title: Incorporating Resilience Factors Into the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: The Role of Hope and Self-Forgiveness in an Older Adult Sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University.
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cheavens
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University.
authors.forename: Kelly C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cukrowicz
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University.
authors.forename: Sean M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D061347:Forgiveness; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011582:Psychological Theory; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D059020:Suicidal Ideation