Ivanoff A, Jang S J
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, New York 10025.
J Consult Clin Psychol. 1991 Jun;59(3):394-9. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.59.3.394.
The purpose of this study is to further examine the relationships among hopelessness, social desirability, and suicidal behavior in the decade-long dispute about the role of social desirability and the ability of the Beck Hopelessness Scale to predict suicidal behavior. Using a stratified random sample of state prison inmates, we found that hopelessness and suicidal behavior remain significantly correlated even after social desirability is held constant, failing to replicate Linehan and Nielsen's (1981, 1983) findings. In addition, a multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that the utility of hopelessness in predicting suicidal behavior varies with the level of social desirability, consistent with Holden, Mendonca, and Serin's (1989) results describing an interaction between hopelessness and social desirability. Implications for the assessment of suicidality incorporating the role of social desirability are discussed.
在关于社会期望的作用以及贝克绝望量表预测自杀行为能力的长达十年的争论中，本研究的目的是进一步检验绝望、社会期望和自杀行为之间的关系。我们使用州立监狱囚犯的分层随机样本发现，即使在社会期望保持不变的情况下，绝望与自杀行为仍显著相关，这与莱因汉和尼尔森（1981年、1983年）的研究结果不符。此外，多元回归分析表明，绝望在预测自杀行为中的效用随社会期望水平而变化，这与霍尔登、门多萨和塞林（1989年）描述绝望与社会期望之间相互作用的结果一致。本文讨论了将社会期望的作用纳入自杀倾向评估的意义。
