Why People Die by Suicide

By T. Joiner. 2005

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Suicidal desire and the capability for suicide: tests of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior among adults. (2008, methodology): “Responses to the questions about suicide were screened by the experimenters for severe and imminent suicide risk according to Joiner, Walker, Rudd, and Jobes (1999). All participants were debriefed and given phone numbers for local mental health services.”
Stigma and suicide risk among the LGBTQ population: Are anxiety and depression to blame and can connectedness to the LGBTQ community help? (2019, background): “A prominent modern perspective on suicide is Joiner’s Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS), which posits that unmet interpersonal needs, including thwarted belongingness, or the unfulfilled satisfaction of a need for reciprocal relationships, and perceived burdensomeness, or the view that one is a”
A cognitive model of suicidal behavior: Theory and treatment (2008, background): “Joiner 2005) suggested that three conditions must be in place before person engages in a suicidal act: (a) the ability to enact lethal elf-harm, (b) failed belongingness, and (c) perceived burdensomeess.”
Predictors of undergraduate international student psychosocial adjustment to US universities: A systematic review from 2009-2018 (2018, methodology): “Only three were used in more than one study: Acculturation Theory (Berry, 2005), Social Identity Theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1986), and Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (Joiner, 2005).”
Peer victimization and suicidality among LGBTQ youth: the roles of school belonging, self-compassion, and parental support (2018, background): “…that self-compassion is better at addressing issues specific to ideation like hopelessness, belonging, and perceived burdensomeness, but still pertinent to addressing factors specific to suicidal behavior (Joiner, 2005; Klonsky & May, 2014; Taliaferro & Muehlenkamp, 2014; Van Orden et al., 2010).”
Perceived burdensomeness, fearlessness of death, and suicidality among deployed military personnel (2012, positive): “The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior (Joiner, 2005) is one particular model for understanding military suicide (Anestis, Bryan, Cornette, & Joiner, 2009; Bryan&Cukrowicz, 2011; Bryan, Cukrowicz, West, & Morrow, 2010; Bryan, Morrow, Anestis, & Joiner, 2010;Nademinet al.”
Gratitude and grit indirectly reduce risk of suicidal ideations by enhancing meaning in life: Evidence for a mediated moderation model (2013, background): “Since a lack of belongingness is a centerpiece of major theories of suicide (Baumeister, 1991; Joiner, 2005), gratitude may confer resiliency toward suicide by increasing a sense of belonging.”
Unravelling the antecedents of loneliness in the workplace (2020, background): “…2010; Hyland et al., 2018) – reaching about 50% of Americans in 2018 (Cigna, 2018) and 45% of the adult British population in 2016–2017 (Office of National Statistics, 2018) – nor would we see nearly as many suicide incidents related to loneliness (Joiner, 2007, 2011; Olds and Schwartz, 2009).”
A Qualitative Study of Potential Suicide Risk Factors in Returning Combat Veterans (2008, methodology): “Emphasizing the fundamental human need to belong, Joiner (2005) proposed that a thwarted sense of belongingness can escalate the risk of suicide.”
The strain theory of suicide (2016, methodology): “Lack of social integration or lack of social connectedness plus acquired capability may escalate the progression from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt, but neither Durkheim’s (1987/1951) social integration theory nor Joiner’s (2005) interpersonal theory of suicide addressed the real cause of sui”