attempts in transgender veteran community may be upwards 20 times higher than nontransgender veterans, who are known to at increased risk general US population. This study aimed understand potential influence external internal minority stress experienced during after military service on past‐year recent a sample 201 veterans. Nonparametric bootstrapping analyses indicated transgender‐specific discrimination rejection (external stress)...

Purpose: The aim was to examine social support and community connection as moderators of the relationship between discrimination suicidal ideation (SI) in transgender veterans. Methods: A national convenience sample 298 veterans completed an online cross-sectional survey from February May 2014. Hierarchical regressions using nonparametric bootstrapping assessed associations among gender-related within past year, two aspects (social support, connection) four sources (family, friends,...

Extant literature has demonstrated that suicide safety planning is an efficacious intervention for reducing patient risk suicide-related behaviors. However, little known about factors may impact the effectiveness of intervention, such as provider training and comfort, use specific plan elements, circumstances under which providers choose to planning, personal influence a provider’s decision planning. Participants were (N = 119) who responded anonymous web-based survey. Results indicated most...

Suicide is currently the third leading cause of death African Americans between ages 15 and 24 years. Possible risk factors suicidal ideation for this population include two interpersonal constructs Interpersonal Theory Suicide, perceived burdensomeness thwarted belongingness. Past research has demonstrated that hope negatively associated with each these ideation. The aim current study was to investigate as a moderator both belongingness in sample 107 American college students. Results...