Citation

Owen R, Dempsey R, Jones S, Gooding P. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2018; 48(1): 116-128.

Affiliation

Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12343

PMID

28276599

Abstract

Contemporary psychological theoretical models of suicide hypothesize that defeat and entrapment underlie the development of suicidal ideation. This hypothesis has never been tested in people who experience bipolar disorder. Regression analysis revealed that defeat and entrapment significantly predicted suicidal ideation at 4-month follow-up. The relationship between defeat and suicidal ideation was mediated by total entrapment and internal entrapment, but not external entrapment.

RESULTS suggest that perceived defeat and entrapment underlie the development of prospective suicidal ideation in bipolar disorder.

FINDINGS could potentially improve the assessment of suicide risk in people who experience bipolar disorder.

© 2017 The American Association of Suicidology.

Language: en