5. Limitations
It is important to note several limitations in our approach. First, the study included a relatively modest sample size (n ¼ 101), which may impact the generalizability of these findings. Second, the current study examined suicide in the context of depression; however, the pathway to suicide is equifinal and occurs in the context of an array of disorders (e.g., bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder) (Nock et al., 2013). Therefore, future research is needed to determine whether anhedonia and associated reward dysfunction may contribute to suicidality across these and other disorders. Last, the majority of our sample was female adolescents, which is not uncommon given gender differences in major de- pressive disorder (Avenevoli et al., 2015). Nonetheless, future re- search should aim to replicate these findings with a more balanced gender distribution.