Beliefs, Emotions, Criticism and Suicidality - Version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An investigation into the relationship between emotions, beliefs, coping strategies and self criticism with suicidality; Beliefs, Emotions, Criticism and Suicidality (BECS: INSITE)
IRAS ID
170377
Contact name
Daniel Pratt
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 8 months, 30 days
Research summary
The ‘Beliefs, Emotion, Criticism and Suicide’ study (BECS: INSITE) is linked to the INISTE trial by extending the investigation into the processes of suicidality to include a community sample. This study will include three work packages; the emotions work package, the beliefs work package and the criticism work package.
The emotions work package will investigate what basic emotions people feel when they are suicidal. This work package proposes that it is a combination of emotions such as sadness, anger and disgust that elevate a person's risk of suicidal ideation. It will examine the contributory effects of the basic emotions to levels of suicidal thoughts.
The beliefs work package will look at the relationship between beliefs about emotion, emotion regulation strategies and suicidality. In particular, the role of fixed beliefs about emotion and suicide will be investigated. Thinking that emotions are fixed and cannot be changed has been linked with distress and to unhelpful ways of trying to deal with emotions. This work package will also seek to identify specific emotion regulation strategies (i.e., ways people cope with emotions) that are most strongly associated with suicide.
Finally the criticism work package will be to examine the relationship of different types of self-criticism to suicide; inadequacy, which has been linked to perfectionism, and self-hatred, which has been related to disgust and contempt. It will examine the impact of levels of self-reassurance within a clinical population, and whether it is able to moderate the effect of self-criticism on suicidality.
All three work packages within the BECS study will concurrently seek to recruit a community sample who have experienced suicidal ideation in the last 12 months. The participants will be asked to complete a range of questionnaire regarding their emotions, beliefs, self criticism and experience of suicidality.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0207
Date of REC Opinion
16 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion