@article{ref1,
title="Beyond words: semantic satiation and the mental accessibility of the concept of suicide",
journal="Behaviour research and therapy",
year="2024",
author="Chen, Shenghao and Park, Esther C. and Harris, Lauren M. and Sigel, Anika N. and Broshek, Catherine E. and Joiner, Thomas E. and Ribeiro, Jessica D.",
volume="179",
number="",
pages="e104573-e104573",
abstract="Disrupting the accessibility of the mental representation of suicide may be a possible pathway to a strategy for suicide prevention. Our study aims to theoretically evaluate this perspective by examining the impact of temporarily disrupting the concept of suicide on perceptions of suicide. Using a within-subject design, we tested the effects of semantic satiation targeting the word &quot;suicide&quot; on the perceptual judgment of suicide-relevant pictures in 104 young adults. On each trial, participants repeated aloud one of the three words (i.e., &quot;accident,&quot; &quot;murder,&quot; or &quot;suicide&quot;) either three times (priming) or 30 times (satiation) and indicated whether a subsequent picture matched with the word. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that satiation of the word &quot;suicide&quot; slowed the accurate categorization of pictures related to all three words, and satiation of &quot;murder&quot; and &quot;accident&quot; delayed participants' judgment of suicide-relevant pictures. Our findings support that semantic satiation can render the suicide concept temporarily less accessible, thereby providing preliminary support for the strategy of concept disruption in suicide prevention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0005-7967",
doi="10.1016/j.brat.2024.104573",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104573"
}