The suicide of Ṣàngó through the prism of Integrated Motivational–Volitional model of suicide: implications for culturally sensitive public education among the Yorùbá

Atilola, Olayinka; Ayinde, Olatunde

doi:10.1080/13674676.2015.1073706

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“…For example, Hye-Ji & Sung-Woo [84], in a sample of South Korean college students, found that entrapment mediated the relationship between defeat and suicidal ideation, as predicted by the IMV model. In sub-Saharan Africa, Atilola & Ayinde [85] applied the IMV model to examine the suicide of Sàngó , a well-known figure in the culture of the Yorù bá people, discussing how aspects from the narratives of his death map on to the IMV model. These studies provide some early evidence that the IMV model has utility for explaining suicidal behaviour in non-Western cultural settings, but this should be explored further.…”

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The integrated motivational–volitional model of suicidal behaviour

O’Connor

Kirtley

2018

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

866

802

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Suicide is a major public health concern accounting for 800 000 deaths globally each year. Although there have been many advances in understanding suicide risk in recent decades, our ability to predict suicide is no better now than it was 50 years ago. There are many potential explanations for this lack of progress, but the absence, until recently, of comprehensive theoretical models that predict the emergence of suicidal ideation distinct from the transition between suicidal ideation and suicide attempts/suicide is key to this lack of progress. The current article presents the integrated motivational–volitional (IMV) model of suicidal behaviour, one such theoretical model. We propose that defeat and entrapment drive the emergence of suicidal ideation and that a group of factors, entitled volitional moderators (VMs), govern the transition from suicidal ideation to suicidal behaviour. According to the IMV model, VMs include access to the means of suicide, exposure to suicidal behaviour, capability for suicide (fearlessness about death and increased physical pain tolerance), planning, impulsivity, mental imagery and past suicidal behaviour. In this article, we describe the theoretical origins of the IMV model, the key premises underpinning the model, empirical tests of the model and future research directions.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Evolutionary thanatology: impacts of the dead on the living in humans and other animals'.

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Section: Empirical Tests Of the Model And Its Componentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The integrated motivational–volitional model of suicidal behaviour

O’Connor

Kirtley

2018

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

866

802

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“…In general research, deficits in family and communal functioning are implicated in increased suicide risk, and the presence of family support and of strong cultural and communal identification is frequently indicated as a protective factor for most sociodemographic groups, especially minority ones [6,10]. However, only a few studies have investigated a community-based disincentive for suicidal behavior (Oquendo et al, 2005); communal values that actively proscribe suicide as a crime against the community [5]; or communal morals that in some cultures, may encourage increased acceptance of suicide as a kind of self-expression (Stack & Krosowa, 2016). Similarly, in non-Adlerian research, with a few exceptions (such as the discussion of a suicide of resolve in Kitanaka, 2008 [14]), insufficient attention has been given to the unique individual or cultural meaning of suicide (Lester, 2011/2012).…”

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Social interest as an antidote to suicide: the cross-cultural applicability of an Adlerian solution

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The article examines the applicability of an Adlerian view of suicide as sabotaged social interest to clients in a contemporary multicultural context. The approach examined here also focuses on common human factors in suicide and common useful approaches to working with people and communities affected by suicide. AdlerТs theory of suicide as sabotaged social interest was conceived and developed in the early 20th century, during a time of global political crises, economic chaos, and social unsettledness. Sadly, this makes this theory particularly applicable to the first two decades of the 21st century as well.

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