Are Nonfatal Suicide Attempts Instrumental in Achieving Personal and Interpersonal Goals?

Journal: Behavior therapy

Volume: 53

Issue: 4

Year of Publication: 2022

Affiliated Institutions:  Koc University. Electronic address: meskin@ku.edu.tr. Koc University. Aga Khan University. Beirut Arab University. Al-Quds University. Alfaisal University, Aldara Hospital and Medical Center. University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia. Alexandria University. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Medical School. Aydin Adnan Menderes University. Khazar University. Dr Soeharto Heerdjan Mental Hospital. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities. Jordan University of Science & Technology. The Center for Health Research Studies, Saudi Health Council, Riyadh; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center / King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Population Health Research Section-Hospital-MNGHA, Riyadh. Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. Aga Khan University, Medical College.

Abstract summary 

This study focused on the well-being of the survivors of suicide attempts and the well-being of their interpersonal relationships after the attempt. The data came from a sample of 392 college students from 10 Muslim majority countries who reported having attempted suicide in the last 4 years. Suicide was conceptualized as a goal-directed behavior embedded in a sociocultural context and motivated by personal or interpersonal goals. We tested a process that linked culturally shaped self-construal to the postsuicidal personal and interpersonal well-being. We posited that this process would operate through the attitudes towards suicide, motives for suicide, the strength of the intention to die. Our model indicated that the acceptability of suicide was positively associated with escape motives, and this association was even stronger for the individuals with interdependent self-construals. Escape motives were negatively associated with postsuicidal personal and interpersonal well-being, but communication motives were not associated with these outcomes. We also found evidence that having an interdependent self-construal might be beneficial for postsuicidal personal and interpersonal well-being. Our results further suggested that the postsuicidal personal and interpersonal well-being of highly interdependent individuals may depend on the interpretation of their act of suicide by their close others.

Authors & Co-authors:  Eskin Mehmet M Baydar Nazli N Moosa Khan Murad M El-Nayal Mayssah M Hamdan Motasem M Al Buhairan Fadia F Mechri Anwar A Abdel-Khalek Ahmed M AM Rezaeian Mohsen M Harlak Hacer H Isayeva Ulker U Noor Isa Multazam IM Khan Aqeel A Khader Yousef Y Al Sayyari Alaa A Khader Albaraa A Behzadi Bahareh B Öztürk Cennet Şafak CŞ Hendarmin Laifa Annisa LA Asad Nargis N Khatib Salam S

Study Outcome 

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Authors :  21
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1016/j.beth.2022.02.003
SSN : 1878-1888
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Goals
Other Terms
Islamic culture;post-suicide attempt well-being, self-construal;suicide attempt;suicide motives
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England