@article{ref1,
title="Resilience as positive coping appraisals: Testing the schematic appraisals model of suicide (SAMS)",
journal="Behaviour research and therapy",
year="2010",
author="Johnson, Jerry and Gooding, Patricia A. and Wood, Alex M. and Tarrier, Nicholas",
volume="48",
number="3",
pages="179-186",
abstract="AIMS: The Schematic Appraisals Model of Suicide (SAMS) suggests that positive self-appraisals may be important for buffering suicidal thoughts and behaviours, potentially providing a key source of resilience. The current study aimed to explore whether positive self-appraisals buffered individuals from suicidality in the face of stressful life events. METHOD: 78 participants who reported experiencing some degree of suicidality were recruited from a student population. They completed a battery of questionnaires including measures of suicidality, stressful life events and positive self-appraisals. RESULTS: Positive self-appraisals moderated the association between stressful life events and suicidality. For those reporting moderate or high levels of positive self-appraisals, raised incidence of stressful life events did not lead to increases in suicidality. DISCUSSION: These results support the SAMS framework, and suggest that positive self-appraisals may confer resilience to suicide. Positive self-appraisals may be a promising avenue for further resilience research, and an important area to target for suicide interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0005-7967",
doi="10.1016/j.brat.2009.10.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2009.10.007"
}