Detecting suicide risk among college students: a test of the predictive validity of the modified Emotional Stroop Task

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Adaptation of an Emotional Stroop Test for Screening of Suicidal Ideation in Portugal

Esgalhado, G., Pereira, H., & Silva, P. (2022) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs12080281 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Emotional Stroop Task

Angelis, J. D., & Ricciardelli, P. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_813-1 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Psychometric properties of the modified Suicide Stroop Task (M-SST) in patients with suicide risk and healthy controls

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Lower- versus higher-order suicide-related attentional processing measures as predictors of adolescent suicide ideation and attempt

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Stress, Vulnerability, and Suicide

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.003 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Adaptation and validation of a suicide-focused Word Sentence Association Paradigm to assess suicide-specific interpretation biases

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Prediction of Suicide Ideation Based on the Attentional Bias in Clinical and Non-clinical Populations

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Is Social Anxiety Related to an Attentional Bias to Suicide?

Lemke, A. W. (2018) · doi:10.31390/gradschool_theses.4649

What Is Suicidal Behavior, and Can It Be Prevented?

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.002

“In my end is my beginning”

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.008

I Predict, Therefore I Cannot Be

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.009

Predicting the Unpredictable

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.010

The Dark Side of the Brain

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.004

The Treatment of Suicide Risk

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.011

Images of the Suicidal Brain

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.007

I Think, Therefore I Do Not Want to Be

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.006

Using Implicit and Explicit Measures to Predict Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents

Tezanos, K. M., Bell, K., & Cha, C. B. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-82465-5_10

References

(2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.013

Colour Plates

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.015

Preface

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.001

Lethal Signals

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.005

Glossary

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.012

Emotional Stroop Task

Angelis, J. D., & Ricciardelli, P. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_813

Index

van Heeringen, K. (2018) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316563205.014

Slower motor speed as a predictor of suicide attempts in high-risk youth

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Use of the modified emotional Stroop task to detect suicidality in college population

Chung, Y., & Jeglic, E. L. (2016) · Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior · doi:10.1111/sltb.12174 · Cited by 57 · see citing works

Use of the Modified E motional Stroop Task to Detect Suicide Risk in College Students

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The emotional stroop test for screening of suicide risk

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The Psychometric Properties of Suicide Stroop Task: A Potentially Valuable Tool for Identifying Suicidal Ideation with IntentPreprint

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Adaptation of an Emotional Stroop Test for Screening of Suicidal Ideation in Portugal

Esgalhado, G., Pereira, H., & Silva, P. (2022) · Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.3390/bs12080281 · Cited by 4 · see citing works