Citation

Lear MK, Kozina RM, Stacy SE, Clapp JD, Pepper CM. J. Clin. Psychol. (Hoboken) 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jclp.22800

PMID

31141177

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This paper tested two moderators, brooding and participant sex, on the respective relations between thwarted belongingness (TB), perceived burdensomeness (PB), and suicide risk.

METHOD: Using a cross-sectional design in a sample of undergraduates (N = 278), two hierarchical regression models examining the three-way interaction between brooding, sex, and either TB or PB on suicide risk were conducted.

RESULTS: A significant two-way interaction of brooding and TB was detected, but no moderating effect of sex was observed. There was a significant three-way interaction of brooding, sex, and PB on suicide risk.

CONCLUSIONS: High levels of TB and brooding produce increased suicide risk across sexes. The relation between PB and suicide risk is dependent on brooding for females but not males.

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Language: en

Keywords

interpersonal theory of suicide; rumination; sex differences; suicide