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Suicidal Behavior as a Cry of Pain: Test of a Psychological Model
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The cry of pain hypothesis (Pollock &Williams, 2001; Williams, 2001) is a psychological model of suicidal behavior that extends existing theories of escape (Baumeister, 1990) and arrested flight (Gilbert & Allan, 1998). The model conceptualizes suicidal behavior as the response (the cry) to a situation that has three components: defeat, no escape and no rescue. In this study, the model was tested empirically in a case control study, by comparing suicidal patients and matched hospital controls on measures of affect, stress and post-traumatic stress. The logistic regression analyses yielded evidence to support the model. The implications for future research are described.
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“Some of the predominant psychological frameworks that attempt to explain suicide, particularly the entrapment/cry of pain model, include escape from pain as a key factor [17-19].”
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“Accepting reality and reducing avoidance are fundamental aims of ACT, and this therapeutic work is aligned with the theories of suicide that focus on an individual’s sense of entrapment and/or desire to escape their current reality [17-19].”
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- Authors
- O'Conno, R. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Stirling (GB)
- Corresponding author
- O'Conno, Rory C.
- Venue
- Archives of Suicide Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2003-10
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 297-308
- ISSN
- 1381-1118 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-6136
- OpenAlex
- W1982764095
- Cited by
- 148
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 1.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of Suicide Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Keywords
- suicidal behavior, escape theory, defeat, affect, stress, post-traumatic stress
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