Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.

Suicide capability is theorised to facilitate the movement from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt. Three types of contributors are posited to comprise suicide capability: acquired, dispositional, and practical. Despite suicide capability being critical in the movement from ideation-to-attempt, th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luke T Bayliss, Steven Christensen, Andrea Lamont-Mills, Carol du Plessis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276070&type=printable
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832540058749501440
author Luke T Bayliss
Steven Christensen
Andrea Lamont-Mills
Carol du Plessis
author_facet Luke T Bayliss
Steven Christensen
Andrea Lamont-Mills
Carol du Plessis
author_sort Luke T Bayliss
collection DOAJ
description Suicide capability is theorised to facilitate the movement from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt. Three types of contributors are posited to comprise suicide capability: acquired, dispositional, and practical. Despite suicide capability being critical in the movement from ideation-to-attempt, there has been no systematic synthesis of empirical evidence relating to suicide capability that would enable further development and refinement of the concept. This study sought to address this synthesis gap. A scoping review was conducted on suicide capability studies published January 2005 to January 2022. Eleven electronic databases and grey literature sources were searched returning 5,212 potential studies. After exclusion criteria application, 90 studies were included for final analysis. Results synthesis followed a textual narrative approach allocating studies based on contributors of suicide capability. Most studies focused on investigating only one factor within contributors. Painful and provocative events appear to contribute to acquired capability more so than fearlessness about death. Whilst emerging evidence for dispositional and practical contributors is promising, the small number of studies prevents further conclusions from being drawn. An unexpected additional cognitive contributor was identified. The focus of a single factor from most studies and the limited number of studies on contributors other than acquired capability limits the theoretical development and practical application of suicide capability knowledge. Given that suicide is a complex and multifaceted behaviour, future research that incorporates a combination of contributors is more likely to advance our understandings of suicide capability.
format Article
id doaj-art-903e228b982e4c3a8381e4de73617b54
institution Kabale University
issn 1932-6203
language English
publishDate 2022-01-01
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
record_format Article
series PLoS ONE
spelling doaj-art-903e228b982e4c3a8381e4de73617b542025-02-05T05:32:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-011710e027607010.1371/journal.pone.0276070Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.Luke T BaylissSteven ChristensenAndrea Lamont-MillsCarol du PlessisSuicide capability is theorised to facilitate the movement from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt. Three types of contributors are posited to comprise suicide capability: acquired, dispositional, and practical. Despite suicide capability being critical in the movement from ideation-to-attempt, there has been no systematic synthesis of empirical evidence relating to suicide capability that would enable further development and refinement of the concept. This study sought to address this synthesis gap. A scoping review was conducted on suicide capability studies published January 2005 to January 2022. Eleven electronic databases and grey literature sources were searched returning 5,212 potential studies. After exclusion criteria application, 90 studies were included for final analysis. Results synthesis followed a textual narrative approach allocating studies based on contributors of suicide capability. Most studies focused on investigating only one factor within contributors. Painful and provocative events appear to contribute to acquired capability more so than fearlessness about death. Whilst emerging evidence for dispositional and practical contributors is promising, the small number of studies prevents further conclusions from being drawn. An unexpected additional cognitive contributor was identified. The focus of a single factor from most studies and the limited number of studies on contributors other than acquired capability limits the theoretical development and practical application of suicide capability knowledge. Given that suicide is a complex and multifaceted behaviour, future research that incorporates a combination of contributors is more likely to advance our understandings of suicide capability.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276070&type=printable
spellingShingle Luke T Bayliss
Steven Christensen
Andrea Lamont-Mills
Carol du Plessis
Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.
PLoS ONE
title Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.
title_full Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.
title_fullStr Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.
title_full_unstemmed Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.
title_short Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.
title_sort suicide capability within the ideation to action framework a systematic scoping review
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276070&type=printable
work_keys_str_mv AT luketbayliss suicidecapabilitywithintheideationtoactionframeworkasystematicscopingreview
AT stevenchristensen suicidecapabilitywithintheideationtoactionframeworkasystematicscopingreview
AT andrealamontmills suicidecapabilitywithintheideationtoactionframeworkasystematicscopingreview
AT carolduplessis suicidecapabilitywithintheideationtoactionframeworkasystematicscopingreview