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The Effects of Suicide-Specific Beliefs on Chronic and Acute Suicide Risk

Athey, Alison Joanne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1594222626198112

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2020, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
More research is needed to evaluate turning points from suicidal ideation to suicide related behaviors, as well as (non-) recovery from non-fatal suicide attempts. The Fluid Vulnerability Theory suggests that suicide- specific cognitions modulate the transition from chronic to acute suicide risk. The present study analyzed the interacting effects of current suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempts on suicide risk factors in a sample of outpatient military veterans. Between-subjects analyses will evaluated the role of current suicidal ideation and prior non-fatal suicide attempts on cognitive, affective, and behavioral suicide risk factors. Non-fatal suicide attempts were associated with altered beliefs about suicide. Vulnerability to re-activation of suicide-specific beliefs may modulate recovery from non-fatal suicide attempts or chronic elevations in suicide risk in survivors of suicidal crises. Suicide-specific cognitions may also activate acute exacerbations in suicide risk in the context of general cognitive, affective, and behavioral dysfunction.
James Overholser, PhD (Committee Chair)
Arin Connell, PhD (Committee Member)
Amy Przeworski, PhD (Committee Member)
Thomas Swales, PhD (Committee Member)
Josephine Ridley, PhD (Other)
59 p.
Psychology
suicidal ideation, non-fatal suicide attempts, cognitive bias

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  • Athey, A. J. (2020). The Effects of Suicide-Specific Beliefs on Chronic and Acute Suicide Risk [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1594222626198112

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Athey, Alison. The Effects of Suicide-Specific Beliefs on Chronic and Acute Suicide Risk. 2020. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1594222626198112.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Athey, Alison. "The Effects of Suicide-Specific Beliefs on Chronic and Acute Suicide Risk." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1594222626198112

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