Citation

Tucker RP, Buchanan CA, O'Keefe VM, Wingate LR. Omega (Westport) 2014; 69(2): 137-149.

Affiliation

Oklahoma State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

10.2190/OM.69.2.c

PMID

25223310

Abstract

The current study examined the relationship between Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) attitudes and interpersonal risk factors of suicidal desire as outlined by the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior (Joiner, 2005). It was hypothesized that both thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness would be positively related to PAS acceptance.

RESULTS indicated that thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness predicted significance of favorable attitudes toward PAS in a college sample.

RESULTS suggest that attitudes toward PAS may be influenced by the experience of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness and provide a clear rationale for the study of these variables in populations more apt to consider hastened death. Future work regarding the application of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior in hastened death research is discussed.

Language: en