Simple and Moderator Relationship of Hopelessness and Family Function with Suicidal Ideation among High Schools Student in Ahwaz City

The purpose of this study was to investigate the simple and moderator relationship of hopelessness and family function with suicidal ideation among high school students in Ahwaz city. The population included all of the high school students, and participants were 179 boys and 181 girls selected by multistage cluster random sampling from high schools in Ahwaz City. Participants completed measures of hopelessness, family function and suicidal ideation and model evaluation by SPSS/16. The results showed that there are a significant negative correlation between hopelessness and family function, between family function and suicidal ideation and there are a significant positive correlation between hopelessness and suicidal ideation. In addition, there is a positive and significant relationship between hopelessness and suicidal ideation with moderator family function, butthere is no significant relationship between hopelessness and suicidal ideation with moderator family function in female students.