@article{ref1,
title="Examining potential iatrogenic effects of viewing suicide and self-injury stimuli",
journal="Psychological assessment",
year="2016",
author="Cha, Christine B. and Glenn, Jeffrey J. and Deming, Charlene A. and D'Angelo, Eugene J. and Hooley, Jill M. and Teachman, Bethany A. and Nock, Matthew K.",
volume="28",
number="11",
pages="1510-1515",
abstract="The high-stakes nature of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) raises ethical questions and concerns. The authors examined the iatrogenic risk of recently developed behavioral measures such as the suicide or self-injury Implicit Association Tests (IATs), which include repeated and rapid presentation of SITB-related images (e.g., of cut skin) and words (e.g., death, suicide). The impact of these IATs was investigated across a series of 3 studies involving: adult web-based respondents (n = 3,304), undergraduate students (n = 100), and adolescent psychiatric inpatients (n = 89). There was minimal change in self-injurious or suicidal urges detected across all IAT studies. A slight mood decline was detected across the 3 samples, but was isolated to female research participants and 1 type of IAT that presented SITB-related images (vs. words only). Given the increasing use of novel SITB-relevant stimuli in behavioral and neurobiological studies, these findings may help researchers balance clinical sensitivity and clinical science. (PsycINFO Database Record<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1040-3590",
doi="10.1037/pas0000280",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000280"
}