Premium
The Specificity of the Interpersonal‐Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior for Identifying Suicidal Ideation in an Online Sample
Author(s) -
Batterham Philip J.,
Calear Alison L.,
Spijker Bregje A. J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12140
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , psychology , clinical psychology , interpersonal communication , belongingness , ideation , suicide prevention , suicide ideation , mental health , poison control , psychotherapist , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency , cognitive science
The interpersonal‐psychological theory of suicidal behavior suggests that the combination of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness predicts suicidal ideation. However, the specificity of this prediction to suicidal ideation has not been tested. This study examined whether these constructs were consistently associated with different characteristics of suicidal ideation, and whether they were associated with mental health problems more broadly, in an online sample of 1,352 Australian adults. Findings indicated that the interaction between perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness was associated only with suicidal ideation and consistent across multiple characteristics of ideation. The study broadly supported the specificity of the IPTS .