TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Explicit and implicit hopelessness and self-injury
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Gray, Nicola Susan
A1  - Knowles, James
A1  - George, Danielle
A1  - Harvey, Alex
A1  - Powell, Rachel
A1  - Zadeh, Mehrnaz Vazirian
A1  - Wansing, Carlotta
A1  - Snowden, Robert J.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship between explicit and implicit measures of hopelessness and self-injurious behavior (defined here as self-harming or suicidal actions and thoughts). <br><br>METHOD: A community sample of 267 participants completed explicit measures of hopelessness (Beck's Hopelessness Scale and a Feeling Thermometer), an implicit measure of hopelessness (Hopelessness Implicit Association Test), and a self-report measure of their history of self-injurious behavior. <br><br>RESULTS: The results showed that high levels of hopelessness, measured both explicitly or implicitly, were associated with a past and recent history of self-injury. However, there was also an interaction between the implicit and explicit measures such that explicit hopelessness was more strongly predictive of self-injury in people with high levels of implicit hopelessness. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The findings show that the implicit measurement of hopelessness can help predict past and recent self-injury beyond what explicit measures of hopelessness currently achieve and could be used in the assessment of risk of both self-harming and suicidal behaviors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12743
ID  - ref1
ER  -