Abstract
Background: Intent to die is an important component of suicide risk assessment. The authors compared the predictive effect of two forms of stress-military and perceived-in intent to die by suicide among young adult Israeli soldiers with a history of suicide attempts. Depression, suicide ideation, and habituation/acquired capacity for suicidality served as covariates. Methods: Participants were 60 young adult soldiers in the Israeli Defense Force (ISF; aged 18-21 years), who made a suicide attempt during their military service. Study variables were assessed using self-report measures. Results: Intent to die by suicide correlated with suicide ideation, habituation/acquired capacity, depressive symptoms, and perceived stress. In a multiple regression analysis, perceived stress predicted intent to die (b = .44, p = .002) over and above the prediction by suicide ideation (b = .42, p = .013) and acquired capacity/habituation (b = .28, p = .023). Limitations: The cross-sectional design restricts causal inference. In addition, an exclusive reliance on self-report measures might have inflated shared method variance. Conclusions: Perceived stress captures a unique dimension of intent to die by suicide among young suicide attempters.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 144-148 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Crisis |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Mar 2018 |
Keywords
- Acquired Capacity
- Army Stress
- Intent To Die
- Military Soldiers
- Perceived Stress
- Suicide Ideation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health