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Objective The integrated motivational–volitional model of suicide proposes that feelings of entrapment play a key role in the development of suicidal ideation. The model also posits a set of motivational moderators which either facilitate or hinder the development of suicidal thinking when entrapment is present. These motivational moderators include factors such as attitudes, future goals, thwarted belongingness, and social support. Two previously studied protective factors against suicide, reasons for living and life meaning, have received support in suicidology and might serve as motivational moderators in this model. Methods The current cross‐sectional study included college students (N=195) oversampled for recent suicidal ideation who took a series of self‐report questionnaires online. Results Our findings demonstrated that both reasons for living and life meaning are protective against the relation between entrapment and suicidal ideation, especially when presence of life meaning and reasons for living of high. Search for life meaning was found demonstrated a less protective relation with SI severity, particularly when reasons for living were low. Conclusion Both motivational moderators demonstrated protective relationships with suicidal ideation and may be relevant to suicide prevention strategies. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

Research has found that bisexual stress is negatively associated with well-being outcomes, but little research has examined ameliorating factors in these links. The current study explored the relation between bisexual stress-specifically heterosexist discrimination, expectations of rejection, and internalized biphobia-and life meaning among 365 bisexual individuals. Additionally, we sought to examine the potential moderating role of religiosity. We used structural equation modeling to test our hypothesized model. Expectations of rejection and internalized biphobia, but not discrimination, had significant negative direct effects on life meaning. However, expectations of rejection and internalized biphobia mediated the discriminationϪmeaning link such that discrimination had negative indirect effects on meaning through both variables. Last, religiosity moderated the discriminationϪlife meaning link such that people higher in religiosity experienced reductions in meaning in life because of greater discrimination. Practical implications and directions for future research are discussed. Public Significance StatementThe present study helps to highlight the relation between discrimination and meaning in life in bisexual people, as well as the role religiosity plays in this link. Our study also analyzes the unique experiences of bisexual people regarding bisexual stressors and well-being and provides future directions and practical implications for researchers and clinicians.