@article{ref1,
title="What underlies death/suicide implicit association test measures and how it contributes to suicidal action",
journal="Philosophical psychology",
year="2022",
author="Baston, R.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Recently, psychologists have developed indirect measurement procedures to predict suicidal behavior. A prominent example is the Death/Suicide Implicit Association Test (DS-IAT). In this paper, I argue that there is something special about the DS-IAT which distinguishes it from different IAT measures. I argue that the DS-IAT does not measure weak or strong associations between the implicit self-concept and the abstract concept of death. In contrast, assuming a goal-system approach, I suggest that sorting death-related to self-related words takes effort because death-related words trigger avoidance-impulses, which suicide ideation weakens. The DS-IAT taps into weakened automatic responses from the self-preservation system. Additionally, the suggested cognitive structure, illuminated with the selfish-goal theory, explains predictable suicidal behavior. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0951-5089",
doi="10.1080/09515089.2022.2061342",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2022.2061342"
}