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Capability for suicide interacts with states of heightened arousal to predict death by suicide beyond the effects of depression and hopelessness

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Ribeiro, Jessica D., Yen, Shirley, Joiner, Thomas, Siegler, Ilene C.·2015·Journal of Affective Disorders

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Background States of heightened arousal (e.g., agitation, sleep disturbance) have been repeatedly linked to suicidal thoughts and behaviors, including attempts and death. Studies have further indicated that these states may be particularly pernicious among individuals who evidence high suicidal capability. The objective of this study was to examine the interactive effects of heightened arousal and the capability for suicide in the prospective prediction of death by suicide. We examine this relation beyond the effects of robust predictors of suicide, namely depression and hopelessness.Methods Participants were drawn from a larger study of undergraduates who completed baseline assessments during their freshman year and were then followed to time of death. The sample in this study only included individuals who had died by suicide (n=96) or other causes (n=542). Proxy measures to assess predictor variables were constructed using items from the MMPI, which was administered at baseline. An independent sample of clinical outpatients (n=was used to evaluate the construct validity of the proxy measures).Results Results were in line with expectation: heightened arousal interacted with capability for suicide to prospectively predict death by suicide, such that, as severity of heightened arousal symptoms increased, the likelihood of death by suicide increased among individuals high but not low on capability for suicide.Limitations Limitations include the use of proxy measures, the extended length of follow-up, and the homogeneity of the sample (i.e., primarily White males).Conclusion These findings add to an emerging literature that supports the moderating influence of capability for suicide on the relationship between states of heightened arousal on the likelihood of death by suicide.

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  • Sleep disruption has been conceptualized as a manifestation of the over-arousal characteristic of acute suicide risk.

    “sleep disruption has been conceptualized as a manifestation of the over-arousal characteristic of this period of acute suicide risk (Ribeiro et al., 2015; Rogers et al., 2016; Tucker et al., 2016).”

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Authors
Ribeiro, J. D., Yen, S., Joiner, T., & Siegler, I. C.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Brown University (US)
  • Florida State University (US)
  • Duke Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Ribeiro, Jessica D.
Venue
Journal of Affective Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-12
Volume
188
Pages
53-59
ISSN
0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1879295202
Cited by
48
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
FWCI
7.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH 18921, T32MH018921)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
suicide, agitation, sleep disorders, depression, hopelessness, suicide risk prediction, moderating effect, undergraduate students
MeSH terms
Adult, Arousal, Cause of Death, Depression, Female, Forecasting, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Suicide, Case-Control Studies, Suicidal Ideation, Hope

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