Suicide Ideation and Creative Problem Solving

Used recent technology for assessment of creativity to examine association between problem solving and suicide ideation among 81 college students who completed three kinds of problem-finding and problem-solving tasks. Found that problem generation scores were significantly correlated with suicide id...

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Published inSuicide & life-threatening behavior Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 38
Main Authors Mraz, Wayne, Runco, Mark A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1994
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Child Development
Cognitive Processes
Cognitive Style
College Students
Control Groups
Creativity
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Female
Higher Education
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Regression Analysis
Personality Inventory
Problem Solving
Risk Factors
Suicide
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicide - psychology
Suicides & suicide attempts
Thinking
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Summary:Used recent technology for assessment of creativity to examine association between problem solving and suicide ideation among 81 college students who completed three kinds of problem-finding and problem-solving tasks. Found that problem generation scores were significantly correlated with suicide ideation, even after stress was statistically controlled. (Author/NB)
ISSN:0363-0234
1943-278X
DOI:10.1111/j.1943-278X.1994.tb00661.x