Citation

Clum GA, Luscomb RL, Patsiokas AT. Psychol. Rep. 1991; 68(3): 1317-1318.

Affiliation

Psychology Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1924629

Abstract

The question of whether high stress leads to attempting suicide (parasuicide) or suicide attempters are more likely to report high stress was examined in a one-year follow-up study of 98 persons, 47 of whom had attempted suicide. Cross-lagged panel correlations between stress and parasuicide provided both concurrent and predictive validity that stress as measured by life changes leads to parasuicide. A high relationship between stress at baseline and stress at follow-up provided support for the notion that some individuals experience chronic stress and that such individuals may be the ones at risk for future suicide attempts.

Language: en