The Interaction of Personality and Social Support on Prospective Suicidal Ideation in Men and Women With Late-Life Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evidence suggests a cross-sectional association between personality traits and suicidal ideation in LLD. Yet, it is unclear how personality may influence suicidal ideation over time in LLD, or whether such an association would be moderated by psychosocial and biological individual differences. The present study had three aims: 1) to examine whether personality traits increase suicidal ideation in LLD over time, 2) to understand whether this relationship is influenced by subjective social support, and 3) to determine whether the potential relationship between social support, personality, and suicidal ideation is different for men and women.

Design

Participants were enrolled in the Duke University Neurocognitive Outcomes of Depression in the Elderly (NCODE), a longit

SUBMITTER: Manning KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202084 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature