TY - JOUR
T1 - Incorporating Resilience Factors Into the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
T2 - The Role of Hope and Self-Forgiveness in an Older Adult Sample
AU - Cheavens, Jennifer S.
AU - Cukrowicz, Kelly C.
AU - Hansen, Ryan
AU - Mitchell, Sean M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., a Wiley Company.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Objectives: The interpersonal theory of suicide posits that perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness are risk factors for suicide ideation. To more comprehensively characterize this model, it is important to identify resilience factors. Forgiveness of oneself may attenuate the relation between perceived burdensomeness and suicide ideation. Similarly, hope might weaken the association between thwarted belongingness and suicide ideation. Method: We examined these relations cross-sectionally in a sample (N = 91) of older adults after including symptoms of depression and demographic variables in the models. Results: Self-forgiveness moderated the relation between perceived burdensomeness and suicide ideation. Hope did not moderate the relation between thwarted belongingness and suicide ideation. Conclusions: These findings suggest that including resilience factors (i.e., self-forgiveness) in models of suicide ideation may result in better identification of those most at risk for suicide and may allow for more precise intervention targets.
AB - Objectives: The interpersonal theory of suicide posits that perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness are risk factors for suicide ideation. To more comprehensively characterize this model, it is important to identify resilience factors. Forgiveness of oneself may attenuate the relation between perceived burdensomeness and suicide ideation. Similarly, hope might weaken the association between thwarted belongingness and suicide ideation. Method: We examined these relations cross-sectionally in a sample (N = 91) of older adults after including symptoms of depression and demographic variables in the models. Results: Self-forgiveness moderated the relation between perceived burdensomeness and suicide ideation. Hope did not moderate the relation between thwarted belongingness and suicide ideation. Conclusions: These findings suggest that including resilience factors (i.e., self-forgiveness) in models of suicide ideation may result in better identification of those most at risk for suicide and may allow for more precise intervention targets.
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U2 - 10.1002/jclp.22230
DO - 10.1002/jclp.22230
M3 - Article
C2 - 26448342
AN - SCOPUS:84954306298
VL - 72
SP - 58
EP - 69
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology
SN - 0021-9762
IS - 1
ER -