@article{ref1,
title="I can stomach that! Fearlessness about death predicts attenuated facial electromyography activity in response to death-related images",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2015",
author="Velkoff, Elizabeth A. and Forrest, Lauren N. and Dodd, Dorian R. and Smith, April R.",
volume="46",
number="3",
pages="313-322",
abstract="OBJECTIVE measures of suicide risk can convey life-saving information to clinicians, but few such measures exist. This study examined an objective measure of fearlessness about death (FAD), testing whether FAD relates to self-reported and physiological aversion to death. Females (n = 87) reported FAD and disgust sensitivity, and facial electromyography was used to measure physiological facial responses consistent with disgust while viewing death-related images. FAD predicted attenuated expression of physiological death aversion, even when controlling for self-reported death-related disgust sensitivity. Diminished physiological aversion to death-related stimuli holds promise as an objective measure of FAD and suicide risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12194",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12194"
}