An Examination of the Connections Between Eating Disorder Symptoms, Perceived Burdensomeness, Thwarted Belongingness, and Suicide Risk Among Undergraduate Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mun Yee Kwan ◽  
Kathryn H. Gordon ◽  
Darren L. Carter ◽  
Allison M. Minnich ◽  
Steffanie D. Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Thwarted Belongingness ◽  
Perceived Burdensomeness ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms

Autonomy as a Prospective Predictor of Perceived Burdensomeness and Thwarted Belongingness Through Symptoms of Depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria M. O'Keefe ◽  
DeMond M. Grant ◽  
Raymond P. Tucker ◽  
William V. Lechner ◽  
Adam C. Mills ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Thwarted Belongingness ◽  
Perceived Burdensomeness ◽  
Prospective Design ◽  
Personality Styles ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between sociotropy, autonomy, depression symptoms, perceived burdensomeness, and thwarted belongingness in a sample of 113 undergraduate students. A prospective design with three time points was utilized to determine whether personality styles and depression symptoms play a role in the development of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness, two interpersonal suicide risk factors. Time 1 autonomy predicted depression symptoms at Time 2; Time 2 depression symptoms predicted thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness at Time 3. Results suggest depression symptoms mediate the relationship between autonomy and thwarted belongingness, and autonomy and perceived burdensomeness. This study contributes to understanding how the presence of specific personality traits may lead to depression symptoms, which in turn leads to perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. Clinical implications, including assessment of autonomy, and perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness, are discussed.

Pet Attachment and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Jane Douglas ◽  
Mun Yee Kwan ◽  
Kathryn H. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Interpersonal Theory ◽  
Pet Ownership ◽  
Thwarted Belongingness ◽  
Perceived Burdensomeness ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Interpersonal Theory Of Suicide ◽  
Pet Attachment ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: Pet ownership is often assumed to have mental health benefits, but the effect of pets on suicide risk has a scant literature. Method: Using the interpersonal theory of suicide, we examined the relationships between perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, overall attachment to one’s pet (quality of the relationship), pet attachment avoidance (distrustful of the relationship) or anxiety (afraid of abandonment), and suicide risk. Three hypotheses were investigated: 1) higher levels of attachment would be associated with lower suicide risk via lower levels of thwarted belongingness/perceived burdensomeness, 2) lower levels of pet attachment would be associated with higher levels of suicide risk via attachment avoidance/attachment anxiety, and 3) attachment avoidance/anxiety would be associated with higher suicide risk via thwarted belongingness/perceived burdensomeness. Undergraduates (N = 187) completed surveys and indirect effect analyses were utilized. Results: Higher overall attachment was associated with decreased attachment anxiety, which was associated with lower suicide risk. Attachment anxiety was correlated with increased suicide risk. Overall attachment, attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety were not found to indirectly affect suicide risk. Conclusions: Findings suggest that pet ownership may provide both protective and deleterious effects in a nonclinical sample.

scholarly journals Negative emotions in veterans relate to suicide risk through feelings of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness

2017 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 15-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan L. Rogers ◽  
Jessica Kelliher-Rabon ◽  
Christopher R. Hagan ◽  
Jameson K. Hirsch ◽  
Thomas E. Joiner
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Thwarted Belongingness ◽  
Perceived Burdensomeness

Interpersonal suicide risk for American Indians: Investigating thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness.

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria M. O'Keefe ◽  
LaRicka R. Wingate ◽  
Raymond P. Tucker ◽  
Sarah Rhoades-Kerswill ◽  
Meredith L. Slish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
American Indians ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Thwarted Belongingness ◽  
Perceived Burdensomeness

scholarly journals Weight Stigma, Suicide Risk, and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: The Roles of Emotion Dysregulation and Eating Pathology

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Jane Douglas ◽  
Mun Yee Kwan ◽  
Kathryn H. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Weight Stigma ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Interpersonal Theory ◽  
Thwarted Belongingness ◽  
Perceived Burdensomeness ◽  
Interpersonal Theory Of Suicide ◽  
Weight Stigmatization

Objective: Using an interpersonal theory of suicide framework, we investigated the relationships between perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, weight stigmatization, emotion dysregulation, eating disorder symptoms, and suicide risk. Three hypotheses were investigated. First, we predicted a positive linear relationship between stigmatization and risk. Second, an indirect effect of stigmatization on risk via thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness was posited. Third, we hypothesized that weight stigmatization would indirectly affect suicide risk via emotion dysregulation as conditional upon disordered eating. Method: Undergraduates (N = 156) completed surveys online. Linear regressions, indirect effect analyses, and conditional process modeling were conducted to test our hypotheses. Results: Weight stigmatization was associated with suicide risk, where higher levels of stigmatization were associated with higher levels of suicide risk. Weight stigmatization indirectly affected suicide risk via perceived burdensomeness but not thwarted belongingness. Higher stigmatization was associated with higher levels of perceived burdensomeness, which was associated with higher risk. An indirect effect of weight stigmatization on suicide risk through emotional dysregulation emerged. Higher weight stigmatization was associated with higher emotional dysregulation, which was associated with higher suicide risk. Conclusions: Our findings may have clinical and public health implications for suicide prevention efforts targeting weight stigma-related risk factors.

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