Measuring character strengths as possible protective factors against suicidal ideation in older Chinese adults

This study indicated that character strengths were associated with low levels of suicidal ideation. Therefore, the protective factors against suicidal ideation among older adults should be given additional attention

Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Life satisfaction · Poison control · Psychiatry · Structural equation modeling · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology

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