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Collectivism is often assumed protective, but emerging evidence from vertically collectivist settings suggests a more complex relationship.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Qualitative interviews were conducted with 29 community stakeholders across health, education, religious, and social service sectors in Toledo District, southern Belize. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis with deductive alignment to the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS) and inductive attention to collectivist cultural dynamics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings mapped onto all three IPTS constructs. Acquired capability emerged through repeated lifespan exposure to violence, including corporal punishment, intimate partner violence, alcohol\u2010related harm, and community violence. Thwarted belongingness was shaped by stigma, ethnic exclusion, family conflict, and Toledo's structural marginalization as a \u201cforgotten district.\u201d Perceived burdensomeness reflected poverty, unemployment, aging\u2010related dependence, and limited access to care. Across constructs, vertical collectivist norms governing privacy, reputation, and emotional restraint appeared to shape how distress was expressed and managed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings extend IPTS by demonstrating how collectivist norms and structural scarcity intersect to shape suicide risk in an LMIC context, underscoring the need for culturally grounded, structurally informed prevention approaches.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/sltb.70130","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,15]],"date-time":"2026-07-15T12:07:36Z","timestamp":1784117256000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Collectivism and Suicide Risk: Reinterpreting Interpersonal Theory Constructs in Southern Belize"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"56","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9764-0586","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jaclyn","family":"Kirsch","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Work University of Texas at Arlington  Arlington Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2934-669X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Regina","family":"Praetorius","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Work University of Texas at Arlington  Arlington Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Megan","family":"Fabbri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Work West Virginia University  Morgantown West Virginia USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5672-7933","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Olusola","family":"Oladeji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UNICEF Belize  Belize City Belize"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_12_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cpr.2011.05.003"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.dadr.2024.100310"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0033\u20102909.117.3.497"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_5_1","volume-title":"National Mental Health Policy Belize","author":"Belize Ministry of Health and Wellness","year":"2023"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_6_1","first-page":"127","article-title":"Rituals, Social Sharing, Silence, Emotions and Collective Memory Claims in Guatemala","volume":"14","author":"Beristain C. 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