Page No.259-265
Rohtash Singh and Hardeep Lal Joshi
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
This study examined relationship of depression, life stress and personality with
suicidal ideation among college students. Sample for the study consisted of
250 subjects (125 male & 125 female) drawn from different colleges of Haryana
by using cluster sampling method. The objectives of the study were (a) to explore
the association between suicidal ideation, depression, life stress and personality,
and (b) to find out linear combination of different predictors of suicidal ideation.
The participants were assessed with Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI), Beck
Depression Inventory (BDI), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-R (EPQ-R) and
Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (PSLES). The data were analyzed by
using Pearson Product Moment method of correlation and stepwise multiple
regression analysis. Results demonstrated that suicidal ideation was positively
associated with depression, stressful life events and two dimensions of
personality i.e. extraversion and psychoticism. Stepwise Multiple regression
analysis found linear combination of three main predictors of suicidal ideation
i.e. depression, extraversion, and stressful life events