The Common Factors of Grit, Hope, and Optimism Differentially Influence Suicide Resilience

Déjà N. Clement, LaRicka R. Wingate, Ashley B. Cole, Victoria M. O’Keefe, David W. Hollingsworth, Collin L. Davidson and Jameson K. Hirsch
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Déjà N. Clement: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74075, USA
LaRicka R. Wingate: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74075, USA
Ashley B. Cole: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74075, USA
Victoria M. O’Keefe: Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
David W. Hollingsworth: Tuscaloosa Veterans Affair Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, USA
Collin L. Davidson: Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA
Jameson K. Hirsch: Department of Psychology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-13

Abstract: No study to date has simultaneously examined the commonalities and unique aspects of positive psychological factors and whether these factors uniquely account for a reduction in suicide risk. Using a factor analytic approach, the current study examined the relationships between grit, hope, optimism, and their unique and overlapping relationships in predicting suicide ideation. Results of principle axis factor analysis demonstrated close relationships between these variables at both the construct and item level. Item-level analyses supported a five-factor solution (Stick-to-Itiveness, Poor Future, Consistency of Interest, Positive Future, and Poor Pathways) . Four of the five factors (excluding Stick-to-Itiveness) were associated with suicide ideation. Additionally, results of a multiple regression analysis indicated that two of the five factors ( Consistency of Interest and Positive Future ) negatively predicted suicide ideation while Poor Future positively predicted suicide ideation. Implications regarding the interrelationships between grit, hope, and optimism with suicide ideation are discussed.

Keywords: grit; hope; hopelessness; hopelessness; suicide ideation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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