| Description |
Motivation is crucial in self-regulation for understanding the recovery process from a suicide mode. The current study synthesized the self-regulation of motivation model (SRM, Sansone, & Thoman, 2005) with fluid vulnerability theory (FVT, Rudd, 2001, 2006), both within the framework of dynamical systems theory, and thus propose a preliminary SRM system. Motivation of “why†and “how†were measured using reasons for living and meaning in life, and suicide ideation was measured by the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI). Ninety-seven U.S. military personnel were randomly assigned to one of the three intervention conditions: reasons for living regulation task with crisis response plan (AUGMENT), crisis response plan (CRP), or treatment as usual (TAU). Participants reported the three variables at three different time points: baseline, 1 month, and 3 months after intervention. Repeated Measure of Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (RM APIM; Kenny et al., 2006) from a dynamical systems perspective was used to investigate four research questions using an overdummy coding technique and creating changes in the variables for two or three reciprocal changes, either in all conditions together or each intervention condition separately (Butner & Story, 2010). Results suggested a unique dynamic recovery process of the motivation system according to each condition. The AUGMENT condition underwent negative changes in the absence of information in the system based on types of reasons for living. The CRP condition showed negative coupling effects of suicide ideation while meaning in life was stabilized. The TAU condition showed negative coupling effects of suicide ideation while types of reasons for living were stabilized. |
