Appraisals and suicidality: the mediating role of defeat and entrapment.
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.
Taylor
Peter James
PJ
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. P.j.taylor@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Wood
Alex M
AM
Gooding
Patricia
P
Tarrier
Nicholas
N
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