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The relationship between self-criticism and suicide probability.

Catherine O'Neill¹, Daniel Pratt¹, Meryl Kilshaw¹

¹Division of Psychology & Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, England, UK.

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

|April 13, 2021

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Self-attacking, a hostile form of self-criticism, directly predicts suicide probability. Interventions targeting self-criticism and entrapment may reduce suicide risk.

Keywords:

compassion self-attacking self-criticism self-esteem suicide

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Psychology
Psychiatry
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Self-to-self relating is explored in suicide models.
Specific self-relationships like inadequacy and self-attacking are understudied in suicidal populations.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess self-criticism's contribution to suicide probability.
To compare self-criticism with established predictors: hopelessness, depression, defeat, and entrapment.

Main Methods:

101 participants completed measures of inadequacy, self-attacking, self-reassurance, defeat, entrapment, depression, and hopelessness.
Correlation, regression, and mediation analyses were performed.

Main Results:

Self-attacking showed a direct relationship with suicide probability.
Entrapment and hopelessness were also significant predictors of suicide probability.
Depressive symptomology was not a significant predictor in this sample.

Conclusions:

Hostile self-criticism, particularly self-attacking, is a significant factor in suicide probability.
Interventions addressing self-criticism and entrapment warrant further research and clinical application.