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Variability in suicidal ideation: A better predictor of suicide attempts than intensity or duration of ideation?

WITTE, T, FITZPATRICK, K, JOINERJR, T, SCHMIDT, N·2005·Journal of Affective Disorders
DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2005.05.019
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Background Much of the suicidology literature focuses on establishing contextual risk factors for suicidal behavior. However, the study of the parameters of suicidal behavior (e.g., intensity, duration, and variability) has been somewhat neglected . Having previously established a relationship between variability in suicidal ideation and a previous history of suicide attempts [Witte, T.K, Fitzpatrick, K.K., Warren, K.L., Schatschneider, C., Schmidt, N.B., submitted for publication. Naturalistic Evaluation of Suicidal Ideation: Variability and Relation to Attempt Status], we felt it important to assess the liability conferred by a variable pattern of ideation compared to the intensity and duration of suicidal thoughts. We also examined if there was an interaction between gender and the parameters of intensity, duration, and variability.Method One hundred eight participants (54 non-attempters, 35 single attempters, and 19 multiple attempters) completed the Suicide Probability Scale every day for 4 weeks, allowing us to measure the parameters of interest. These variables were entered into a regression model as predictors of previous suicide attempts.Results Consistent with prediction, high variability of ideation was the only significant predictor of previous attempt status. In addition, an interaction between gender and variability in suicidal ideation suggested that variability appeared more critical in predicting previous attempts for males.Limitations The limited number of multiple attempters in our sample and the use of college students limit the current study.Conclusions Variability appears to be the most potent predictor of attempt status among the parameters of suicidal ideation examined in the current study. This relationship appears to be particularly important in males, suggesting that fluctuating levels of suicidal ideation may confer future risk for suicide.

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Authors
WITTE, T., FITZPATRICK, K., JOINERJR, T., & SCHMIDT, N.
Affiliations
  • Florida State University (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
SCHMIDT, N
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Venue
Journal of Affective Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-10
Volume
88
Issue
2
Pages
131-136
ISSN
0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jad.2005.05.019
OpenAlex
W1972344081
Cited by
139
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19
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FWCI
5.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health via Writing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, suicide attempt history, gender differences, Suicide Probability Scale, suicide risk prediction, university students
MeSH terms
Adult, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Sex Factors, Suicide, Attempted, Time Factors, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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