Title |
Moving Beyond Self‐Report: Implicit Associations about Death/Life Prospectively Predict Suicidal Behavior among Veterans
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Published in |
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, July 2016
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DOI | 10.1111/sltb.12265 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Sean M. Barnes, Nazanin H. Bahraini, Jeri E. Forster, Kelly A. Stearns‐Yoder, Trisha A. Hostetter, Geoffrey Smith, Herbert T. Nagamoto, Matthew K. Nock |
Abstract |
Reliance on self-report limits clinicians' ability to accurately predict suicidal behavior. In this study the predictive validity of an objective measure, the death/suicide Implicit Association Test (d/sIAT), was tested among psychiatrically hospitalized veterans. Following acute stabilization, 176 participants completed the d/sIAT and traditional suicide risk assessments. Participants had similar d/sIAT scores regardless of whether they had recently attempted suicide. However, d/sIAT scores significantly predicted suicide attempts during the 6-month follow-up above and beyond other known risk factors for suicidal behavior (OR = 1.89; 95% CI: 1.15-3.12; based on 1SD increase). The d/sIAT may augment the accuracy of suicide risk assessment. |
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