@article{ref1,
title="Perceived stress and intent to die in young soldiers who attempt suicide",
journal="Crisis",
year="2018",
author="Shelef, Leah and Brunstein Klomek, Anat and Yavnai, Nirit and Shahar, Golan",
volume="39",
number="2",
pages="144-148",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Perceived stress captures a unique dimension of intent to die by suicide among young suicide attempters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000481",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000481"
}