Citation

Debeer BB, Meyer EC, Kimbrel NA, Kittel JA, Gulliver SB, Morissette SB. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2018; 48(6): 627-641.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12388

PMID

28891193

Abstract

Psychological inflexibility, or how individuals respond to distressing internal experiences, may be a modifiable risk factor for suicide in veterans. It was hypothesized that psychological inflexibility would predict suicidal ideation after accounting for established risk factors at baseline and 1 year later. Post-9/11 veterans (N = 309) completed clinical interview and self-report measures at baseline and 1-year follow-up.

RESULTS indicated that psychological inflexibility predicted severity of suicidal ideation at both baseline and 1 year later, after accounting for established risk factors. Psychological inflexibility is an important marker of risk for suicidal ideation, and could be a target for interventions aimed at reducing suicide.

© 2017 The American Association of Suicidology.

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