An Examination of Social Comparison and Suicide Ideation Through the Lens of the Integrated Motivational–Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior | Zendy

Wetherall Karen | Zendy; Robb Kathryn A. | Zendy; O'Connor Rory C. | Zendy

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An Examination of Social Comparison and Suicide Ideation Through the Lens of the Integrated Motivational–Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior

Author(s) -

Wetherall Karen,

Robb Kathryn A.,

O'Connor Rory C.

Publication year - 2019

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.12434

Subject(s) - psychology , suicidal ideation , mediation , psychological resilience , rumination , entrapment , social support , structural equation modeling , moderated mediation , clinical psychology , suicide ideation , multilevel model , social defeat , developmental psychology , poison control , social psychology , suicide prevention , medicine , psychiatry , statistics , cognition , surgery , environmental health , mathematics , machine learning , neuroscience , political science , computer science , law

We aimed to investigate whether negative social comparisons are associated with key components of the integrated motivational‐volitional ( IMV ) model of suicidal behavior. Specifically, we investigated the relationship between negative social comparisons, suicide ideation, defeat, entrapment, socially prescribed perfectionism, and resilience. Adult participants ( N = 422) completed an online survey comprised of a range of psychological measures. An initial regression analysis indicated that negative social comparisons were associated with suicide ideation. Three mediation models were tested based on the IMV model, all controlling for depressive symptoms. In the first, social comparison partially mediated the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and defeat. In the second, defeat mediated the relationship between negative social comparisons and entrapment, and resilience moderated the relationship when defeat was high. In the final model, entrapment mediated the relationship between defeat and suicide ideation, with resilience moderating this relationship when entrapment was high. These findings are novel and lend support to the IMV model. The clinical implications include highlighting the importance of targeting resilience given its potential association with defeat and entrapment.

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