Sami Hamdan
Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College, Isarel
Title: The effect of Sleep problems on suicidal risk among young adults in the presence of depressive symptoms and cognitive processes
Biography
Biography: Sami Hamdan
Abstract
We aimed to investigate the eff ect of sleep problems, depression and cognitive processes on suicidal risk among 460 young adults. Th ey completed self-report questionnaires assessing suicidal behavior, sleep quality, depressive symptoms, emotion regulation, rumination and impulsivity. Suicidal participants exhibited higher rates of depressive symptoms, sleep problems, expressive suppression, rumination and impulsivity. A confi rmatory factor analysis model revealed pathways to suicidal risk that showed no direct pathways between sleep problems and suicidal risk. Instead, sleep was related to suicidal risk via depression and rumination which in turn increased suicidal risk. Th ese results suggest that addressing sleep problems will be useful in either the treatment or prevention of depressive and rumination symptoms and reduction in suicidal risk.