title: Appraisals and suicidality: the mediating role of defeat and entrapment.
abstract: This study tested whether feelings of defeat and entrapment mediated the effects of negative appraisals upon suicidal ideation and behavior. A sample of 93 university students who reported some degree of suicidal ideation completed questionnaires of negative appraisals of social-support and problem-solving, defeat, entrapment, hopelessness and suicidality. The results supported a model whereby defeat and entrapment fully mediated the effect of appraisals of social support and problem-solving ability upon suicidality. Furthermore, controlling for hopelessness had no substantive impact upon this model. The findings support socio-cognitive models of suicidal behavior and highlight the key role of defeat and entrapment in suicide. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. P.j.taylor@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter James
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Alex M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gooding
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tarrier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult