Citation

Wolford-Clevenger C, Brem MJ, Elmquist J, Florimbio AR, Smith PN, Stuart GL. Psychiatry Res. 2017; 249: 195-199.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 204 Austin Peay Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996-0900, USA. Electronic address: gstuart@utk.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.029

PMID

28119172

Abstract

Little is known about risk factors for suicide ideation and attempts among domestic violence offenders. Guided by the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide, this cross-sectional study examined risk factors for suicide ideation and attempts among 312 men and 84 women arrested for domestic violence and mandated to attend batterer intervention programs. Men reported greater capability for suicide, but no gender differences were found in perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. After controlling for correlates of suicide ideation, perceived burdensomeness-but not thwarted belongingness or its interaction with perceived burdensomeness-associated with suicide ideation. Suicide attempters exhibited greater perceived burdensomeness, drug use and problems, borderline personality disorder symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicide ideation, but not capability for suicide, than nonattempters. Gender did not moderate the associations of the IPTS constructs with suicide ideation and attempts. These findings parallel tests of the interpersonal-psychological theory in other samples. Additional work is needed to identify factors that distinguish risk for suicide ideation from risk for suicide attempts among domestic violence offenders.

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Language: en

Keywords

Attempts; Capability for suicide; Domestic violence offenders; Gender; Ideation; Interpersonal needs; Psychiatric symptoms