The aim of the present study is to compare the needs proposed by the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide (IPTS) and the suicide as psychache (SAP) theory in their ability to predict lethal suicidal behavior. Utilizing a sample of 38 suicide notes from both fatal and non-fatal suicides, graduate student raters examined the presence of the thwarted needs proposed by both theories. None ...

Partial functional dependencies, functional dependencies accompanied by a factor, are examined in a relational database based on or-sets. The partial functional dependencies are dealt with under tuples having their belongingness degree to a relation. Whether a functional dependency accompanied by a factor holds in a relation is determined by comparing the factor with to what degree the relation...

Searching for belonging is the transformative individual process of developing connections, making homes and hoping in ecologies a community. Belongingness influences academic performance, confidence well-being. Therefore, understanding how students embody search belongingness their higher education experience provides insights into student agency during learning development. Through an arts-ba...

A sense of belonging is a prerequisite for the professional and clinical success nursing students. The objective this study was to elucidate whether students’ participation in projects oriented toward translating knowledge into practice promoted assisted with their integration services. Fifteen students were distributed two focus groups, carried out by means semi-structured interview script usi...

Studies examining Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptom clusters, suicidal ideation, and variables described in the Joiner's interpersonal theory of behavior were cross-sectional. We tested whether relation between clusters ideation is mediated by perceived burdensomeness thwarted belongingness (variables behavior) military personnel with current using longitudinal design. DSM-IV model reexperi...

The results of a structural equation model showed that a tendency to procrastinate assessed early in college students’ first term was positively related to concerns over social exclusion, but was negatively related to academic task values and grade goal-setting. In addition, the tendency to procrastinate had a direct negative relationship with self-regulatory self-efficacy and perceived school ...

Nilanjana Dasgupta's (this issue) stereotype inoculation model (SIM) helps explain why what feels like a free choice to pursue one life path over another "is often constrained by subtle cues in achievement environments that signal who naturally belongs there and is most likely to succeed and who else is a dubious fit" (p. 231). She posits that seeing others like themselves in successful roles i...