Abstract
Methods: The study featured an online two-point survey separated by 3 months. Participants were 255 adults living in the United Kingdom.
Results: Persons endorsing qualitative defeat and internal entrapment in their narratives also showed higher quantitative scores on corresponding IMV and suicide-related self-report scales. Internal entrapment mediated the effect of baseline defeat on 3-month suicidal ideation, whereas external entrapment mediated the association of baseline defeat on 3-month suicide attempt likelihood. Quantitative assessment of entrapment was more significantly associated with suicide attempts and ideation within mediation tests compared to corresponding qualitative variables.
Conclusions: IMV model principles are largely supported by findings. Mediation results support further consideration of entrapment and defeat within clinical practice and public health-focused suicide research. Understanding the complexity of entrapment narratives represents an important next step for conducting qualitative IMV-focused research with minoritized and high-risk suicide populations.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 880-892 |
| Journal | Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 12 Aug 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2023 |
Keywords
- suicidal ideation
- suicide attempts
- entrapment
- defeat
- integrated motivational-volitional model
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© 2023 American Association of Suicidology. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Rasmussen, S., Cramer, R. J., Nascimbene, L., Robertson, R. A., Cacace, S., & Bowling, J. (2023). A qualitative assessment and short-term mediation analysis of defeat, entrapment, and suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53, 880–892, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12990. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified.