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ERIC Number: EJ688994
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Dec-1
Pages: 11
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-0234
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Laboratory Measured Behavioral Impulsivity Relates to Suicide Attempt History
Dougherty, Donald M.; Mathias, Charles W.; Marsh, Dawn M.; Papageorgiou, T. Dorina; Swann, Alan C.; Moeller, F. Gerard
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v34 n4 p374-385 Dec 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between laboratory behavioral measured impulsivity (using the Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks) and suicidal attempt histories. Three groups of adults were recruited, those with either: no previous suicide attempts (Control, n = 20), only a single suicide attempt (Single, n = 20), or multiple suicidal attempts (Multiple, n = 10). As hypothesized, impulsive responses increased with the number of suicide attempts (Control < Single < Multiple). This study helps to demonstrate how laboratory behavioral measures of impulsivity can be used to discriminate groups based on suicidal histories among samples not currently exhibiting significant suicidal behaviors.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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