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Avoidance of psychological pain and suicidal ideation in community samples: Replication across two countries and two languages
Author(s) -
Campos Rui C.,
Holden Ronald R.,
Lambert Christine E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.22837
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological pain , suicidal ideation , clinical psychology , coping (psychology) , cognition , multilevel model , pain tolerance , ideation , suicide prevention , psychiatry , poison control , threshold of pain , medicine , medical emergency , machine learning , computer science , cognitive science
Objectives A multidimensional psychological pain model of suicide has been developed that includes three dimensions: affective, cognitive, and avoidance. In the present research, we evaluated the relationships between the three dimensions of psychological pain and suicidal ideation. Method Two community samples from Portugal and the U.S. participated in the research. Results Hierarchical multiple regression analysis demonstrated that when controlling for the effects of depressive symptoms and psychache, the avoidance dimension, but not the cognitive or affective dimension of psychological pain, explained significant, and unique variance in suicidal ideation in each sample. Conclusion Even when individuals perceive psychological pain, there may not be an elevated risk of suicide, provided that they do not consider suicide as a form of coping to decrease that pain.