Probing the implicit suicidal mind: Does the death/suicide implicit association test reveal a desire to die, or a diminished desire to live?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 831-840

  Harrison, Dominique P ^a   Stritzke, Werner G K ^a   Fay, Nicolas ^a   Mark Ellison, T ^a   Hudaib, Abdul Rahman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desire to live; Implicit association test; Implicit cognition; Suicide risk; Survival and coping beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMUTILATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906847538     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000001     Document Type: Article

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