title: Does resilience predict suicidality? A lifespan analysis.
abstract: In this article, we examine the association between resilience and suicidality across the lifespan. Participants (n = 7485) from the Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life Project, a population sample from Canberra and Queanbeyan, Australia, were stratified into three age cohorts (20-24, 40-44, 60-64 years of age). Binary Logistic regression explored the association between resilience and suicidality. Across age cohorts, low resilience was associated with an increased risk for suicidality. However, this effect was subsequently made redundant in models that fully adjusted for other risk factors for suicidality among young and old adults. Resilience is associated with suicidality across the lifespan, but only those in midlife continued to report increased likelihood of suicidality in fully-adjusted models.
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia.
authors.forename: Danica W Y
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: A Kate
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Fairweather-Schmidt
authors.forename: Rachel M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Kaarin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Anstey
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011897:Random Allocation; D012107:Research Design; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: age differences; life span; resilience; suicidality