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

• DOI: 10.1037/a0033540
• Publication Date: 2013-09-16T14:54:54Z
• Authors: Victoria M. O'Keefe; LaRicka R. Wingate; Raymond P. Tucker; Sarah Rhoades-Ker...; Meredith L. Slish; Collin L. Davidson
• Keywords: Belongingness

American Indians (AIs) experience increased suicide rates compared with other groups in the United States. However, no past studies have examined AI by way of a recent empirically supported theoretical model suicide. The current study investigated whether suicidal ideation can be predicted two components: thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness, from Interpersonal-Psychological Theory Suicide (T. E. Joiner, 2005, Why people die Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press). One hundred seventy-one AIs representing 27 different tribes participated an online survey. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that burdensomeness significantly above beyond demographic variables depressive symptoms; however, did not. Additionally, two-way interaction between ideation. These results provide initial support for continued research on components Suicide, suicide, to predict among populations.