title: Life stress, social support, and problem-solving skills predictive of depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and suicide ideation in an Asian student population: a test of a model.
abstract: The present study tested both a stress-problem-solving model and a stress-social support model in the etiology of depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and suicide ideation for a group of Asian international students in the United States. Problem-solving skills and social support were hypothesized as two mediators between life stress and depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and suicide ideation. The results from a series of stepwise regression analyses and a path analysis support the hypotheses, indicating that these models generalized to a sample of Asian international students. The roles of social support and problem-solving skills in depressive symptoms and hopelessness are discussed. The results also suggest that hopelessness may serve as a cognitive factor directly affecting depressive symptoms and indirectly affecting suicide ideation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Clum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009013:Morale; D011340:Problem Solving; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012944:Social Support; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*