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Hope as a Predictor of Interpersonal Suicide Risk
Author(s) -
Davidson Collin L.,
Wingate LaRicka R.,
Rasmussen Kathy A.,
Slish Meredith L.
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1521/suli.2009.39.5.499
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , suicide prevention , interpersonal communication , poison control , psychology , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , belongingness , interpersonal relationship , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , medical emergency , social psychology , pathology
The current study hypothesized that (1) hope would negatively predict burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and acquired capability to enact lethal injury; (2) hope would negatively predict suicidal ideation; and (3) the interpersonal suicide risk factors would predict suicidal ideation. Results indicated that hope negatively predicted burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness, but positively predicted acquired capability to enact suicide. Contrary to our second hypothesis, hope did not predict suicidal ideation, but interpersonal risk factors for suicide predicted suicidal ideation. Results are discussed in terms of implications for hope theory and Joiner's (2005) interpersonal risk factors for suicide, and for clinical practice.