Examination Structural Model of Suicidal Behaviors and Perfectionism with the Mediation of Hopelessness, Interpersonal Needs and Suicidal Crisis Syndrome in Women from Culture Perspective

Subject Areas : Psychology

Nazila Hanaei ¹ , Soodabeh Bassak Nejad Bassak Nejad ² , Seyed Esmaeil Hashemi ³

1 - Ph.D. Student of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2024-05-21 Accepted : 2024-06-29 Published : 2024-09-14

Keywords: Suicidal behaviors, Perfectionism, Hopelessness, Interpersonal needs, Suicidal crisis syndrome,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to examine the structural relationship model between suicidal behaviors (suicide ideation, committing suicide) and perfectionism with the mediation of hopelessness, interpersonal needs (perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness) and suicidal crisis syndrome of from cultural perspective. The statistical population included all the women living in Bastak city in 2022. 317 females who refereed to Health Centers were selected as the sample by a convenience sampling procedure. The research method was descriptive of correlation one.   Data were collected through implementing the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS) of Hewitt & Flett (1991), Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire of Hill & Pettit (2014), Hopelessness Scale (Beck & Steer, 1988), Suicide Crisis Inventory of Bloch-Elkouby et al. (2021) and Osman et al. (2001). Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised. Data was analyzed via applying structural equation modeling procedure and using SPSS-24 and AMOS-24 software. The results showed that the proposed model had an acceptable goodness of fit. The findings also indicated existence of direct and significant relationships between perfectionism and hopelessness, perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness; hopelessness with suicidal crisis syndrome; perceived burdensomeness with suicidal crisis syndrome; and thwarted belongingness with suicidal crisis syndrome. In addition, the suicidal crisis syndrome had a positive and significant relationship with suicidal ideation and committing suicide. The results of indirect paths analysis also revealed that there existed  positive and significant relationship between perfectionism and suicidal crisis syndrome, through hopelessness, perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness and also between hopelessness and suicidal ideation  through suicidal crisis syndrome; between the perceived burdensomeness and suicidal ideation through suicidal crisis syndrome; between the thwarted belongingness and suicidal ideation through suicidal crisis syndrome; and also between hopelessness and committing suicide through suicidal crisis syndrome; between the perceived burdensomeness and committing suicide through suicidal crisis syndrome; between thwarted belongingness and committing suicide through suicidal crisis syndrome.

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