Hope as a predictor of interpersonal suicide risk.
The current study hypothesized that (1) hope would negatively predict burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and acquired capability to enact lethal injury; (2) hope would negatively predict suicidal ideation; and (3) the interpersonal suicide risk factors would predict suicidal ideation. Results indicated that hope negatively predicted burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness, but positively predicted acquired capability to enact suicide. Contrary to our second hypothesis, hope did not predict suicidal ideation, but interpersonal risk factors for suicide predicted suicidal ideation. Results are discussed in terms of implications for hope theory and Joiner's (2005) interpersonal risk factors for suicide, and for clinical practice.
Davidson
Collin L
CL
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA.
Wingate
Laricka R
LR
Rasmussen
Kathy A
KA
Slish
Meredith L
ML
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult