Appraisals and suicidality: The mediating role of defeat and entrapment

Citation

Taylor PJ, Wood AM, Gooding PA & Tarrier N (2010) Appraisals and suicidality: The mediating role of defeat and entrapment. Archives of Suicide Research, 14 (3), pp. 236-247. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=yv4JPVwI&eid=2-s2.0-77954841895&md5=e43e7302c3915f221ec3d80873aa12b1; https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2010.494138

Abstract
This study tested whether feelings of defeat and entrapment mediated the effects of negative appraisals upon suicidal ideation and behavior. A sample of 93 university students who reported some degree of suicidal ideation completed questionnaires of negative appraisals of social-support and problem-solving, defeat, entrapment, hopelessness and suicidality. The results supported a model whereby defeat and entrapment fully mediated the effect of appraisals of social support and problem-solving ability upon suicidality. Furthermore, controlling for hopelessness had no substantive impact upon this model. The findings support socio-cognitive models of suicidal behavior and highlight the key role of defeat and entrapment in suicide. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed.

Keywords
appraisal; defeat; entrapment; hopelessness; suicide

Journal
Archives of Suicide Research: Volume 14, Issue 3