Abstract
Previous studies suggested a link between psychopathy and suicide attempt and
current suicide ideation among inmate population (Conner, Meldrum,
Wieczorek, Duberstein, & Welte, 2004; Douglas, Lilienfeld, Skeem, Poythress,
Edens, & Patrick, 2008; Pennington, Cramer, Miller, & Anastasi, 2015). However,
this link is less likely focused among students. Present study uses cross-sectional
method for data collection. Structural equation models of Levenson’s SelfReport Psychopathy-Revised Urdu Version (LSRPS-RUV, 2018) in relation to
suicide ideation were presented and tested to find out a direct relationship
between the three dimensions of the scale and suicidal ideation. For this
purpose, five latent variables were identified: egocentricity, callous, antisocial
factor, and suicidal ideation. Current results revealed that antisocial factor of
LSRPS-RUV were significantly positively linked to the current suicidal ideation in
total sample. To analyse the gender differences for this relationship, further SEM
was estimated for both male and female students separately. Callous factor was
significantly negatively related to suicide ideation while antisocial factor was
significantly positively related to suicide ideation only in male students.
However, no relationship has been found among three factors of LSRPS-RUV and
current suicide ideation in female students.
