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Negative Attributional Style for Interpersonal Events and the Occurrence of Severe Interpersonal Disruptions as Predictors of Self‐Reported Suicidal Ideation

1995; Wiley; Volume: 25; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1943-278x.1995.tb00927.x

1943-278X

Thomas E. Joiner, M. David Rudd,

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

We applied the hopelessness theory of depression to suicidal symptoms: 203 undergraduates completed questionnaires on attributional style, negative life events, hopelessness, and suicidal symptoms at one point in time and again 10 weeks later. Consistent with prediction, the combination of a negative attributional style for interpersonal events and the occurrence of such events were prospectively related to increases in self-reported suicidality over the course of the 10-week study. These findings displayed specificity with respect to interpersonal versus achievement-related styles and events. Contrary to hypothesis, hopelessness did not mediate the relation between the Attributional style x Stress interaction and the increases in self-reported suicidality.