Citation

Batterham PJ, Calear AL, van Spijker BA. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2014; 45(4): 448-460.

Affiliation

National Institute for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12140

PMID

25388505

Abstract

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.

Language: en