Factors that buffer against depression and suicide in veterans have been identified, but most research has been conducted cross-sectionally with non-clinical samples. The aim of the current study was to examine life meaning as a protective factor against the progression of depression, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation measured at a 4-month follow-up in a sample of chronically depressed veterans. Sixty depressed veterans completed a Structured Clinical Interview (SCID v2.0) and measures of life meaning (Life Regard Index-framework subscale), depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory-2), hopelessness (Beck Hopelessness Scale), and suicidal ideation (Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation) at baseline and follow-up, 4 months later. Multiple regression and logistic regression analyses were performed. Analyses showed that life meaning was associated with reduced hopelessness 4-months later. Life meaning was also associated with recovery from a depressive episode, as measured by the SCID interview, 4-months la...

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生活意义是抑郁症退伍军人改善绝望和抑郁恢复的预测

已经确定了可以防止退伍军人抑郁和自杀的因素，但是大多数研究都是采用非临床样本进行的。本研究的目的是研究生命意义，作为对抑郁，无望和自杀意念进展的保护因素，该样本是在四个月的慢性抑郁退伍军人随访中测得的。60名沮丧的退伍军人完成了结构化临床面试（SCID v2.0），并评估了生活意义（生活方面的指数框架子量表），抑郁症状（贝克抑郁量表2），绝望感（贝克绝望量表）和自杀意念（贝克） 4个月后，在基线和随访时进行自杀意念量表。进行了多元回归和逻辑回归分析。分析表明，生活意义与4个月后绝望的减少有关。根据SCID访谈（4个月），生活意义还与抑郁发作的恢复有关。