Citation

Lear MK, Stacy SE, Pepper CM. Death Stud. 2018; 42(8): 521-528.

Affiliation

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

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2017.1393029

PMID

29173089

Abstract

The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide proposes that thwarted belongingness (TB) and perceived burdensomeness (PB) predict psychological pain and desire for suicide. Brooding may be a mechanism in explaining how TB and PB predict pain. The conceptual similarity between rejection sensitivity (RS) and TB suggests that individuals with high RS may be likely to experience psychological pain in the context of TB. To test this model, 155 college students completed measures of psychological pain, TB, PB, brooding, and RS. As predicted, brooding mediated the relations between both TB and PB and psychological pain. RS interacted with TB in predicting psychological pain.

Language: en

Keywords

Risk factors; rumination; suicide