TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Implicit cognitions as a behavioral marker of suicide attempts in adolescents
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Millner, Alexander J.
A1  - Augenstein, Tara M.
A1  - Visser, Katherine H.
A1  - Gallagher, Katie
A1  - Vergara, Genesis A.
A1  - D'Angelo, Eugene J.
A1  - Nock, K.
SP  - 47
EP  - 63
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Using self-harm Implicit Association Tests (IATs), we sought to test whether (1) suicidal adolescents show implicit identification with self-harm and whether (2) IATs are reliable and sensitive to psychiatric change and (3) predict future suicide attempts. <br><br>METHODS: We administered six self-harm IATs to 71 adolescents from a psychiatric inpatient unit and assessed suicidal behaviors at admission, discharge and three-months after discharge. <br><br>RESULTS: Results were in the expected direction for each IAT but not statistically significant. After aggregating trials across IATs, suicide attempters showed increased implicit identification with self-harm, compared with non-suicidal controls. IATs showed good reliability and sensitivity to psychiatric change but did not prospectively predict suicide attempts. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Adolescent suicide attempters may have stronger implicit associations with self-harm than non-suicidal controls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2017.1421488
ID  - ref1
ER  -