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DEPRESSION, HOPELESSNESS AND ADOLESCENT SUICIDE

DEPRESSION, HOPELESSNESS AND ADOLESCENT SUICIDE

According to Sue, Sue and Sue (1994), as many as 250,000 adolescents in the United States attempt suicide each year; of these, approximately 3,000 successfully end their lives. This societal tragedy has led several researchers to examine for associations between the suicide behavior of teens, hopelessness (negative expectation for one's future) and depression (an emotional state characterized by intense dysphoria, sadness, feelings of futility and worthlessness, and withdrawal from others).

The purpose of this paper is to examine the current research investigating for relationships between hopelessness, depression and suicide. The reviewed research will be examined in two categories: (1) studies conducted using samples drawn from rural populations; and (2) studies conducted using samples drawn from non-rural populations.

Adolescent Depression, Hopelessness and Suicide

Unfortunately, a good deal of the research done on adolescent populations has not specifically examined adolescent suicide in the context of both depression and hopelessness. However, depression has been found to be a factor in rural adolescent suicide.

For example, Adcock, Naggy and Simpson (1991), in their survey of stress, depression, attempted suicide, and knowledge of common signs of potential suicide among 3,803 Alabama eighth- and tenth-grade public school students (52% female), found that depression was a significant factor in adolescents who frequently thought about suicide. It was also observed that females were at greater risk for depression and suicidal thoughts than were males.

In both urban and rural locals, males and females who engaged in sexual intercourse and alcohol consumption were at greater risk than were abstainers. Ethnicity differenes were also observed showing that white adolescents were at significantly greater risk than were adolescents who abstained from these be...

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