title: Problem-Solving Skills and Suicidal Ideation Among Malaysian College Students: the Mediating Role of Hopelessness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Recent evidence suggests that suicidal ideation has increased among Malaysian college students over the past two decades; therefore, it is essential to increase our knowledge concerning the etiology of suicidal ideation among Malaysian college students. This study was conducted to examine the relationships between problem-solving skills, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation among Malaysian college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants included 500 undergraduate students from two Malaysian public universities who completed the self-report questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Structural equation modeling estimated that college students with poor problem-solving confidence, external personal control of emotion, and avoiding style were more likely to report suicidal ideation. Hopelessness partially mediated the relationship between problem-solving skills and suicidal ideation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings reinforce the importance of poor problem-solving skills and hopelessness as risk factors for suicidal ideation among college students.
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Abdollahi.abbas58@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdollahi
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mansor Abu
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Talib
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Siti Nor
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Yaacob
authors.affiliation: Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Zanariah
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ismail
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Hopelessness; Problem-solving skills; Psychological tests; Suicidal ideation