Purpose in Life, Satisfaction with Life, and Suicide Ideation in a Clinical Sample

By Marnin J Heisel, Gordon L. Flett. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology

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Beyond the Search for Meaning (2016, background): “Many tragedies—suicides, mass shootings, terrorist bombings—more likely result from feeling that one does not matter or that one’s existence has no purpose (e.g., Heisel & Flett, 2004; Kruglanski, Chen, Dechesne, Fishman, & Orehek, 2009).”
Meaning in life: nature, needs, and myths (2014, background): “…meaning in life is associated with lower levels of a variety of distressful or unhealthy variables such as, thoughts of suicide (Harlow et al. 1986; Heisel and Flett 2004), loneliness (Stillman et al. 2009), smoking cigarettes (Konkoly Thege et al. 2009), using alcohol (Waisberg and Porter 1994),…”
Beyond Hurt Feelings: Investigating Why Some Victims of Bullying Are at Greater Risk for Suicidal Ideation (2010, background): “Recent research has demonstrated that social hopelessness is not only associated with suicidal ideation (Heisel & Flett, 2004) but that it can discriminate between high- and low-ideating groups when general hopelessness failed to do so (Heisel, Flett, & Hewitt, 2003).”
Purpose in life and reasons for living as mediators of the relationship between stress, coping, and suicidal behavior (2007, background): “Similarly, among psychiatric patients, Heisel and Flett ( 2004 ) found that purpose in life and satisfaction with life accounted for variance in suicide ideation above and beyond the variance accounted for by negative psychological factors including neuroticism, depression, and social hopelessness.”
The three meanings of meaning in life: Distinguishing coherence, purpose, and significance (2016, unknown): “…ideation and lower lifetime odds of a suicide attempt, thus emphasizing the idea that meaningful life indeed is a life worth living (Harlow, Newcomb, & Bentler, 1986; Heisel & Flett, 2004; Henry et al., 2014; Kleiman, Adams, Kashdan, & Riskind, 2013; Kleiman & Beaver, 2013; Lester & Badro, 1992).”
Psychological Resilience to Suicide Ideation Among Older Adults (2008, background): “We have previously investigated risk and resiliency to suicide ideation in clinical adult and heterogeneous older adult samples, and reported positive associations between suicide ideation and risk factors, including depression and hopelessness, and negative associations between suicide ideation and”
Purpose, hope, and life satisfaction in three age groups (2009, unknown): “The efficacy expectancy reflects one’s perception that he or she can act effectively, whereas the hope theory emphasizes one’s perception that he or she will act effectively.”
Meaning in Life as a Subjective Judgment and a Lived Experience (2009, background): “…Mascaro & Rosen, 2005), hope (Feldman & Snyder, 2005), alcohol and drug use (e.g., Lecci, MacLean, & Croteau, 2002), coping with physical illness ( Jim & Anderson, 2007), suicidal ideation (e.g., Heisel & Flett, 2004), and many other aspects of physical and psychological health (Steger, in press).”
Reconsidering happiness: the costs of distinguishing between hedonics and eudaimonia (2008, unknown): “Similarly, for people with a strong purpose in life, extreme negative affect is not linked with suicidal ideations (Heisel & Flett, 2004).”
The Satisfaction With Life Scale and the emerging construct of life satisfaction (2008, background): “Other studies (Moum, 1996 ; Diener & Seligman, 2002 ; Heisel & Flett, 2004 ) found life satisfaction to be a significant negative predictor of suicidal ideation.”
The Destructiveness of Perfectionism Revisited: Implications for the Assessment of Suicide Risk and the Prevention of Suicide (2014, background): “A key consideration is whether the potentially vulnerable perfectionist has established a sense of personal meaning; personal meaning is a protective factor, especially among older people (e.g., Heisel & Flett, 2004, 2006, 2014; Moore, 1997).”
Positive psychology in clinical practice. (2005, background): “For example, Albee (1982) and Cowen (1994) pioneered primary prevention programs based on notions of wellness, and Hayes and colleagues (Blackledge & Hayes 2001, Hayes et al. 1999) pioneered a therapy designed to help clients clarify and enact their values.”
The Relationship Between Adolescents’ Perceived Parental Involvement, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Subjective Well-Being: A Multiple Mediator Model (2015, background): “…levels of SWB in adolescents have been associated with various problems such as suicide, sexual risk-taking behaviors, violent behaviors, aggression, depression, and problematic Internet use (Cao et al. 2011; Heisel and Flett 2004; MacDonald et al. 2005; Suldo and Huebner 2006; Valois et al. 2002).”
Meaning in Life, Psychological Well-Being and Depressive Symptomatology: A Comparative Study (2012, background): “…adjustment and well-being (Chou, 2000; Compton, 2000; Desormeaux, 2000; Labelle et al., 2001; Moomal, 1999; Smith & Zautra, 2004; Thompson, Coker, & Krause, 2003), while according to others it acts as a mediator (Harlow, Newcomb, & Bentler, 1986; Heisel & Flett, 2004; Newcomb & Harlow, 1986).”